Ghealimh an Daoinn / Gallivanting

[tealin]

Here I am in Belfast, alive and well, though I question my sanity when after only a few days in Ireland I turn up my nose at a castle if it is merely Victorian. Everything is so much more fantastically amazing than I thought it would be. This place is seriously awesome. And I have a renewed desire to learn Gaelic if only to figure out the mad spellings.

Today I listened to Radio 4 LIVE and IN THE CORRECT TIME ZONE. Unfortunately it was a Saturday and I'm not accustomed to the Saturday lineup so it wasn't as mind-blowing as it might have been. We'll save that for Tuesday when I arrive in England, though by then it'll probably be 24/7 coverage of the Blair/Brown transition ... alas ... Stupid Blair! Why must he plan his resignation for the week I'm there and mess up the radio goodness? I might have gone to a taping of the Now Show otherwise!

Not enough time to sketch! Have lost all my pencils and must use pen! Many many photos! Have some more exclamation points!!!!

Comments

[tehladyelbereth.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! You should get the 261 bus down to Enniskillen some time, see Fermanagh, it's a beautiful county even if the weather is a bit crap now. There's Fleadh's going on I think.

[ari-enchanted.livejournal.com]

Tha a'Ghaidhlig agam beagan! Tha mi ann an dochas gum bi mi a fileanta ach tha mi nam eiginn. 'S toigh leam eolas cheilteach :p

I'm really losing all my Gaelic over the summer. That's Scottish Gaelic though, can't help you with it's-practically-only-vowels Irish.

[ledygrey.livejournal.com]

so you're saying something like - "God be upon you (or me?)! I am (an dochas = definitive noun) (bi = verb) (mi = me) (a fileanta = noun) (ach = but?) (tha = verb) (mi = me) (nam = ??) (eiginn = personal pronoun). ('S = copula verb) (toigh = ??) (leam = personal pronoun) (eolas = ?) (cheilteach = noun)."

am I close? i only sort of know it's-practically-only-vowels irish

Dia duits! Go raibh maith agat?
(pronounced: Dee-a hwits? go rah mai agat?)

if i remember correctly, i think your "agam" is the same declining as my "agat", though i couldn't tell you waht it means.

i think i sprained my brain

[ari-enchanted.livejournal.com]

I was saying "I speak a little Gaelic! I'm hoping that I will be fluent but I'm having a hard time. I love Celtic Studies :p"

Of course, literally, it's "The Gaelic is at me a little! I am in hope that I will be fluent but I'm in my difficulty. I love Celtic Studies :p"

I believe Irish "agat" is the same as Scottish Gaelic "agad" which means "at you," used mostly when you have something/have to do something. I'm not completely sure that agat=agad, for all I know it could be equivalent to agam (at me).

<3 Gaelic grammar.

[fani.livejournal.com]

Argh! You're in Ireland now??

[infiniteviking]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *hearts Gaelic* Hope you're having a great time.

[thearchduchess.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the British Isles! As Bill Bailey says, breakfast is served 7 til 9 - not a minute later!

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

Or you will be cast out!

[thearchduchess.livejournal.com]

Fridge magnets, houmous, Spandau Ballet!

[my-fox-rocks.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Britain and Ireland ^_^ Enjoy your time in our merry country/ies. xx

[lync180.livejournal.com]

It's a shame I had to miss you guys. Did you make it to the studio? Did Leo and friends take you to the pubs n stuff? Ok, talk to you later.

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

Do they have more castles in Ireland than they do in Scotland? I find it hard to believe...

[ledygrey.livejournal.com]

oh wow. i just got your subject line. very clever I LIKES! .. and i'm stupid