Recent Articles in An Gaeilgeoir
Most puzzles will eventually make it to the puzzles page, but that takes time . . .
Samhain, 2000
- Editorial: They're Out There . . .Irish speakers pop up in the darndest places. Keep an eye (or ear) peeled,
and advertise yourself a little to find study buddies.
- Irish Surnames: How Ó and Mac and Ní and Uí an all that works, including the leasainm system.
- The Hoosier Gaeltacht: A report from our devoted friends in Indianapolis.
- Hyde's Ride (puzzle) : Douglas Hyde wrote an account of his speaking tour of America, and it was published in sean-chló,
the old script typeface. Match excerpts from his account with the cities he visited.
- An Irish Perspective: What to native Irish men and women think when they come to Minnesota and bump into Americans who
are determined to learn how to speak Irish?
- Summer Cows (puzzle): Names for some things in nature (like ladybugs) are quite different in Irish (bó shamhraidh).
Match the Irish and English names.
Lúnasa, 2000:
- Editorial: Toddlin' alongMaking progress, recognizing progress, and being persistent. A reflection after two
years of publication.
- Report from NAACLT: some of the events and topics covered in the summer 2000 meeting of the North American Association
of Celtic Language Teachers.
- As Irish As . . .(puzzle): Using the chomh X le Yconstruction to express "as X as Y", as in "as
dead as a doornail." Of course, the Irish tend to use different comparisons than English speakers.
- Irish through English: Practicing Irish structures by using them while speaking English. For example, don't use
the words "yes" or "no" for an entire day.
- Nursery Rhymes (puzzle): Identify the missing words in an Irish nursery rhyme, that has a well-known English version.
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