Darach Ó Séaghdha
Auteur de Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language
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Œuvres de Darach Ó Séaghdha
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- Nom canonique
- Ó Séaghdha, Darach
- Date de naissance
- 1977-11-05
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Ireland
- Lieu de naissance
- Ráth Fearnáin, Baile Átha Cliath, Éire
- Professions
- podchraoltóir
gníomhaí (Gaeilge)
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Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language par Darach O'Seaghdha
It would have helped if I had known some Irish but nevertheless I found this quick-moving book quite accessible and interesting, in particular the section on Hiberno English and the way words are used differently in English spoken in Ireland, for instance 'craic' which started off with the English spelling 'crack' before turning inauthentically into the current Irish spelling. Words like 'Eejit', 'Jaysus', 'Grand', 'Lads' and others are covered, 'grand' having a less emphatic meaning in Irish English. A lady sitting beside us on a DART train near Dublin used the word 'grand' or phrase 'that's grand' about a dozen times in five minutes.… (plus d'informations)
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- 133
- Popularité
- #152,660
- Évaluation
- 3.8
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- 1
- ISBN
- 6
