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Cuntas pearsanta é seo nach bhfuil m'fhostóir, mo theaghlach ná mo shinsear freagrach as ar bhealach ar bith
Host the anti-world cup in Avignon, you cowards.
European nations agree to boycott World Cup if FIFA goes ahead with World Cup sell-off
Pictiúr ón Tour de France i ndiaidh teacht aníos ar an teilifís. An tachrán: 'Oh, not again.'
Obair le déanamh agam ar bhlas mó chainte: bhí mé i nDeilginis leis an tachrán ag ithe uachtair reoite agus d'fhiafraigh fear a bhí ina shuí taobh linn 'If you don't mind me asking what language are you speaking? Is it Danish?'
Fadhbanna leis an chódaistriú inniu: An tachrán: Dhaidí I want to play ball! Mise: Tá muid ar tí ár ndinnéar a ithe. An tachrán: DON'T WANT THE DINNER Mise: ... gabh mo leithscéal, an lón An tachrán: DON'T WANT THE TIGER
Spending my birthday the best possible way (getting stuck in human chaos in Châtelet Les Halles due to a metro malfunction)
What are fun and interesting things to do in Paris with a three year old?
Cara liom adeir go bhfaigheann íde béil ciníoch gach uair a théann go BÁC. Cara eile nár mhaith leis rothar nua a iníne a thabhairt lena dheisiú sa tsiopa ónar ceannaíodh ar an ábhar céanna. Tá géarchéim chiníochais ann sa tír seo, ní rud eisceachtúil na áitiúil iad círéibeacha Bhéal Feirste.
As a fellow sufferer of big-bridged nose syndrome, I feel President al-Sharaa's difficulties getting sunglasses that fit properly.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Arwad Island in Tartus for the first time since the liberation.
Cá mhéad ceann canna uisce garraí a thig le tachrán amháin a gcur amú?
Mar sin féin, bhí sé mífhéaráilte gan páirt a ghlacadh san Eurovision
With all MRI machines in Gaza "destroyed or rendered useless by Israel’s siege, doctors in the Strip cannot diagnose their patients" and are "forced instead to practice a desperate form of triage." www.972mag.com/doctors-blin...
Apparently 'so' causes lenition: the toddler is after saying 'The moya is fuar' and then 'Water so fhuar'.
Caithfidh mé admháil gur lig mé de Ulysses mar san eagrán a fuair mo mham bhí a oiread fo-nótaí ann is a bhí téacs, is chonacthas dom nárbh fhiú tabhairt faoi má ba ghá nótaí chomh fada leis an úrscéal féin a léamh lena thuigbheáil.
a take i have on why there is a gap between people who read and enjoyed ulysses and those who started it and can't fathom anyone liking it is because it only gets good after the first block of chapters, when the perspective switches to Leopold
"In 2012, a government inquiry in Australia found that Indigenous languages played such an important role in communities’ health and life expectancy that it argued they should be recognised in the constitution. Some 14 years later, the constitution still only recognises English."
Sophia Smith Galer’s piece here on endangered languages is well worth a read. Nearly half of all languages are likely soon to be gobbled up by the 20 ‘big’ ones that 88% of all humans speak - English, Mandarin, Hindi etc #langsky
Iontach suimiúil
As the situation regarding the Hasakah Palace of Justice and bilingual signage continues to unfold, I looked back at the various signs governmental signs installed in Kobani and Hasakah since the January 29th agreement akmckeever.substack.com/p/the-ongoin...
Lá Saor ó Charranna ceart ag BÁC ar deireadh, míle buíochas do na hagoideoirí timpeallachta a d'eagraigh é
Chonaic mé coiníní cúpla lá ó shin sa pháirc taobh thiar den eastát is inniu thug mé an tachrán síos lena bhfeiceáil agus dúirt sé 'wow' rud nach ndeireann mórán agus d'fhan píosa maith ag féachaint is ansin ar aghaidh linn agus tháinig cúpla leaid agus cúnna leo agus isteach leo sa pháirc chéanna 😕
Bhuel níl an tachrán sásta mórán Gaeilge a labhairt ach tá sé ag séimhiú go tréan: 'Mhamaí want to go airphlane!'
Tá Ramadán ar na bacáin agus má tá lampa Ramadán uait níl áit ar bith níos fearr lena cheannach ná margadh El Sayyida Zeinab
Ní chuirfeadh sé iontas ar bith orm dá mbeadh baint ag an aighneas Sádach-Imearátach le géilleadh tobann na bhfórsaí Cúirdíneacha sa tSír
Obviously a lot of things happened today. Saudi views the Syrian government’s triumph over the SDF as a yet another victory against the UAE’s (and by extension, Israel’s) secessionist schemes in the region. Elsewhere, unverified reports of Emirati ambassador’s ‘expulsion’ from Eritrea. 1/