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Cuntas pearsanta é seo nach bhfuil m'fhostóir, mo theaghlach ná mo shinsear freagrach as ar bhealach ar bith

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

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.

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.

Friends of Pudding@friend2pudding.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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."

Ratan Vaswani 🇺🇦@ratanvaswani.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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

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 😕