Celtic Woman Forum
Everything Else => Celtic Culture => Topic started by: Kevin R.I. on July 07, 2019, 03:00:35 PM
-
This be an "offshoot" of this thread but my elderly Irish neighbor(in her 90`s) has great SAYINGS. Like when she and her late husband would go to a restaurant and there weren`t many people there"well....there wasen`t a sinner in the place". If she had to go shopping, it was ".....and don`t I have to go shopping?" the best one was "I haven`t seen that person in donkeys years" ;D...I used that one on Mairead C. after a show a few years ago when I told her"I`ve been coming to shows for donkeys years"....she looked at me , quite startled and I said "I have an Irish neighbor" ;D
-
Great idea!
Here's another one:
Giorraíonn beirt bóthar (two people shorten the road)
It means company makes the time seem to pass more quickly and pleasantly on a long journey.
-
Here`s another one....if it was for instance nine thirty, she`d say "it`s half nine" :D
-
Céad míle fáilte (a hundred thousand welcomes).
Pronounced (roughly) kayd MEE-luh FAHL-cheh
It's a common greeting or salute in Ireland.
-
Níl Sé'n Lá, meaning "seize the day."
-
An earlier post mentioned Céad míle fáilte. Chloe used that phrase and slan abhaile in her song The Gathering.
-
Céad míle fáilte (a hundred thousand welcomes).
Pronounced (roughly) kayd MEE-luh FAHL-cheh
It's a common greeting or salute in Ireland.
On the street/in casual conversation, you're more likely to hear Dia duit 'Hello' (literally 'God to you') and the response, Dia 's Muire duit (literally 'God and Mary to you').
If you're addressing a group of people, it would be Dia daoibh since Irish has a separation between the singular and plural 'you' forms, like French's tu and vous.
Here's the IPA for Dia duit broken down by dialect region:
/dʲia dˠitʲ/ - Ulster (Gweedore) (very roughly approximated to jee-ah ditch)
/dʲiə ɣitʲ/ - Connacht (Connemara) & Munster (Dingle) (jee-uh ghwitch)
This is close as I can get without IPA since the /ɣ/ sound isn't really found in English.
(https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C9%A3 (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C9%A3) This does a better job of explaining this sound than I can.)
NOTE: In the Connacht and Munster dialects, it is possible for it to be written as dhuit and dhaoibh due to the final letter before it being a vowel. I believe both duit and dhuit are accepted by the Official written standard, but it's been a while since I checked so don't quote me on that.
https://www.abair.tcd.ie/en/ (https://www.abair.tcd.ie/en/) is an Irish speech synthesizer (like the voices used on Google Translate) that was built by Trinity College Dublin. You can just input the Gaeilge, and it'll speak it for you in the selected dialect.
Even these greetings are very slowly being phased out by the younger crowds in favor of things like Haigh
-
"We're sucking diesel now" is something one would say when things are going well as a result of ones own hard work rather than luck.
-
Does anybody know what Éabha said in Gaelic when she greeted the audience after Homeland in the Ancient Land concert special? I do know before The Parting Glass was performed that she said "deoch an doris" (a drink to the door), but I'd also like to know how she greeted the audience.
-
Céad míle fáilte is used in Chloe's song, The Gathering. She tries to teach the audience how to say it so we can sing along with the chorus of the song.
-
What are some normal ways to sign off on a letter? For example, 'Yours truly', 'Sincerely', etc.
I have an autograph from one of the CW, and I can't read her writing on the 'sign off' greeting.
-
alot of the CW photos that I have all say lots of love then there name and I have 12 8x10's signed and 10 other things that are signed and many of these have more then 1 signature and a few have 4 on them
-
Sorry. Let me clarify. I'm pretty sure it's in Irish / Gaelic. So let me repost my question:
What are some normal ways to sign off on a letter in Irish? For example, I've seen them sign "Slainté".
@GlenS: I love autographs. I'd love to see pics. Send me a link if you've already posted it on here somewhere.
-
Sorry. Let me clarify. I'm pretty sure it's in Irish / Gaelic. So let me repost my question:
What are some normal ways to sign off on a letter in Irish? For example, I've seen them sign "Slainté".
@GlenS: I love autographs. I'd love to see pics. Send me a link if you've already posted it on here somewhere.
Don't thiink I ever posted this here but here is 4 photos of some of what I have. Alot of the the show programs are signed inside. I also have a painting of Tara and I have a show bill poster of Lisa L show for her CD after leaving CW and it is signed by Lisa and I also have a show bill poster from a CW show and to finish off I have 7 more show programs that I have not found a space for.
I would give anything to get Tara to sign that painting
-
@GlenS : That's awesome! That's a lot of hard work and good memories right there! Nice job! And there's no better place to show it off than right here, where everyone would appreciate it.
Where did you get that painting of Tara? I agree you gotta get that signed!
-
The autograph I'm asking about is from Lisa L. It's definitely not signed like yours. So I'm more convinced of this:
I'm pretty sure it's in Irish / Gaelic.
I might have to post a pic.
-
@GlenS : That's awesome! That's a lot of hard work and good memories right there! Nice job! And there's no better place to show it off than right here, where everyone would appreciate it.
Where did you get that painting of Tara? I agree you gotta get that signed!
Aguy over on FaceBook does them his name is Stan Drobot he does them from a photo I paid $250.00 for this one and he shipped it to me. I think he has paided every CW gal and many other people below is his FB page
https://www.facebook.com/stan.drobot.7
I found the photo he used to paint it from and here it is
-
What are some normal ways to sign off on a letter? For example, 'Yours truly', 'Sincerely', etc.
I have an autograph from one of the CW, and I can't read her writing on the 'sign off' greeting.
Ok, I took a pic! What's that say?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52661943164_2f78d1f1d6_m.jpg)
-
What are some normal ways to sign off on a letter? For example, 'Yours truly', 'Sincerely', etc.
I have an autograph from one of the CW, and I can't read her writing on the 'sign off' greeting.
Ok, I took a pic! What's that say?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52661943164_2f78d1f1d6_m.jpg)
I messaged Lisa and asked her she should answer me it's not the first time we have chated
-
I messaged Lisa and asked her she should answer me it's not the first time we have chated
What?!? Are you sure? I don't want to inconvenience anyone!
PS. Thanks for helping!
-
Loosely translated it means big love or much love This was from someone on my Lisa fan page on FB
But this is from Lisa
Hello Glen,
It says Grá mór which is the Irish for with love
Best
Lisa
-
Mystery solved! Thanks, GlenS!
I am equally impressed that you can message her AND that she replied so quickly! Wow!
-
lisa knows me we have met several times at shows at the after hours meet and great meaning stagedoor and inhouse meet and greats one year I took my 5 year old grand daughter to one and lisa fell in love with her and this was a show that the girls started a song in the isles and she came and picked up my grand daughter and was dancing around with her. Then we met up after the show by the bus along with Mairead N. and we talked out there for almost a 1/2 hour.
One other reason Lisa knows me and answers my questions is when her CD Hiding Away (2015) came out I order 1 from Amazon and yup they sent me 1 that is 1 case of CD'S and they come 40 to a case. So I contacted lisa and worked with her and her label to return the other 39
Lisa came to me to ask for help with her Wiki page and she knows I own this site
See the pictures below
-
@GlenS
Those are great stories & great pics!
Lisa L. was already on my Mt. Rushmore of CW. Now I like her even more!
-
For those who have watched Derry Girls, you may recognize the expression "catch yourself on."
It's a way to tell someone to wise up (to stop being ridiculous).