Reblog: Gaelic Words on Loan

Posted on March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 by equipsblog

st patricks day Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Scream like a banshee. Celebrate but don’t become a hooligan or talk gobshite. Put on your brogues and dance a jib.

Mental Floss shared “10 Gaelic loanwords to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.” Also, The Book of Kells, a medieval masterpiece and one of Ireland’s greatest treasures, is now digitized and available online.

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6 thoughts on “Reblog: Gaelic Words on Loan”

ptkmkl March 17, 20199:22 am Reply

To you as well Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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1. equipsblog March 17, 201912:45 pm Reply
  
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GP Cox March 17, 201911:15 am Reply

Good advice! Have fun!

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1. equipsblog March 17, 201912:46 pm Reply
  
  Thanks, GP.
  
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JeanMarie March 17, 20191:01 pm Reply

Did you notice #8 on the list, smithereens, was today’s Merriam Webster’s Word of the Day? And I also really liked the article on the Book of Kells. Fun stuff. Happy St. Pat’s!

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1. equipsblog March 17, 20191:03 pm Reply
  
  Same to you, JeanMarie. No I didn’t know that smithereens was today’s WOD. Fun!
  
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