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PostPosted: Fri 14 Feb 2014 12:28 pm 
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I forgot to mention Logainm.ie (which is also there at the bottom of the page at Pota Focal) where again you can press on the triangular button to hear the placenames pronounced.


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PostPosted: Wed 19 Feb 2014 4:49 pm 
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dia dhuit and thanks everyone. I've been away so now I have a lot to look at :) Le meas!


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PostPosted: Wed 19 Feb 2014 5:16 pm 
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Kay1966 wrote:
oh dear... I have to learn dialect!

There is no such thing as language without dialect... except maybe Esperanto.

The good news is that teaching resources for many of the "big" languages pretend there is, and end up teaching you language that isn't all that natural. (Or worse! I was taught that the French "baiser" means to kiss, so imagine my embarrassment to find out that it's most common meaning is "to f**k"!!!)

So don't think of the recognition of dialectal differences in Irish teaching as a complication -- it's not. Rather think of it as a benefit, because it means that you're not going to waste your time learning things that no-one ever says.

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PostPosted: Wed 19 Feb 2014 8:16 pm 
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The good news is that teaching resources for many of the "big" languages pretend there is, and end up teaching you language that isn't all that natural. (Or worse! I was taught that the French "baiser" means to kiss, so imagine my embarrassment to find out that it's most common meaning is "to f**k"!!!)


yeah, "baiser (quelqu'un)" to say "to kiss (someone)" is literary and old-fashioned, I think nobody would say it with that meaning, indeed it means "to f*ck" in the speech of 99,99% of the people now (it's slang and vulgar); to kiss is "embrasser".

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So don't think of the recognition of dialectal differences in Irish teaching as a complication -- it's not. Rather think of it as a benefit, because it means that you're not going to waste your time learning things that no-one ever says.


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