Not really all that many - it's more the accents. I've learned Galway irish and find that i can hardly understand a kerry person when they speak.....Donegal - they sound like they're speaking aforeign language!! but - if I slor them down, take the accent into account - then we all pretty much have the same words and groups of words. jane ----- Original Message ----- From: Ellen <ellenrudd@ameritech.net> To: Jane Lyons <jlyons1@iol.ie>; <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 1:05 AM Subject: Re: [WEXFORD] Mens room FIR <snip>I > am convinced there are as many dialects and colloquial idiosyncrasies on > your small island as on our huge chunk of the North American continent. It > is virtually impossible to learn to speak the language. I'm just getting to > where I can read enough of it to get the gist. > > It makes for an interesting past time.......if I had the time to devote to > it. > > Ellen Rudd (ancestors...Clone, Co. Wexford) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jane Lyons <jlyons1@iol.ie> > To: Ellen <ellenrudd@ameritech.net>; <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 5:37 PM > Subject: Re: [WEXFORD] Mens room FIR > > > > fir is just plural for fear....irish is theoretically one of the most > > difficult languages to learn because of our grammar........ > > > > we learn it from age four and go through 13 years of learning - and still > > aren't fluent! > > > > i know someone who went to an all Irish school - meaning she studied all > > subjects except English through Irish - and then continued on to study > Irish > > in College, she works as a presenter for an Irish TV channel - still > carries > > her dictionary and says that true Irish speakers look down on the likes of > > her - and also says her material can still be corrected before > presentation > > on telly. > > > > That's Iirish for you > > > > Jane :-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ellen <ellenrudd@ameritech.net> > > To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 7:04 PM > > Subject: Re: [WEXFORD] Mens room FIR > > > > > > > According to my Irish dictionary, fir means male and fear means man. > > > Ellen > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Pam Kehoe <drk4779@idcnet.com> > > > To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 9:32 AM > > > Subject: [WEXFORD] Mens room FIR > > > > > > > > > > Or at least thats the sign on the door. > > > > FAMILY RESEARCH:KEHOE,LOW,SCOTT,ELDER and more > > > > Family website - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/8798/ > > > > Celtic Women International Celebrating Celtic Women Everywhere - > > > > http://www.celticwomen.org > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== > > > > To Contact the listowner: > > > > email hugh@xtra.co.nz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== > > > To add names to the Wexford Surnames List, go to > > > http://www.flashbase.com/forms/wexford > > > > > > > > > > > >