Excuse aberration from genealogy. I've been trying to teach myself Irish very sporadically for 2 years via tapes and a book. I briefly subbed to beginning Irish learner's list. The US is rampant with dialects and colloquial idiosyncrasies.......but we cover a large geographical area. 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 > > > > > >