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aipecta of ytalUng Ireland la that thqr apeak Engliah English tt Is. (Anyone who has tried to ask a question in English to a Frenchman, Spaniard or Italian will understand how many frustrations are avoided when the foreign country visited is English

speaking.)

Direction signs are both In English and Irish Gaelic.,

Some, we would be able to understand In Gaelic - KiUamey is an Alme; Tralee is Traigh U, but we would have trouble with Balle Atha Cllath and Port hairge, which are Dublin and Waterford. Gill means church, and many towns carry this In' their name - Killkenny, Killorgin, Kitldare. The most common prefix seems to be Bally (meaning hamlet) Ballyduff, Ballycastle. Ballycotton and these

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towns aro usually no more than a few houses and a store. Ard (meaning high place) is found often - Ardmore, Ardfert, Ardkilien. Dun and Ath, both of which mean fort, are incorporated in many place names. Tra or Traigh means beach, so that Tralee is the beach on the River Lee which describes

it accurately.

For years, the Gaelic language was only spoken in small isolated fishing villages. Todav, the government has taken many steps to insure that it continues as a living language. It is taught in the schools, elected officials must have command of It, and the people are encouraged to use it as much as possible. The news is given in both English and Gaelic, and some television programs are in both, which is sometimes disconcerting as speakers switch from Gaelic to English in the middle of a

sentence.

What takes some getting used to are the differences in the English words they use. For example, any kind of project is called a "Scheme.” When they are discussing a welfare scheme, or a roadworks scheme, we are jolted for a moment, since to most of

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us, the connotation is of something i little shady. Then you have the differences in auto parts — boot equals trunk; bonnet equals hood; hooter equals horn. A truck is a lorry; diversion is detour; loose chippings - gravel on the road. If you ask for beer, you will get a stronk dark brown beer. Lager is what we are used to drinking. A stove is a cooker. Hamburg is mincemeat — I never found out what we call

mincemeat.

If you say oleo, they won’t know what you mean — m&rge or margarine. Gammon is ham. Dish , washing detergent is called "washing up liquid.” Radio is wireless, and TV is the telly which is often leased on the Never-never. Signs will say "Mind your feet," which makes you wonder if they are trying to tell you something besides watch your step. The televisioh news announcer is called "reader,"

which is often a more accurate description of our anchor people than what they are called. And you never see signs for "Restrooms.” They are either marked deceptively as "Cloak rooms" or blatantly as "Toilets.” Language is never any big problem. If you ask for "Banda ids" and the shopkeeper looks blank, after you descript them, he will offer you the Irish equivalent. TO BE CONTINUED

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