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Good morning. I’ve just finished Martha Wells’ Queen Demon and considering what to read next. Possibly Kate Elliott’s The Nameless Land although that would be two big treats one after the other
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Good morning. I’ve just finished Martha Wells’ Queen Demon and considering what to read next. Possibly Kate Elliott’s The Nameless Land although that would be two big treats one after the other
I wouldn’t call it a favourite but the British comedy Allo Allo riffed off resistance cliches
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I wouldn’t call it a favourite but the British comedy Allo Allo riffed off resistance cliches
Tá seans go bhfeicfinn a dhriotháir céile i gceann cúpla seachtaine, d’fheadfainn ceist a chur air
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Tá seans go bhfeicfinn a dhriotháir céile i gceann cúpla seachtaine, d’fheadfainn ceist a chur air
Supposedly Malcolm and Calum were each in more recent centuries popular with different, ahem, faith communities in Scotland (think “Billy” vs. “Liam”)
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Supposedly Malcolm and Calum were each in more recent centuries popular with different, ahem, faith communities in Scotland (think “Billy” vs. “Liam”)
Gach faisean dá nócht ar Mhór is ar Shíle” i gCúirt an Mheán Oíche .i. an bhean Ghaelach ag cur amú airgead
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gach faisean dá nócht ar Mhór is ar Shíle” i gCúirt an Mheán Oíche .i. an bhean Ghaelach ag cur amú airgead
You don’t want to find out what happens if you breach their walled garden
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
You don’t want to find out what happens if you breach their walled garden
See this by @davidstifter.bsky.social
Don’t know why the older words fell out of use; I’ve read too that “gealach” could be considered a kenning, in the sense of a figurative/ metaphorical name for something whose real name now almost taboo to use (cf names for bear in many Indo-European languages)
Don’t know why the older words fell out of use; I’ve read too that “gealach” could be considered a kenning, in the sense of a figurative/ metaphorical name for something whose real name now almost taboo to use (cf names for bear in many Indo-European languages)
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
See this by @davidstifter.bsky.social
Don’t know why the older words fell out of use; I’ve read too that “gealach” could be considered a kenning, in the sense of a figurative/ metaphorical name for something whose real name now almost taboo to use (cf names for bear in many Indo-European languages)
Don’t know why the older words fell out of use; I’ve read too that “gealach” could be considered a kenning, in the sense of a figurative/ metaphorical name for something whose real name now almost taboo to use (cf names for bear in many Indo-European languages)
Wiktionary is probably taking this from McBain’s etymological dictionary, which I believe is considered unreliable. Meanwhile there is no sign of this as word for sausage at all in eDIL, which seems strange. OTOH there’s this paper about Norse loan words in Irish lup.lub.lu.se/luur/downloa...
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Wiktionary is probably taking this from McBain’s etymological dictionary, which I believe is considered unreliable. Meanwhile there is no sign of this as word for sausage at all in eDIL, which seems strange. OTOH there’s this paper about Norse loan words in Irish lup.lub.lu.se/luur/downloa...
Ar chuairt do m’athair go Würzburg, d’inis duine de mhuintir na háite dó go gcéiliúradh Oíche Fhéile Máirtín le dinnéar 🪿- “ach bhí an rud céanna againne i gConamara!” a deir m’athair
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Ar chuairt do m’athair go Würzburg, d’inis duine de mhuintir na háite dó go gcéiliúradh Oíche Fhéile Máirtín le dinnéar 🪿- “ach bhí an rud céanna againne i gConamara!” a deir m’athair
Previous people who were going to save the language by making it cool
Seo Linn
The boxer guy who had a TV show about his journey
Des Bishop
The Hothouse Flowers (that’s the oldest incarnation I personally remember)
Seo Linn
The boxer guy who had a TV show about his journey
Des Bishop
The Hothouse Flowers (that’s the oldest incarnation I personally remember)
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Previous people who were going to save the language by making it cool
Seo Linn
The boxer guy who had a TV show about his journey
Des Bishop
The Hothouse Flowers (that’s the oldest incarnation I personally remember)
Seo Linn
The boxer guy who had a TV show about his journey
Des Bishop
The Hothouse Flowers (that’s the oldest incarnation I personally remember)
AND if considered two words (Spéir ghorm) then the second is lenited anyway as an adjective following a feminine noun
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
AND if considered two words (Spéir ghorm) then the second is lenited anyway as an adjective following a feminine noun
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Ariane 6: déanta in Éirinn
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November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Léigh tuilleadh: www.esa.int/Space_in_Mem...
The guy on RnaG gave an interesting viewpoint
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The guy on RnaG gave an interesting viewpoint
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
No it certainly wouldn’t!
November 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
No it certainly wouldn’t!
The GAA thing must relate to GAA “Scór” competitions, they have both “Rince Foirne” and “Rince Seit” competitions and presumably rules for both
November 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The GAA thing must relate to GAA “Scór” competitions, they have both “Rince Foirne” and “Rince Seit” competitions and presumably rules for both
Yeah, I think they thought it was too polluted with Saxon influences because of the quadrilles / lancers stuff so they wanted to reconstruct older “more authentic” traditional dancing
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Yeah, I think they thought it was too polluted with Saxon influences because of the quadrilles / lancers stuff so they wanted to reconstruct older “more authentic” traditional dancing
I see pavement used occasionally, especially in a technical materials sense, but footpath is still the main word
October 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I see pavement used occasionally, especially in a technical materials sense, but footpath is still the main word
My father told me that in south Connemara in the 1940s they also referred (when speaking English) to the sidewalk, among other Americanisms. The only people who had seen the trappings of urban life were those who had been to the States and returned.
October 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
My father told me that in south Connemara in the 1940s they also referred (when speaking English) to the sidewalk, among other Americanisms. The only people who had seen the trappings of urban life were those who had been to the States and returned.
The actual results weren’t bad, for values of “give me a rough draft that I am absolutely going to review and heavily edit”, but after all this sort of thing should be THE use case for LLMs
October 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The actual results weren’t bad, for values of “give me a rough draft that I am absolutely going to review and heavily edit”, but after all this sort of thing should be THE use case for LLMs
Yeah it “lied”* over and over, clearly its priority was replying within seconds to say “I’ve done that now” rather than actually doing it
(*ofc it doesn’t know what truth or lies are)
(*ofc it doesn’t know what truth or lies are)
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Yeah it “lied”* over and over, clearly its priority was replying within seconds to say “I’ve done that now” rather than actually doing it
(*ofc it doesn’t know what truth or lies are)
(*ofc it doesn’t know what truth or lies are)
I’ve experimented with a different AI’s translation and it’s prone to b*sh*ing that it has translated when in fact it’s still in the source language with maybe some placeholder tags. In the end it had to be prompted page by page, it only produced actual results in the chat not in downloadable doc
October 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I’ve experimented with a different AI’s translation and it’s prone to b*sh*ing that it has translated when in fact it’s still in the source language with maybe some placeholder tags. In the end it had to be prompted page by page, it only produced actual results in the chat not in downloadable doc