Fionnḃarr Ó Duinnín
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C'est toujours l'heure du thé, et je n'avais donc jamais le temps de faire la vaisselle—Na guthanna i mo cheann is bun leis na tuairimí seo.
Grianghraf agus pointe radhairc iontach.
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Grianghraf agus pointe radhairc iontach.
Nitpicking here, but it isn't entirely true that they idiomatically 'spent a night on the tiles' (caith siad an oíche ag rancás) in Ljubljana as the article notes that they had no money, but rather al fresco in a local park (Oct. 19, 1904). It has its own plaque: www.atlasobscura.com/places/james...
James Joyce Plaque
The only monument in Slovenia celebrating the famous writer, who stayed there for one night entirely by mistake.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Nitpicking here, but it isn't entirely true that they idiomatically 'spent a night on the tiles' (caith siad an oíche ag rancás) in Ljubljana as the article notes that they had no money, but rather al fresco in a local park (Oct. 19, 1904). It has its own plaque: www.atlasobscura.com/places/james...
Dréimire Iácóib: "Rinneadh taibhreamh dó: dréimire ina sheasamh ar an talamh agus a bharr ag sroicheadh neimhe." (Geineasas 28:12)
August 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Dréimire Iácóib: "Rinneadh taibhreamh dó: dréimire ina sheasamh ar an talamh agus a bharr ag sroicheadh neimhe." (Geineasas 28:12)
Thóg sé tamall go thuig mé an scéal. Ní mise is éirimiúla amuigh.
August 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Thóg sé tamall go thuig mé an scéal. Ní mise is éirimiúla amuigh.
...é sin ráite, agus é i dTrieste ag críochnú Dubliners, d’fhoilsigh sé an dara leagan Chamber Music, thosaigh sé ag obair ar Exiles, agus Ulysses. Agus fuair sé amach an scríbhneoir Italo Svevo.
August 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
...é sin ráite, agus é i dTrieste ag críochnú Dubliners, d’fhoilsigh sé an dara leagan Chamber Music, thosaigh sé ag obair ar Exiles, agus Ulysses. Agus fuair sé amach an scríbhneoir Italo Svevo.
One term for this euphemistic avoidance strategy is 'noa-name' (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noa-name). In Germany there's a term for the opposite "Unwort des Jahres" (Unword of the Year), which is a commonly used new word that has some offensive meaning—example Biodeutsch www.uni-kassel.de/fb02/en/info...
Noa-name - Wikipedia
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August 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
One term for this euphemistic avoidance strategy is 'noa-name' (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noa-name). In Germany there's a term for the opposite "Unwort des Jahres" (Unword of the Year), which is a commonly used new word that has some offensive meaning—example Biodeutsch www.uni-kassel.de/fb02/en/info...
Ouais. c'est un vrai trouduc.
August 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ouais. c'est un vrai trouduc.
Tuigim céard atá á rá agat anois: sclábhaíocht ghnéasach.
sclábhaíocht ghnéasach
teacht i dtír gnéasach ar dhaoine aonair trí úsáid a bhaint as fórsa nó i a bhagairt, a tharlaíonn go minic i gcoimhlint armtha nó i bhforghabháil chogaíoch
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August 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Tuigim céard atá á rá agat anois: sclábhaíocht ghnéasach.
Ó tharla go bhfuil 'procurer' (pimp) = máistir striapach
Fágann sé sin go bhfuil 'procuress' (madam / 'bean an tí') = máistreás striapach ??
Fágann sé sin go bhfuil 'procuress' (madam / 'bean an tí') = máistreás striapach ??
August 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Ó tharla go bhfuil 'procurer' (pimp) = máistir striapach
Fágann sé sin go bhfuil 'procuress' (madam / 'bean an tí') = máistreás striapach ??
Fágann sé sin go bhfuil 'procuress' (madam / 'bean an tí') = máistreás striapach ??