@Seananocoistin @DDindshenchas Níl, tá an tSean-Ghaeilge ró-dheacair chun an méid seo a dhéanamh go huathobibríoch.
NB: Níl mé ar Twitter go rialta níos mó. Tá mo ghnáthóg nádúrtha ar Bluesky anois.
David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
@ChronHib
Source of knowledge for medieval Irish and ancient Celtic languages. Want to know more? Find me at @davidstifter.b*** on the platform with real free speech.
Katılım Kasım 2015
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@ChronHib an bhfuil córas ríomhaireachta ann chun an tSean-Ghaeilge a thiontú go Gaeilge na linne seo? @DDindshenchas
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@Seananocoistin Tá brón orm, tá an tasc sin thar mo leibhéal scile sa Gaeilge.
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Let’s not forget that as Donald Trump passes judgement on the head of State of Iran there is another one, in the Kremlin, whose signature started the invasion of Ukraine and has left hundreds of thousands of people dead. If the US is not to be seen as hypocritical in its claim that it is re-asserting moral authority then the White House should take a much harder line on Russia.
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In 1332, the English parliament spoke French, Colin.
Colin Brazier@ColinBrazierTV
England was the first nation to build a parliamentary democracy, in 1332. Our voting system has weathered Civil War, plague, famine and the threat of invasion. Our politics, though imperfect, require a basic level of understanding. Though no longer, it seems, a grasp of English.
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@JohnFitzart That's actually real. The interior of a hotel in Gran Canaria. 😉
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@ChronHib Your AI needs improving🤣
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“Painting a Triple Crown legend…”
“This study piece was inspired by one of racing’s most unforgettable champions” American Pharaoh.
#horseracing #americanpharoah #coolmore #oilpainting #TripleCrown
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@JHDScourfield What even fewer people know, the absolutely disgusting true history of the saint commonly known as St Pancake (Sanctus Pancacius), who was Παγκάκκιος in his native Greek.
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REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship is Feb. 27.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@LCISLeuven @IrishCollegeLVN @IrishStudiesRev @SocCeltEuropaea @UNDMexico @irishineurope
Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies@NDIrishStudies
The Keough-Naughton Institute invites applications for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in Irish Studies. This fellowship is open exclusively to scholars who received a PhD from institutions *outside* the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland. 👉 See details: apply.interfolio.com/176805
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📯 Job claxon: Assistant Professor in Celtic, University of Cambridge (ending soon)
@Department_ASNC wishes to appoint an Assistant Professor in Celtic from 1 Sept 2026. Details for the post can be found at cam.ac.uk/jobs/assistant…
Closing date for applications: Wed 11 Feb 2026
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@BigBisonHead @DavidStifter @CeilteachOMN @scs Twitter actively suppresses Bluesky accounts in links. You have to include everything after "@scs" as well.
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@ChronHib @DavidStifter @CeilteachOMN @scs When I click on the @scs it goes to a locked, private account.
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Schizophrenic tweet to send out, but please take note:
Maynooth University will be suspending indefinitely its use of X (f. Twitter) social media accounts. All University & department-level accounts should also cease posting on this platform & suspend their usage indefinitely.
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@BigBisonHead @DavidStifter @CeilteachOMN @scs Really? It does bring me to the relevant account.
If it doesn't work for you, search for "School of Celtic Studies" on Bluesky and pick the one in DIAS.
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@ChronHib @DavidStifter @CeilteachOMN @scs I thought so but when I click on the link it goes somewhere else.
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@BigBisonHead @DavidStifter @CeilteachOMN @scs ?? No, that's the account of the School of Celtic Studies at DIAS: bsky.app/profile/scs-di…
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📢Don nuacht is déanaí, lean sinn ar na hardáin thíos | For the latest news and updates, please follow us on the platforms below:
🦋Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ceilte…
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🔗Web: maynoothuniversity.ie/school-celtic-…
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@ryan_sikola @PIE_Animals I am not sure. The modern Finnish etymological dictionary only cites other Finno-Ugric parallels, but doesn't connect them with any Indo-European words (which they are usually very happy to do). Maybe someone with a better background in Finno-Ugristics can clarify.
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@ChronHib @PIE_Animals Sika in Finnish is obviously on loan from indo-European.
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SOW/PIG IN INDO-EUROPEAN 🐷
Old English sū
Old Norse sýr
Old High German sū
German Sau
Swedish so
Avestan hū-
Ossetic xʷɨ | xu
Persian xuk
Ancient Greek ὗς, σῦς (hū̃s, sū̃s)
Latin sūs
Sardinian sue
Umbrian si-
Tocharian B suwo
Albanian thi
Latvian suvẽns
Sanskrit sū-kará-
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@ryan_sikola @PIE_Animals Possibly. If I interpret the big Finnish-English dictionary correctly, "piggery, pig house" is sikala, and for "pigsty" it has sikolätti. But this is standard Finnish. I guess there may be dialects where the concept is expressed by sikola.
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@ChronHib @PIE_Animals I’ve been told that my surname means “pig pen” in Finnish.
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@PIE_Animals Well, ">40" is presenting it very cosily for Old Irish...
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The Celtic languages: "I beg to differ."
Aristocratic Fury@LandsknechtPike
The map of the number of phonemes in European languages is very interesting. It doesn't match the linguistic groups but is somewhat geographical. There seems to be a belt from Ireland to Russia where languages have many different sounds for some reason.
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Happy #BlueMonday everyone.
Here's the pertinent video: youtube.com/watch?v=c1Gxjz…
A video as you would expect it from New Order/Joy Division.
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