I would have thought 'dinnéir' tar éis 'le haghaidh'. What's the story with the hyphen?

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Me too, but who am I to argue with the kids, it's their dinner, they should know !

As for the hyphen, it will be noted that there are few, if any real Irish words which begin with a 'h', and as I'm not in the least constrained by the so-called caighdeán, I like to insert a hyphen between the preposition and the vowel, just as was done before they started messing with the language.

It's probably a minority view, but that doesn't bother me !

So it is only the caighdeán that has no hyphen?

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To me that's not a problem. Only a handful of Irish words begin with a "real" h, and they are all loanwords (that are easy to recognize). All others are Irish words that have got a prefixed h because of the preceding word.
If you knew a bit of Irish grammar, you know that in "le haghaidh" the second word is "aghaidh" with a prefixed h because of "le".

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

This is exactly why the hyphen was dispensed with in the caighdeán. If the h is obviously prefixed then there is no need to include a hyphen to show that it is prefixed.

Prefixed t and prefixed n are quite different. But yeah, no one can force anyone to use the caighdeán - try as they might! BTW, I too think it's a great shame (as mentioned by others previously) to have books that are written in dialectal (i.e. natural) Irish messed around with and 'standardised'.

yes. I don't like the CO and I change its rules anytime I need it to write in my dialect, but I use the prefixed h without the hyphen because I think it's not a problem...

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

An bhfuil tú i ndáirire? Ní chreidim é sin!

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Then I suppose I am in the minority. I, too, prefer “le h-aghaidh” to “le haghaidh.” I also prefer “i nAlban” to “in Alban,” etc. In my case, it is simply an aesthetics thing. And the more un-butchered Irish literature I read, the more I will incorporate such things into my Irish.

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Táim ag foghlaim Gaelainn na Mumhan

Tá fáilte roim nach aon cheartú!
I am a learner. Any translations offered are practice and should not be used unless confirmed.

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Táim ag foghlaim Gaelainn na Mumhan

Tá fáilte roim nach aon cheartú!
I am a learner. Any translations offered are practice and should not be used unless confirmed.

un-butchered or unbutchered?

Words that need a hyphen to-day may not need one tomorrow.