When you mix up languages mid-word!

I showed up a bit early for a sean-nós lesson the other day, and the teacher asked me if I'd like a cup of tea. I started to say "No thanks...I've got water." But just as I started to say "water," my eye fell on my water bottle, and my brain helpfully supplied "uisce." As my poor brain teetered helplessly between languages, what actually came out of my mouth was "no thanks...I've got whiskey!" (I knew I wanted an English word, but grabbed the wrong one out of the air!)

I'm sure my poor teacher wondered what I was doing drinking whiskey at 11 a.m.!

Redwolf

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Spent this last weekend in a gaeilge immersion workshop and on the drive home, about an hour into the drive I looked up to try and figure out where I was and trying to read as gaeilge but I didn't know any of the words. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what they said.

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Níl mórán Gaeilge agam (fós). Is foghlaimeoir mé...agus is breá liom é!

Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste, ná Béarla cliste.

When you have trouble focusing on learning other languages!

When I was a kid we called the mixing of Irish and English in the same sentence or in a song "macarán"

I'm guessing that comes from "macaronic," which refers to a song written in two languages (such as Maidrín Rua or Deus Meus).

Redwolf

You know you have been studying Irish too long when.....

you hear someone say, 'Feck him, hey?' and wonder what they are looking at....

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char thuig mé 'n jóc ar tús

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

Och, feckin' too sad error, eh!

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Dhiú nó dhiúbh bínn studaíonn Aidhris tú lang bhuen dhiú raoid d'fhios ait nórmal spaoi d'ain d'iondair stain duit.