Yep, it's Monday. I've been trying to post a status update to Facebook for the past 20 minutes, and it won't let me! *cries*
I need to start eating right and exercising too. Damn, we're just too busy to take care of ourselves properly (which is dumb, because if we take care of ourselves, we can get more done!)
Oh good. So it's not the jackass from high school who I banned last night reporting me and getting me censored. Thanks! That actually makes me feel better.
It's nuts. I'm not sleeping great either... which eating right and exercising would also help. So I get up in the morning too tired to go for a walk. *sigh* Just. Do. It.
Oh! I didn't know (guess I missed it) that you are learning Gaeilge! My husband teaches Irish Gaelic every Monday at our public library for almost three years now. He's gotten quite an established class, too. He's part of the local chapter of the Conradh na Gaeilge.
Anyway, where I was going with this is that we've been watching Scúp, which has been quite entertaining. So far there are only 8 episodes, but hey, it's more content! :)
Oh thanks! I saw an ad for Scúp this morning but I'd never heard of it.
And thanks for the link. I had a great list of Irish language media, but it turned out all the links were broken and I couldn't track them down. So I'm very grateful.
I have wanted to study Irish since I first had a concept of different languages as a child. But I didn't get the opportunity until I was living in Philly in the late 90s and U Penn had a course. I took two semesters and then spent 4 weeks at Oideas Gael in Donegal. But unfortunately, I didn't pressure myself to speak. And frankly, I was unsatisfied with the Irish teachers in my area.
Strangely, now that I live nowhere hear any Irish teachers, I'm getting practice online and actually starting to speak. Bob and I want to go to Oideas Gael next summer.
Glad I could help at all! That's really neat that your university even had Irish classes. There's none of that around here, unfortunately.
Most of my Irish is by proxy of being married to a teacher, heh. I speak Italian myself, but am puttering slowly along with the Irish. I should make more effort! My husband calls himself Thairish American. His mother is Thai, his father is almost exclusively Irish American, which is where his desire to learn has stemmed. Heh.
He's been studying Irish for as long as I've known him +/- 20 years, but has become increasingly fluent since he's been teaching. Of course this makes sense, due to him having to study and prepare for his class (it's a free class, my husband does it purely voluntarily). It's been really fun to watch.
The University of Pennsylvania had this program for learning obscure languages. I forget what it was called, but it was set up mostly for grad/Ph.D. students who needed a language credit to complete their degree. Me, I was just along for the ride
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I need to start eating right and exercising too. Damn, we're just too busy to take care of ourselves properly (which is dumb, because if we take care of ourselves, we can get more done!)
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It's nuts. I'm not sleeping great either... which eating right and exercising would also help. So I get up in the morning too tired to go for a walk. *sigh* Just. Do. It.
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http://downrightnow.com/
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Please try again some other time. Thanks for at least trying. =)
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Anyway, where I was going with this is that we've been watching Scúp, which has been quite entertaining. So far there are only 8 episodes, but hey, it's more content! :)
Oh, he also suggests http://www.litriocht.com/shop/ for movies in Irish...
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And thanks for the link. I had a great list of Irish language media, but it turned out all the links were broken and I couldn't track them down. So I'm very grateful.
I have wanted to study Irish since I first had a concept of different languages as a child. But I didn't get the opportunity until I was living in Philly in the late 90s and U Penn had a course. I took two semesters and then spent 4 weeks at Oideas Gael in Donegal. But unfortunately, I didn't pressure myself to speak. And frankly, I was unsatisfied with the Irish teachers in my area.
Strangely, now that I live nowhere hear any Irish teachers, I'm getting practice online and actually starting to speak. Bob and I want to go to Oideas Gael next summer.
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Most of my Irish is by proxy of being married to a teacher, heh. I speak Italian myself, but am puttering slowly along with the Irish. I should make more effort! My husband calls himself Thairish American. His mother is Thai, his father is almost exclusively Irish American, which is where his desire to learn has stemmed. Heh.
He's been studying Irish for as long as I've known him +/- 20 years, but has become increasingly fluent since he's been teaching. Of course this makes sense, due to him having to study and prepare for his class (it's a free class, my husband does it purely voluntarily). It's been really fun to watch.
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http://www.howtogeek.com/164981/how-to-switch-to-opendns-or-google-dns-to-speed-up-web-browsing/
Bhuail tú le Éamonn Ó Dónaill?!?! ... Tá an-éadmhar orm anois. :)
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Beidh mé úsáid as mo VPN. Grma!
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