Do you ever have words that just won't stay in your brain?

Bríd Mhór · **Joined:** Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 3001

Redwolf wrote:

Bríd Mhór wrote:

Féabar wrote:

dearcadh - out look

Is that a Donegal definition?

Personally I wouldn't use "dearcadh" in that context. It would be more like "view" for me.
To get somebody to "look out !" I'd say "Fainic !" or "Seachain !" (avoid)

I think it's "outlook" as in "viewpoint/opinion"

Redwolf

That was a serious dyslexic moment LOL,
I saw it as "look out". :bash:

Benjamin · **Posted:** Sun 10 Mar 2013 3:14 pm

Dearc is a common verb ''to watch'' in Mayo.

AnBraonach · **Joined:** Sat 22 Sep 2012 5:40 pm **Posts:** 157

Benjamin wrote:

Dearc is a common verb ''to watch'' in Mayo.

In Ulster too - it's used like amharc.

Domhnall

Féabar · **Posted:** Sun 10 Mar 2013 8:38 pm

GO RAIBH MILE MAITH AGAIBH! By associating Dearc with amharc I now HAVE IT! I woke up from a nap (after thinking about the posts) and I knew the three words without looking them up for the three million and oneth time. I often process things In Irish in my sleep. You should hear me speak in my dreams....... it sounds incredible.....course only in my dreams. Lá amháin!

A Bhríd, I always knew you were dislexic because you seem to worship Dog. :clap:

Bríd Mhór · **Joined:** Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 3001

Féabar wrote:

Bhríd, I always knew you were dislexic because you seem to worship Dog.

Redwolf · **Posted:** Mon 11 Mar 2013 5:59 am

Bríd Mhór wrote:

Féabar wrote:

Bhríd, I always knew you were dislexic because you seem to worship Dog.

Have you heard about the dyslexic agnostic amnesiac? He stays awake all night wondering if there really is a dog!

(you can blame my dyslexic hubby for that one!)

Redwolf

Bríd Mhór · **Joined:** Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 3001

Redwolf wrote:

Bríd Mhór wrote:

Féabar wrote:

Bhríd, I always knew you were dislexic because you seem to worship Dog.

Have you heard about the dyslexic agnostic amnesiac? He stays awake all night wondering if there really is a dog!

(you can blame my dyslexic hubby for that one!)

Redwolf

Rossaí · **Joined:** Sat 01 Oct 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 231

Féabar wrote:

dearcadh - out look

dearfach - positive

diúltach - negative

These three are my hardest three. I've looked them up 3 million times and they are a jumbled mess in my head.
I can't use them in speaking and I can't remember them when reading, and I can't remember them well enough to
write them. (I had to look them all up here to write them down.....hopeless)

ps. Is there a difference in machnamh or smaoineamh? I use the latter when I'm speaking for "a thought" as that's
what I first learned

Conas tánn tú a chara? "Smaoineamh" is more like "thinking" and "machnamh" more like "contemplation"

Rossaí · **Joined:** Sat 01 Oct 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 231

I confuse "nia" and "neacht" and have done all my life for whatever reason. I've also confused the names "clare" and "sarah" for some other reason, but equally, all my life.

Saoirse · **Posted:** Tue 12 Mar 2013 6:48 pm

Rossaí wrote:

I confuse "nia" and "neacht" and have done all my life for whatever reason.

Almost everyone seems to do this; I think it is because 'nia' sounds so much like 'niece'.

Rossaí wrote:

I've also confused the names "clare" and "sarah" for some other reason, but equally, all my life.

Co. Sarah is one of the nicest counties in Ireland! :twisted:

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