mia_mcdavid is upstairs taking a nap. I am back in the music room, listening to 3 Pints Gone, with a Guinness in front of me :-)>
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Saturday at Convergence — I
Friday at Convergence — II
Friday at Convergence – I
Off to Convergence
…. the biggest local science-fiction convention. mia_mcdavid and our son J are already there. It is the tenth anniversary for this con, so they are extending it for an extra day. Hence we will be returning home on Sunday. The holiday helps.
Monday Night Irish Class, June 30, 2008
Irish Class, June 30, 2008
Irish Class, June 30, 2008
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We have a class project for the summer: To translate a menu into
Irish. Each of us chose one item. I got:
Minnesota wild rice
stuffed chicken breast
I first reworded the English to
be
Breast of chicken with stuffing of wild rice
from Minnesota
Which I translated
as
Cíoch sicín le buiste ríc fiáin as
Minnesota
Monday Night Irish Class: Plurals
Monday’s class (more on that later) reminded me that I had not integrated my notes on plurals from class with the handout that Nick gave us afterwards. I worked on that this evening, and here is the result.