Irish Class, August 10, 2015
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| Is maith an chearc nach mbeireann amuigh. | It is a good hen that does not lay [eggs] outside [the coop]. | Don’t show off./Don’t be ostentatious. |
Domhan Dorcha (tuilleadh) — “Dark world (continued)”
Irish Class, July 27, 2015
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Cé a phósfas an t-airgead, pósfaidh sé óinseach.
Imeoidh an t-airgead, fanfaidh an óinseach.
Whoever marries money, will marry a fool.
The money will be gone, the fool stays.
| Cé | Who(ever) | |
| An té | Whoever | |
| a phósfas = a phósfann | marries | pres. in relative clause |
| óinseach | fool, foolish woman |
Domhan Dorcha (tuilleadh) — “Dark world (continued)”
From The Telegraph
Irish Class, July 13, 2015
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An eascann ag ithe a heireabail.
“An eel that eats his tail.”
Someone who badmouths his/her own relatives.
Irish Class, June 22, 2015
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From the buried bunker, Hitler’s ghost still haunts Berlin’s psyche, 70 years on
There are few surviving buildings or monuments to testify to the period in which Berlin was the Nazi capital, when it was to become Welthauptstadt Germania – an Albert Speer-designed world capital of a massively expanded German nation.
The Olympic stadium, site of the 1936 Games, still exists, the disused Tempelhof airport and, most notably, the forbidding former ministry of aviation from which Hermann Göring boasted of dominating the European skies.
It is now the home of the ministry of finance, which many believe dominates Europe in a far more effective manner than the Luftwaffe could ever have done.
Charleston massacre: The latest American mass killing
The regularity of mass killings breeds familiarity. [….] Those who live in America, or visit it, might do best to regard them the way one regards air pollution in China: an endemic local health hazard which, for deep-rooted cultural, social, economic and political reasons, the country is incapable of addressing. This may, however, be a bit unfair. China seems to be making progress on pollution.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 