Michael wrote:
Maybe it's folk etymology, but I heard the critter was known as
"the French animal" hence its name.
Yes, believe it or not, the rat was once known in Ireland as the "luch
Fhrancach" (French mouse); hence the modern name.
Séamas Ó Brógáin
Michael Everson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I thought that the words are the same. Maybe it's folk etymology, but I
> heard the critter was known as "the French animal" hence its name.
I don't recall any reference to that in school (where the capitalization was emphasized to encourage good relat
Ar 14:10 -0800 2000-07-10, scríobh [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>One definitely has to be careful with case here, e.g. "Francach"
>(Frenchman) is definitely not the same as a title-cased "francach" (rat) -
>the potential for diplomatic difficulties is enormous :-)
I thought that the words are the same. Ma
Séamas Ó Brógáin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, those too, though not very many. There may even be some rare instances
> of ambiguous words in this category (i.e. where there is a word beginning
One definitely has to be careful with case here, e.g. "Francach" (Frenchman) is definitely not th
Marco asked:
But what for the case of "h"? Doesn't Irish have words starting by "h",
foreign names maybe?
Yes, those too, though not very many. There may even be some rare instances
of ambiguous words in this category (i.e. where there is a word beginning
with and an otherwise identi
Sean O Seaghdha wrote:
> Is this just curiosity or are you writing some case-shifting
> algorithm?
No, I wish! :-(
It is just curiosity. I am writing some notes about i18n, and I am looking
for examples of "the good old things you can say good-bye to if you're gonna
write code that has to run
Ar 10 Jul 2000, ag 6:04 scríobh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fán ábhar "Re: Irish case folding":
[the pedantry of which Séamas spoke approaches]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> - Can these mutations only occur after a determinative, or can they also be
>> at the beginning of a senten
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> - Can these mutations only occur after a determinative, or can they also be
> at the beginning of a sentence?
I don't believe they can occur at the beginning of a sentence. The most common construct occurs after "na" (meaning "of"); "Ambasáid na hÉireann" (Embassy of I
Marco Cimarosti asked:
Time ago, we discovered some complex behavior in the capitalization
of Irish: some initial letters, called "mutations" never get
capitalized ... I was wondering:
Can these mutations only occur after a determinative, or can they
also be at the begi
Time ago, we discovered some complex behavior in the capitalization of
Irish: some initial letters, called "mutations" never get capitalized.
(The example was "POBLACHT NA hIODÃILE", meaning "Republic of Italy", where
the "h" has to be lowercase even if all the rest is uppercase).
I was wonderi
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