Is fearr Gaeilge briste

He/Him or They/Them, late 20s, liberal, poly, Gay Nerd, I mostly post things I find interesting, cute, or important. Deeply in love with two amazing men. I'm also starting to transition into a bit of langblr territory, Irish language specifically. All races, genders, sexualities, etc. are welcome. Terfs and Fascists can bite me.

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Helicoprion: What if, like, teeth,

Mesosaurus: Yeah?

Helicoprion: but WHEEL

Mesosaurus: No don’t -

Helicoprion:

(Image by ДиБгд)

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Drepanosaurus: What if, like, tail, 

Rutiodon: Yeah? 

Drepanosaurus: But CLAW 

Rutiodon: How would you - 

Drepanosaurus: 

(by @drawingwithdinosaurs​) 

[aegis-destiny]

Igunaodon: What if, like, thumb,

Hypselospinus: Yeah?

Igunaodon: But like spike

Hypselospinus: But why would you ne-

Igunaodon:

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

Stegosaurus: What if, like, tail

Camptosaurus: Yeah?

Stegosaurus: But SHARP

Camptosaurus: But what would y-

Stegosaurus:

[ridiculouslyphotogenicsinosauru]

Pelagornis: what if, like, beak

Paramobula: I’m listening

Pelagornis: but TEETH

Paramobula: what possible reason would you have t-

Pelagornis:

(Image by Peter Trusler)

[shadows-and-science-gone-mad]

Cotylorhynchus: What if, like, head

Moschops: Okay?

Cotylorhynchus: But SMALL

Moschops: What? No, why the he-

Cotylorhynchus:

[lady-laufey]

Erythrosuchus: Okay but what if, head

Cotylorhynchus: I’m listening…

Erythrosuchus: But HUGE

Cotylorhynchus: What no pump the breaks there why-

Erythrosuchus:

[rave-lord-nito]

Sharovipteryx: Okay, but what if like, wings

Kyrgyzsaurus: Okay?

Sharovipteryx: on my BACK LEGS

Kyrgyzsaurus: Wait hold on now, why would you put them-

Sharovpiteryx:

[lady-laufey]

Deinocheirus: Okay, but what if…

Barsboldia: What if what?

Deinocheirus: : )

Barsboldia: What are you doing, what is this, wh-

Deinocheirus:

[bats-at-the-disco-deactivated20]

Therizinosaurus: Ok what if claw…

Deinocheirus: Alright go on….

Therizinosaurus: But l o n g

Deinocheirus: You eat planet for heavens sake why in the world would yo—

Therizinosaurus: SUCK IT IM WOLVERINE

[wandering-shepard]

Azhdarchidae: What if, like, fly?

Pterosauria: Okay… what about it?

Azhdarchidae: But HE A D

Pterosauria: What does that even-

Azhdarchidae:

[plasticozoic]

Thylacoleonidae: ok, what if vegetarian teeth Diprotodontia: sure Thylacoleonidae: but for MEATING

Diprodontia: how are you even going to do this

Thylacoleonidae: you are like baby, watch THIS - 

[sepialunaris]

Brachytracholepan: What if neck

Tehuelchesaurus: yep thats basically our identity

Brachytrachelopan: but chonk

Tehuelchesaurus: WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK

Brachytrachelopan: Chungus time

[mrvokiman]

Ichthyovenator: What if, like, sail

Spinosaurus: Yes?

Ichthyovenator: but HOLE

Spinosaurus: Why would you-

Ichthyovenator:

[darth-felis-deactivated20200625]

Parasaurolophus: What if, you know, crest

Gryposaurus: Cool, go on

Parasaurolophus: but more

Gryposaurus: …okay?

Parasaurolophus: and trumpet

Gryposaurus: For wha-

Parasaurolophus: BIIIIIIIIIIGGGG HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNK

[mantis-cat]

Yi Qi: What if, um, Wing

Anchiornis: Yes, yes go on,

Yi Qi: but, more skin

Anchiornis: But we are all doing this feth…….

Yi Qi: FLAP FLAP

[fabfuta1234]

Eoabelisaurus: What if, like, hand.

Asfaltovenator: Yeah?

Eoabelisaurus: But like, nub?

Asfaltovenator: But wouldn’t that–

90 MILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTION LATER

“…damnit!”

[warriormoustache]

Kaprosuchus: Okay so.. teeth, yeah?

Crocodyliformes: Mmhmm?

Kaprosuchus: But they’re tusks

Crocodyliformes: Oh God..

Kaprosuchus: And I’m twenty feet long

Crocodyliformes: Don’t do it..

Kaprosuchus: And upright.

Crocodyliformes: Please sto-

Kaprosuchus:

[morgan-the-lonely-brick]

Stethacanthus: okay, what if fin…

Cretoxyrhina: Yeah, what about it?

Stethacanthus: But anvil

Cretoxyrhina: What

Stethacanthus: with teeth

Cretoxyrhina: Nonononodon’t-

Stethacanthus: and teeth on forehead

Cretoxyrhina: STOP

Stethacanthus:

[cassie-heartgal]

Opabinia: Hey, so–

Anomalocaris: oh God what now??

Opabinia: what if… Eye

Anomalocaris: no, stop

Opabinia: but FIVE

Anomalocaris: I SAID STOP

Opabinia: NOSE CLAW

Anomalocaris: YOU WHA–

Opabinia:

[just-queer-things]

This blog is a safe space for anyone who is:

Gay Lesbian Homoromantic Bisexual/romantic Pansexual/romantic Asexual/romantic Demisexual/romantic Transgender Non binary Gender questioning Gender queer Agender Demigender Gender neutral (The list goes on)

Reblog if your blog is a safe space too! 😁

[oh-em-gee-wowe]

This blog is NOT A SAFE SPACE FOR:

TERFs

Islamaphobic people

Antisemites

Neo-Nazis

Racists

Transphobic peoples

Homophobic people

[gaytheist-dyke]

It’s also safe space for

Everyone on the autistic spectrum

People who suffer from OCD

People who suffer from BPD

People who suffer from schizophrenia

People who suffer from an eating disorder

People who suffer from any mental illness

People who live with physical or mental disabilities

People who cope with chire

People who use unhealthy coping mechanisms

People struggling with addictions

Etc

[serialreblogger]

AND for all y’all who:

are polyamorous

are GNC

are any kind of queer

have ADHD

have DID

are any kind of neurodivergent

need your triggers tagged

don’t know what one or more of these things are, and want to ask questions!

[digitaldiscipline]

JUST SO WE’RE CLEAR:

Dec 18th - House Impeaches Trump

Jan 8th - First CDC warning

Jan 9th - Trump campaign rally

Jan 14th - Trump campaign rally

Jan 16h - House sends impeachment articles to Senate

Jan 18th - Trump golfs

Jan 19th - Trump golfs

Jan- 20th first case in South Korea

Jan 20th - first case of corona virus in the US, Washington State.

Jan 22nd - “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”

Jan 28th - Trump campaign rally

Jan 30th - Trump campaign rally

January 30th- WHO declares global health emergency

January 31st- banned foreign nationals from entering the US if they had been in China within two weeks prior.

Feb 1st - Trump golfs

Feb 2nd - “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China.“

Feb 5th - Senate votes to acquit. Then takes a five-day weekend.

Feb 10th - Trump campaign rally

Feb 12th - Dow Jones closes at an all time high of 29,551.42

Feb 15h - Trump golfs

Feb 19th - Trump campaign rally

Feb 20th - Trump campaign rally

Feb 21st - Trump campaign rally

Feb 24th - “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”

Feb 25h - “CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.”

Feb 25h - “I think that’s a problem that’s going to go away… They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we’re very close to a vaccine.”

Feb 26th - “The 15 (cases in the US) within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero.”

Feb 26th - “We’re going very substantially down, not up.” Also “This is a flu. This is like a flu”; “Now, you treat this like a flu”; “It’s a little like the regular flu that we have flu shots for. And we’ll essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner.”

February 27: “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

Feb 28th - “We’re ordering a lot of supplies. We’re ordering a lot of, uh, elements that frankly we wouldn’t be ordering unless it was something like this. But we’re ordering a lot of different elements of medical.”

Feb 28th - Trump campaign rally

March 2nd - “You take a solid flu vaccine, you don’t think that could have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?”

March 2nd - “A lot of things are happening, a lot of very exciting things are happening and they’re happening very rapidly.”

March 4: “If we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work — some of them go to work, but they get better.”

March 5th - “I NEVER said people that are feeling sick should go to work.”

March 5th - “The United States… has, as of now, only 129 cases… and 11 deaths. We are working very hard to keep these numbers as low as possible!”

March 6th - “I think we’re doing a really good job in this country at keeping it down… a tremendous job at keeping it down.”

March 6th - “Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. They’re there. And the tests are beautiful…. the tests are all perfect like the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”

March 6th - “I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it… Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president.”

March 6th - “I don’t need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn’t our fault.”

March 7th - Trump golfs

March 8th - Trump golfs

March 8th - “We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House for our attack on CoronaVirus.”

March 9th - “This blindsided the world.”

March 13th - [Declares state of emergency]

March 17th - “This is a pandemic,” Trump told reporters. “I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”

March 18th - “It’s not racist at all. No. Not at all. It comes from China. That’s why. It comes from China. I want to be accurate.”

March 23th- Dow Jones closes at 18,591.93

March 25th - 3.3 million Americans file for unemployment.

March 30th - Dow Jones closes at 21,917.16

April 2nd - 6.6 million Americans file for unemployment.

April 4th - The US has 300,000 (documented) COVID-19 infections and 8,000 deaths.

[sgribhisg]

LATHA NÀISEANTA AN AON-ADHARCAICH

’S e Latha Nàiseanta an Aon-Adharcaich a th’ ann an-diugh. Is e an t-aon-adharcach beathach nàiseanta na h-Alba.

[It is National Unicorn Day today. The unicorn is Scotland’s national animal.]

🎧 Faidhle-Fuaime airson Aon-Adharcach leis an Fhaclair Bhig: http://bit.ly/2D904I9 🎧 Faidhle-Fuaime airson Aon-Adharcach le Learn Gaelic: http://bit.ly/2G2foHj

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[aoife700]

‘Bhandia’ - Goddess

[charminglyantiquated]

that story where you challenge the fairy queen to a match of wit and skill to win back your loved one. and it goes … fine, you think? probably.

adapted from this very short Elsewhere University piece, changed slightly to be a little more self-contained.

other comics//tapastic//patreon//ko-fi

[lieutenant-blackwell]

Five Words a Day as Gaeilge - April 2nd, 2020 - Animal Vocab, part 2

Animal: ainmhí [m4] /ˌa.nʲə.ˈvʲiː/

What is your favorite animal?

Cad atá an t-ainmhí is fearr leat?

/ˈkˠadˠ ə.ˈtˠɑː ənˠ ˌtˠa.nʲə.ˈvʲiː əsˠ ˈfʲɑːɾˠ ˈlʲatˠ/

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Ant: seangán [m1] /ʃaŋ.ˈgˠɑːnˠ/

Ants march across the picnic table

Máirseálann seangáin trasna na bord picnice

/mˠɑːɾʲ.ˈʃɑː.lˠənˠ ˈʃanˠ.ˈgˠɑːnʲ ˈtˠɾˠasˠ.nˠə nˠə ˈbˠoːɾˠdˠ ˈpʲi.cnʲə.cə/

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Badger: broc [m1] /ˈbˠɾˠokˠ/

I saw a badger near the river yesterday

Chonaic mé broc in aice leis an abhainn inné

/ˈxo.nˠəc mʲe ˈbˠɾˠokˠ inˠ ˈa.cə ˈlʲeʃ ənˠ ˈaunʲ i.ˈnʲeː/

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Bear: béar [m1] /ˈbʲeːɾˠ/

Bears do not live in this area

Ní bhíonn béir sa cheantar seo

/ˈnʲiː ˈvʲiənˠ ˈbʲeːɾʲ sˠə ˈçaunˠ.tˠəɾˠ ˈʃo/

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Beetle: ciaróg [f2] /ciə.ˈɾˠoːgˠ/

Her teacher has a collection of beetles

Tá bailiúchán ciaróg ag a múinteoir

/ˈtˠɑː bˠa.ˈlʲuː.xɑːnˠ ciə.ˈɾˠoːgˠ əɟ ə ˈmˠuːnʲ.ˈtʲoːɾʲ/

[narrative-foil]

in honor of trans visibility day let’s all say a collective “fuck you” to jowling kowling rowling

[tubbinary]

so anyway harry is trans

[narrative-foil]

and so is hermione

[tubbinary]

and so is luna

[narrative-foil]

and so is ron

[sweet-like-the-ocean]

and so is Nevill

[narrative-foil]

and so is ginny

[sweet-like-the-ocean]

and so is draco

[narrative-foil]

and so is sirius

[transtimwrightwithstyle]

and so is snape

[accounting-wunderkind]

So is Dumbledore

[schrodingers-fyke]

So it's Magonagal

[witchcraft-in-wonderland]

And Fleur

[cryptid-in-your-closet]

And the twins

[in-my-defense-i-was-left-alone]

and Charlie

[isopodbug]

And Percy

[poodleoodle39-deactivated202101]

Also Remus

[loved-and-i-lost-you]

Tom Riddle too

[official-lucifers-child]

me and mrs weasley as well

[iamthedevilswalkingstick]

And Bellatrix

[lieutenant-blackwell]

Five Words a Day as Gaeilge - April 1st, 2020 - Animals, Part 1

Jellyfish: smugairle róin /ˈsˠmˠu.gˠəɾʲ.lʲə ˈɾˠoːnʲ/ ("seal snot")

There's a large shoal of jellyfish behind the boat

Tá scoil mór smugairlí róin laistiar den bád

/ˈtˠaː ˈsˠkˠelʲ ˈmˠoːɾˠ ˌsˠmˠu.gˠəɾʲ.ˈlʲiː ˈɾˠoːnʲ ˌlˠaʃ.ˈtʲiəɾˠ ˈdʲenʲ ˈbˠaːdˠ/

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Ladybug/Ladybird: bóín dé /ˈbˠoː.iːnʲ ˈdʲeː/ ("god's little cow")

The ladybug lands on the cow's nose.

Luíonn an bhóín dé ar srón na bó

/ˈlˠiːnˠ ənˠ ˈwˠoː.iːnʲ ˈdʲeː əɾˠ ˈsˠɾˠoːnˠ nˠə ˈbˠoː/

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Spider: damhán alla /ˈdˠau.aːnˠ ˈa.lˠə/ ("little wild ox")

The spider makes its grand web in the empty house

Déanann an damhán alla a líon mór sa dteach folamh.

/ˈdʲeː.nˠənˠ ənˠ ˈdˠau.aːnˠ ˈa.lˠə ə ˈlʲiənˠ ˈmˠoːɾˠ sˠə ˈdʲax ˈfˠo.lˠəw/

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Squid: máthair shúigh /ˈmˠaː.həɾʲ ˈhuːj/ ("mother of suck")

The curious squid explores the shipwreck

Taiscéalann an mháthair shúigh fhiosrach an longbhá

/ˈtˠaʃ.ˈceː.lˠənˠ ənˠ ˈwaː.həɾʲ ˈhuːj ˈi.sˠɾˠəx ənˠ ˈlˠoŋ.wa:/

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Wolf: mac tíre /ˈmˠakˠ ˈtʲiː.ɾʲə/ ("land's son")

I hear the howl of a wolf in the hills every night

Cloisim an uaill mic tíre sna cnoic gach oíche

/ˈkˠlˠi.ʃəmʲ ənˠ ˈuəlʲ ˈmʲic ˈtʲiː.ɾʲə ˈsˠnˠa ˈkˠnˠic ˈgˠax ˈiː.hə/

[aiweirdness]

An AI's idea of a prank

If you’re a longtime reader of my blog, you’ll know that AIs are consistently terrible at humor. Whether it’s a very simple neural net learning to tell knock-knock jokes, or a more-sophisticated algorithm trained on tens of thousands of short jokes, they tend to get the rhythm and vocabulary correct, yet completely miss the point.

In a previous experiment, I trained a simple neural net on a collection of April Fools pranks and noticed that most of them end up being pranks you play on yourself. Figuring that this sort of solo prank might be useful for this year, I tried a much more sophisticated neural net, one that didn’t have to learn all its words and phrases from scratch. The neural net, called GPT-2, learned from millions of web pages. Using talktotransformer.com, I gave it a short list of pranks and asked it to add to the list.

Here are some of the neural net’s suggested pranks.

Self-prank? New hobbies? Performance art?

It often seemed like the neural net thought it was supposed to be doing its best to suggest recipes or lifehacks.

Step 10: Fun in the Shower Fill your bathtub with cold water. Take the jar of sawdust out of the freezer. Dump it into the water and stir to add some texture.

There are more AI-generated pranks than would fit in this blog post, including some that are such terrible ideas I hesitated to print them here. Enter your email and I’ll send them to you!

My book on AI explains why this is all so darn weird. You can now get it any of these several ways! Amazon - Barnes & Noble - Indiebound - Tattered Cover - Powell’s - Boulder Bookstore (has signed copies!)

[justcatposts]

We can learn a lot from them

[snreads]

Writing a Letter in Irish

How to Write a Letter Properly as Gaeilge

(You can also use some of this for emails and pen pals!)

Vocabulary - 1:

Letter -  Litir

Write -  Scríobh

Stamp -  Stampa

Paper -  Páipéar

Envelope -  Clúdach

Post Office -  Oifig an Phoist

Post Box - Bosca Phoist

Salutations:

Many seem to be under the impression that starting a letter with ‘A Chara’ is the way to go, however, this is a form used by public servants. This greeting is only used when writing official business letters that are rather impersonal. In English, this would be similar to writing ‘Dear Sir (or Madam)’. ‘A Chara’ by itself is never used in personal correspondence. Example list below.

A person’s name should always be used at the beginning of a letter. You can use their first name or a title if they have one. 

As an example, if someone were to write ‘Dear Paul,’ in Irish, it would be: Pól, a chara,

There is no Mr. in the Irish language. When someone has the title, you say ‘honourable son’ instead. So ‘Mr. Leary’ would be written as ‘A Laoghaire,  a Mhic Usail,’

Women are slightly more complicated because Mrs/Ms/Miss have titles. They are basically either wife of lastnamehere or daughter of lastnamehere. 

If the Irish surname starts with an O/Ó: 

’Bean Uí’ is the title of a woman/wife of a man whose surmane in Irish is ‘Ó’. 

’Iníon Ní’ is the title of a daughter of her father’s name (so unmarried women would be addressed with their own last name, for example).

If the man’s surname is a ‘Mac’:

'Bean Mhic’  is the title of a woman/wife of a man whose surname in Irish is ‘Mac’.

’Iníon Nic’ is the title of a daughter of her father’s name.

Example List:

Dear Madam - A Bhean Uasail,

Dear Paul - Pól, a chara, 

Dear Sir or Madam - a chara, or a dhuine uasail,

Dear Seán  - A Sheáin, a chara,

Dear Siobhán - A Shiobhán, a chara,

Dear Mrs O'Shea - A Bhean Uí Shé, a chara,/A Bhean Uí Shé uasal,

Closing:

There are so many ways to close a letter in Irish. 

Bye/goodbye - Slán,

Goodbye for now - Slán go foill,

Goodbye and Blessings - Slán agus beannacht,

With every good wish - Le gach deá ghuí or deá mhéin,

With respect - Le meas, (NOTE: more formal)

You could even use ‘best of luck’ as a closing. There are many different way to say this, depending on region I believe, but I know the two most popular are:

Best of Luck - Go n-éirí leat,/Go n-éirí an t'ádh leat,

Let me know if I’ve forgotten anything!

[gaeilge-rules]

These are my notes on mutations in Irish, basically as I wrote them. They were originally for a friend which is why they're so messy. They also take a certain level of Irish for granted. Hope someone finds them useful! If there are any questions or corrections please let me know

[william-snekspeare]

Happy Pride! Going to do some other pronouns soon 

Buy as a sticker–> x x

Buy as a T-shirt–> x

[william-snekspeare]

happy trans day of visibility, here is a snake. she is visible

[lieutenant-blackwell]

Five Idioms as Gaeilge - March 31st, 2020 - Part 2

Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin

"There's no hearth like your own hearth"

There's no place like home

/ˈnʲiːlʲ ˈeːnˠ ˈtʲinʲ.tʲaːnˠ ˈmˠaɾˠ dˠo ˈhinʲ.tʲaːnˠ ˈfʲeːnʲ/

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Níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh

"A good word never broke a tooth"

/ˈnʲiəɾˠ ˈvʲɾʲiʃ ˈfˠo.kˠəlˠ ˈmˠa ˈfʲiə.kˠəlʲ ˈɾˠiəu/

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Tá sí mar a bheadh cág i measc phéacóg

"She's like a jackdaw among peacocks"

She's like a fish out of water

/ˈtˠaː ˈʃiː ˈmˠaɾˠ ə ˈvʲex ˈkˠaːgˠ i ˈmʲasˠkˠ ˈfʲeː.kˠoːgˠ/

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Tarraingíonn scéal scéal eile

"One story leads on to another"

/ˈtˠa.ɾˠə.ɲiːnˠ ˈʃceːlˠ ˈʃceːlˠ ˈe.lʲə/

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Thug siad an bád bán acu féin

"They took themselves off to the white boat"

Refers to the white passenger ships which would take emigrants to Britain or the US

/ˈhugˠ ˈʃiədˠ ənˠ ˈbˠaːdˠ ˈbˠaːnˠ ˈa.kˠə ˈfʲeːnʲ/

[lieutenant-blackwell]

Five Idioms as Gaeilge - March 30th, 2020 - Part One

Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile

"A beetle recognizes another beetle"

It takes one to know one

/a.ˈnʲiənˠ ciə.ˈɾˠoːgˠ ciə.ˈɾˠoːgˠ ˈe.lʲə/

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Bíonn adharca fada ar na buaidh thar lear

"Cattle in faraway lands have long horns"

The grass is greener on the other side

/ˈbʲiənˠ ˈaiɾˠ.kˠə ˈfˠa.dˠə əɾˠ nˠə ˈbˠuəi ˈhaɾˠ ˈlʲaɾˠ/

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Chomh díomhaoin le laidhricín píobaire

"As idle as a piper's little finger"

Used to describe someone as being very inactive

/ˈxoː ˈdʲiː.ˌwiːnʲ lʲe ˈlˠai.ɾʲə.ciːnʲ ˈpʲiː.bˠə.ɾʲə/

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Dhéanfadh sé nead i do chluais

"He would make a web in your ear"

Used to describe someone who would gladly take advantage of you

/ˈjiə.nˠəx ˈʃeː ˈnʲadˠ i dˠo ˈxlˠuəʃ/

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Is cuid den mhuc a drioball

"The pig's tail is part of the pig"

The apple does not fall far from the tree

/əsˠ ˈkˠidʲ ˈdʲenʲ ˈwukˠ ə ˈdʲɾʲi.bˠəlˠ/