In Scot Gaelic alla-bhuadhach: victorious, but in disgrace altachadh: act of articulating joints; act of moving to excercise one's self after being in a cramped position amhain: lying on the back without power of moving arrabhalach: a traitor; a person that conceals himself in a house to bear away tidings atamaich: to fondle an unreasonable person ballart: boasting, fuss about one's family basardaich: clapping of hands with joy beachach: waspish, abounding with bees bleid: a sly kind of impertinent begging braoisgire: one that distorts his mouth in contempt brioghmhoireachd: the state of being full of meaning burrghlasach: brutally passionate caithris: the stae of being exhausted and worn out by watching ciamhadh: pulling by the hair cibh: a wreath of snow cinneabhag: a young woman who prides herself on her family claidean: an absurd hammering at anything clomhar: to scratch by shrugging the shoulders cnapanach: a strong lump of a boy [it really says that!] cnead: a sudden moan cneasnaich: to squeeze and shake a person cnuimh: a worm, a maggot; a toothache conachair: a sick person who gets neither better nor worse in health corra-chodal: sleeping on one's elbow deaghrach: stinging tingling pain dearmail: anxiety, solicitude, worldliness draghaistich: to drag in an absurd or childish way dreineag: a grinning girl drip: a snare meant for another but ensnaring the author of it duileachd: doubt, suspicion, as of a child easaraich: the state of requiring much attendance and service without moving from your seat fuileamain: a bleeding toe gaillseach: a large mouthful which makes the cheeks bulge out gair-bhaite: a drowning cry gealtachd: cowardice; insanity glamarsaich: noisy lapping as of a hungry dog grac: to frighten a child with frowns greadan: a considerable time with all one's might at anything greigh: uncommon heat of the sun after bursting out from under a cloud iarbhail: consequence, the remains of a disease laoran: a person too fond of the fireside leireadh: the act of the severest mental torture liobh: a slimy substance like blood on the surface of water mionagamaid: supressed anxious whispering moit: pretended indifference, shyness while speaking about a thing one is very keen for neagaid: a little sob or sigh, often repeated, as a person before or after weeping plodh: anything put temporarily together; a sick person that dies on getting the slightest cold or injury; a man hardly hanging together ruic: undesirable fondness seana-chrionta: old-fashioned, too wise for one's years sgaift: to burst in consequence of eating too much sgeamhaltrach: one who does something furiously sgean, sgian: a startled, hunted look sgiomalaireachd: mean habits of popping in upon people at meals: living (and doing nothing) about gentlemen's kitchens sgleo: a dimness of the eyes, a shade, a haze; romancing of one who sees imperfectly, and consequently misrepresents facts spriolag: an evil genius srann: a drink as deep as one's breath will permit him tacharan: the yelling of ghosts or orphans teodhadh: act of warming, simmering, glowing with love tuairisgeul: a description, report; a made-up story uallach: a burden, in a moral sense; a hard task

how do you pronounce "atamaich"? i was just doing that yesterday afternoon.

my irish grandmother died a long time ago, when i was pretty young. i can remember she used to pepper her speech with the occasional gaelic phrase. the only i can really remember is something that sounded like "kithawg" and meant left-handed. my sister was left-handed and my grandmother would shake her head and say that. so much for being in touch with my irish roots.

atamaich: at' - am (short a for both) - ich (like in German) My dictionary's a bitch and only gives the pronunciation for some words. Like you're supposed to guess at the others or something. There are three Gaelic words for left-handed. (Note: there's Irish Gaelic and Scot Gaelic, which aren't necessarily similar) Clith-lamhach Cearr-lamhach Ciotach I'm guessing the last one is the "kithawg" sounding word. The language also is a bitch in that it is entirely NOT phonetic. But then when you think about the words tough, cough, plough, dough, and through, it's a miracle anybody can learn how to speak English, either.

thanks. i think i'll go drink a srann of whisky in your honor.

I,m having a mudslide,but I,m all good with Celtic.If I have a few more of these,I,ll be seeing leprocauns and fairies,and dancing round a may pole.

what's truly awesome is lenition -liek how the letter h modifies how a word is pronounced. It usuallu cancels out the letter in front of it, like caithris, pronounced something like kaye-hhrish (i think, it's been a while). Also bh is a 'vuh' sound, so bheainn is pronounced vein and mh is a 'wuh' sound so Samhain is sowwen, not sam-hane. Sorry, Glen Danzig.

mother!!!!!!!!!!!

These really are cool, aren't they? I've always been fascinated with words whose definitions are so strange or specific that you can't believe there's a unique word for that. Like defenestration. "Throwing a person or thing out the window." What the - ? Why is there a word for that? Does it happen so often? The Gaelic words above are neat because they provide a window into the culture: "gealtachd: cowardice; insanity" I like this one: "moit: pretended indifference, shyness while speaking about a thing one is very keen for" I have that. It's warming to know that many other people must, also, if there is a unique word for it. In English, in my favorite book from childhood, there's a line like, "His voice was no longer remote, only colorless, as though he were speaking of something he cared for very much." 20+ words to accomplish what the Scots could say with one.

You know what I like? I like using 'keen on' as 'into'. I'm keen on that!

I've always gotten a thrill when I see a word with a meaning so specific and odd it's hard to believe there's a word just for that. Now I'm having that experience doing classification. Poetry in the catalog: BF575.A9 Awe BF575.D57 Disappointment BF575.E5 Elation BF575.E83 Escape BF575.I48 Innocence BF575.R37 Repentance BF575.T43 Tenderness BF575.U57 Unrequited love BF578 Emotional contagion HQ76.965.B42 Bears [Gay men] Subject heading: Wakefulness (May Subd Geog)

Crowding stress (May Subd Geog)

this is a word i just heard coined on the radio show "calling all pets". penguinemonium (a group - flock? - of penguines)

According to James Liption (yes, that James Lipton) the collective noun for penguins is the colony. (Boring.) the full list

My son loved penguin, the kids at his school called him " the penguin".

you have a son, dr. pepper? tell me more about him. does this mean you have a wife? other kids?

I was married, but not anymore. I have two children, I thought I told you before about this?

BF637.D65 Doppelgängers BF637.E95 Excuses BF637.H46 Hesitation BF637.H83 Hugging GV867.54 Anthropological aspects (of baseball)

I wish

you sick, sick bastard.

that cartoon is going to haunt me.

OMG! I like this one LC Subject Heading: Water sex (May Subd Geog) USE FOR: Aquatic sex Sex in the water Underwater sex

http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF006-The_Man_with_No_Penis.gif He ought to becoma a woman

BF723.B37 Beauty, Personal (child psychology) BF775 Psychology of the marvelous HM1171 Personal space. Crowding stress Cf. HV6177 Cause of crime LC heading: Problem employees--Drama.

i took eva to the library today to get her very own library card. we checked out a bunch of books. i checked out a book on sailing. i think we might learn how to sail. i want to see what im getting into.

I got my very own library card today too!

Today I got to watch part of a documentary on Oscar Wilde that includes the only known recording of him reading "The Ballad of Reading Gaol." He sounds exactly like you think he'd sound. His accent is the kind that makes one pronounce "toast" as "taste."

QH528 Biology (General)--Life--Degeneration BF698.35.M34 Psychology--Personality--Personality types--Special personality traits or aspects, A-Z--Machiavellianism HQ1090.27 Aesthetics. Handsomeness in men. Including ugliness in men. BF692.15 Psychology--Psychology of sex. Sexual behavior--Sexual animosity BF698.35.P43 Psychology--Personality--Personality types--Special personality traits or aspects, A-Z--Pedantry