Ask The Author with Garry Bannister

Описание: This month Ben hosted an insightful 'ask me anything!' session with Irish language author and academic Garry Bannister. They discussed the links between the Irish language and Russian, the Irish language roots of Hiberno-English, proverbs in Irish (seanfhocail) and approaches to Irish language education.

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Topics covered:
00:00 Fáilte isteach
01:00 Dr. Garry Bannister's background
03:40 The first ever Irish-Russian dictionary
10:15 The Irish-English Thesaurus (4th Ed.)
10:55 The extinct word 'fafall'
13:30 Onomatopoeia in the Irish language
14:08 Why did Garry choose to study Russian?
19:03 Are there any Irish words that can help one to learn Russian?
21:08 Words in Russian and Irish that have common roots in Latin, English or Greek.
24:29 Elements of culture and superstition that Irish and Russian have in common.
24:43 Peig Sayers Vol. 1: Labharfad le Cách / I Will Speak to You All (Professor Bo Almqvist and Dr Pádraig Ó Héalaí).
27:55 Traces of the Irish language in the way that some Irish speak English
34:50 Words and expressions in Irish that you won't find in English
40:20 The story of 'The Hungry Sod' (fód an ocrais)
42:03 The teaching of Irish in schools in Ireland
49:30 The problem with the subtitles on TG4
51:42 Great books for Irish learners from New Island Publishing: the 'Open Door' series.