| cineál | kind, sort, species | /kina:l/ Cois. /k'ina:l/ C.O. |
| An bhfuil tú ar meisce? | Are you drunk? | |
| Tá mé ar strae. | I am lost | |
| Tá mé dul amúl | I am lost. |
[The worksheet, annotated.]
( Read more... )Direct relative clause
Cé hé an duine bhualann tú?
Who is the person that you hit?
bualann pres. hab. of buail "hit, strike", hence "Who is the person that you hit on a regular basis?" [!]
No preposition, so this is a direct relative clause. Hence lenitition
From Wes's official notes: The shopping exercise, annotated.
( Read more... )...the White House's stance also gave extra lift to the network at a time when it is on track to record its best ratings year ever. This year, Fox News has averaged nearly 1.2 million viewers across all its programming, a 16% increase over the same period last year, according to Nielsen. In the two weeks since aides to President Obama took after the coverage, the audience has been 8% larger than the previous two weeks.Via Ann Althouse
If anything, the Obama administration has succeeded in reinforcing Fox News' identity as a thorn in the side of the establishment -- a role the network loves to play.
"We may be No. 1, but there is sort of an insurgent quality to Fox News," said senior political analyst Brit Hume. "And that's kind of our attitude: 'Hoist a Jolly Roger, pull out our daggers and look for more throats to slit.' This is tremendous fodder for us. My lord, we've been living on it."