tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29850502.post2308301153129463774..comments2023-09-17T19:26:31.047-06:00Comments on Why don't you write?: Dyslexia or just moment of doubt?Talks With Cabbieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16219313758319603626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29850502.post-4715761163453443472007-06-22T20:12:00.000-06:002007-06-22T20:12:00.000-06:00i used to know the difference when i had only hear...i used to know the difference when i had only heard of fianna fail.<BR/><BR/>but then fine gael showed up and now i can't remember which is which.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29850502.post-65631805793049032152007-06-18T14:01:00.000-06:002007-06-18T14:01:00.000-06:00Meán Fómhair is September and Deireadh Fómhair is ...Meán Fómhair is September and Deireadh Fómhair is October. I have to preload any sentences I speak involving those months so that there isn't a great yawning gap while I silently sing whatever equivalent there is to the Alphabet Song for months in Irish until I get to the right month.<BR/><BR/>I have the same problem with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, the two largest political parties in Ireland. I have to stop and try to remember which one is which. (Now I'm thinking back to <I>Life of Brian</I> and the Judean People's Front/People's Front of Judea).stwidgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07163492735490090137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29850502.post-23618673425796468442007-06-18T05:48:00.000-06:002007-06-18T05:48:00.000-06:00i still don't know which direction dates and time ...i still don't know which direction dates and time go when they're moved up or back. and people in the business i'm in use that phrase all the time. i just nod knowingly.<BR/><BR/>i never have trouble with Meán Fómhair or Deireadh Fómhair, though. mainly because i've never seen those words before. i realize theyre gaelic, but what do they mean?lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.com