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[moonwise]

*utterly thrilled* I don't know who had a hand in this, but I can put my journal into Irish! Cool. And the fun part is that I can read about half of it!

caoin alerted me a while ago but I'm a little dense sometimes...

Okay, I'm going to post my scéal (story) about Bitsy the kitty even though none of you can read it. :) Because I'm in an Irish mood.

Dé Domhnáigh, ghlaoch m'aintín Máire gutháin a chur orainn. Bhí aon scéal brónach aici. Bhí a cat, Bitsy, in easnamh. Ní raibh sí sa clóisead, san áilear, ó faoin leaba. Bhí Aintín Máire ag feáchaint i ngach an áit. Shíl sí go raibh Bitsy amach áit éigin, agus cá raibh sí? Ní raibh sí a fhíos uirthí. Bhí brón uirthí. Is Bitsy go han-maith liom, agus tá brón orm freisin. Téann Bitsy amuigh gach lá. Tá sí cat beag, agus riaibhe duibhe aici. Tá sí gramhar, agus is maith léi nuair déantar bán bán léi.

An lá dar gcionn, ghlaoch Aintín Máire gutháin a chur ar mo thuismitheoirí arís. Fhaigh sí Bitsy sa bhaile. Téigh Bitsy i bhfolach uirthí sa clóisead éile! Bhí áthas uirthí, agus bhí áthas orm freisin!



Sunday, my Aunt Mary telephoned us. She had a sad story. Her cat, Bitsy, was missing. She wasn't in the closet, in the attic, or under the bed. Aunt Mary looked everywhere. She thought that Bitsy had gone out somewhere, but where was she? Aunt Mary didn’t know. She was sad. I like Bitsy very much, and I was sad too. Bitsy goes outside every day. She is a small cat, and she has black stripes. She is loving, and she likes it when you pet her.

The next day, Aunt Mary telephoned my parents. She found Bitsy in the house. Bitsy was hiding in another closet! She was very happy, and I was happy too.

Comments

[pantswarrior]

Bah, whatever. The old languages of the Isles, whatever they're technically called. I'm fairly ignorant, really. ;)

Yeah, I used to be involved with a group locally, and worked a few ren faires, but over the last year, since moving back to my parents' place, I've just sort of drifted away from anyone local. Still thinking I might have to find out when the Silver Leaf faire is this year, and see if our group's still heading security. That was kind of fun. ;)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I wasn't really twitting you. Most people don't understand the distinction, that's just for us nitpickers. There are seven Celtic languages, and I think that three are officially dead, so...

Did you have a registered name and everything? I didn't go that far - just went to a couple events and meetings at college.

[pantswarrior]

Nope, I'm terrible at picking out names... closest I ever got was when I was in a skit where I got to pick a fight with one of the Royal Guard, and I took the name Branla for that. Liked it enough I used it for a (not-quite-self-insertion) minor character in later chapters of my VS fic, but I don't know if I'd want to stick with it permanently. Heck, same problem I have online. ;)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

In a moment of insufferability, I decided that the name I'd choose for myself in the SCA would be Angharad Fionnbhar ní Morgan (Angharad the fairhaired daughter of Morgan,) never mind that it was a mishmosh of Irish, Welsh, and too many fantasy novels. Thankfully, I never went through with it.

*grins* It took me forever to pick "Arafel" for the Net, and even that was borrowed first from C. J. Cherryh and again from my 13-year-old days as a Zelda freak and a real mailing list (with stamps and everything, imagine. ^_^)

But it's better to admit you have trouble picking names than to have about five and switch back and forth constantly. It's very confusing.

Does Branla mean anything? I know that for the SCA, you have to have documentation that your name is authentic, so that you don't get a lot of Tolkienesque SCAdians.

[pantswarrior]

Heh... switching constantly... I don't know where I'd be if I didn't do that right now. Used to call myself Ellcrys online, but I got sick of being identified as a little dancing tree. ...It's sort of a long story. :P I've never again found a handle I actually wanted to use permanently, though Mullenkamp works for the time being, because I love the two heads of that cult. ;)

And yeah, Branla was actually decided on with the help of a friend and his notes on authentic Celtic names or some such. Bran was actually listed as a male name, meaning "raven", then we added the female suffix meaning "friend" to it. "Raven friend" seemed like a decent name for a scout, especially one wielding a small black shortsword. ;)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... well brân does mean "crow" or "raven" in Welsh, but I haven't heard that -la suffix. I'll have to look that up.

What is Ellcrys? I admit that I really have no idea. A dancing tree? From what game/novel?

[pantswarrior]

A magical tree in an elven garden in the Shannara novels... it's a lot more complicated than that, but basically it's a big cool tree with reddish leaves, and that was enough for me, because I love trees. =)

The dancing bit came from a user icon I made... ironically, when I considered taking another handle, one of the few I actually liked was a variation on another magical tree from a fantasy series, and I realized I had to veto that. :P