Uimh Gaeilge

Oh lawdy, I've decided to bite the bullet and make an attempt at teaching myself Irish. Maybe this is an intellectual's way of pulling a Britney, I don't know, but I'm enjoying myself so far... well, sort of. Once I get beyond the memories of Sra. Hink drilling subjunctive tenses into my brain, it all seems to be a lot of fun. Maybe it's that whole "willful over mandatory" thing?

OH.

And when I went to the bookshop to buy said handy-dandy book, the teller (after examining my theatre culture and Beckett anthologies) LAUGHED at the grammar book! He said, and I quote, "Good luck with that one! That's the first copy I've sold in months."
After hours of reading up on my new handy-dandy Irish Grammar book, this is all I've got ...

Tá mé ag foghlaim na Gaeilge. Uimh Gaeilge. - I am learning Irish. No Irish.
Tá mé Meiriceánach. - I am American.
labhairt liom Béarla. - I speak English
beoir - beer

And that their language is more intense than English (Béarla) by half.
oíche mhaith
-E