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I am on page 21 of this book, and if I didn't already know that the author was a poet, I would be able to guess it.</p>
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This is unlike any language book I have read before. It so far strikes me as a love story about Ireland, and it is frankly not as nuts-and-bolts-oriented as the average language learner, especially the average language learner unfamiliar with Irish history, might desire.</p>
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But I am amused and laughing, and that is something. Let me give you an example of the type of information I am collecting here.</p>
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In a list of some Irish names for girls, I have just read the following description of the name <em>Mór</em>, which means "great":</p>
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Many streams owe their origin, in folklore, to her prodigious urination. <em>Mór dhuit </em>(or <em>Mora dhuit</em>) is a common greeting, especially in Munster. The reply is, <em>Mór is Muire dhuit</em>, "Mór and Mary to you." An expression to denote the transitoriness of all phenomena is&nbsp;<em>leá mhún Mhóire</em>, "the evaporation of Mór's urine."</p>
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Language learning is so educational!&nbsp;</p>
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I will return to review this book properly when I have gotten further than page 18, but this can serve as a preliminary glimpse in the meantime.</p>