EP2 17/03/26

ɪ - i:

e - ɑ:

ae - ɔ:

ʌ - u:

ɒ - ɜ:

eɪ - əʊ

aɪ - aʊ

ɔɪ

ɪə

eə

ʊə

p - b (voiceless - voiced)

t - d

k - g

f - v

θ - ð

s - z

ʃ - ʒ

h (Always pronounced at beginning of word except: hour, honour, heir, honest, herb)

tʃ - dʒ

Diphthongs: combination two vowel sounds

Consist glide one vowel to another

First part is longer and stronger than second part

2 examples per diphthong: Ex.

Triphthongs: combination of three vowel sounds

Oxford learner dictionary

17th March: Saint Patrick’s day → irish celebration

Video: Green, shamrocks, parades

St Patrick spread christianity, banishing snakes, religious feast → 9th century embedded

Shamrock: three leaf clover to explain holy trinity → saints work, cultural pride

Parades:

National holiday: us, can, aus

Irish-americans: modern traditions

Resilience, faith, identity, uniting people, universal bond

Began as a spiritual event. Saint Patrick was Roman and captured by the Irish, he escaped, went back to Ireland and spread Christianity.

Irish are extremely proud of their identity, because they were always oppressed by the British.

Irish cultural terms:

The Republic:

Ulster

Sinn Féin: Northern Irish…

IRA: army of Sinn Féin

Saint Patrick

Emerald Isle

Easter rising 1916: Rising of Irish people against the British in the center of Dublin. It was led by rebels. It had a lot of impact, and a lot of literature was written about it. It happened during the first world war and Irish had to fight with the British during the war. The Republic became more in independent 1921.

Oscar Wilde:

The Great Famine (1840s): Potatoes rotted in the ground and Irish had to move abroad. Many Irish people died. We can still see the impact of it today because had it not happened there would be more Irish people in Ireland today.

Irish Taoiseach: Irish prime minister

Gaeltacht: in the west of Ireland to learn Gealic

Garda: police in Ireland

Hiberno English: Irish English with it’s own phrases that British people don’t understand.

Irish informal terms:

Fair play to you, pal: Well done to you

Gaff: house

Craic: fun time and good conversation

Bold: naughty

Eejit: Idiot

Chinwag: a chat

Dote: lovely little thing, usually a baby

Grand: Fine, OK

Old man: Father

Shenanigans: Carry on/horse-play