Supposedly some sort of Celtic Studies blog

I think sometimes the use of the word "Celtic" makes people try to find connections where there aren't really any, or I guess it's more like they only focus on the connections between "Celtic" cultures and ignore how those things actually link in with other European cultures, and also cultures in Asia and Africa. Because people hear the word "Celtic" in "Celtic studies" or "Celtic nations" and I think it can sort of subconsciously force people to think of some things as being uniquely Celtic, when there isn't really anything unique to Celtic nations except a Celtic language. but the fact that we call our nations "Celtic nations" and our field "Celtic studies" makes people assume certain things and only focus on how we're linked to each other, instead of to other cultures around us.

Maybe the word "Celtic" just has connotations that annoy me, especially when it's used by people outside of Celtic studies academia, but what else are we supposed to call our languages/ourselves.

There's pretty much no mutual intelligibility between Brythonic and Goidelic languages, unless you're into historical linguistics, but sometimes something like "Gaeleg yr Alban/Gaeilge na hAlban" pops up and it's like yaaayyyyyy both Celtic branches understand that we're talking about Scottish Gaelic :) No idea what else is going on though.

I'm reading Tintin in welsh so it's not the longest book and I've already read all the comics loads of times in English so I know what's going on, but there's still loads of words I don't know. Which is fine because like I said, I already know what they're saying because I'm so familiar with it in English. But I still feel the need to look up every word I don't know. Which means it's going to take ages to get through a 60-page comic book :')

I read 5 pages last night but I stopped because I ended up with an annoyingly long list of words to look up. My Welsh could be soooo much better if I liked words...

Ta mee geearree dy ynsagh Gaelg! Níl Manannais agam fé láthair, ach bhí mé ábalta cúpla focal a thuiscint :) Bhí sé scannán an-ghearr ach tá sé go deas Manannais a chloisteáil agus feiceáil ar an scáileán. Táim ag iarraidh chomh mórán scannán a fheiceáil agus is féidir sna teangacha Ceilteacha i mbliana!

Nasc YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=16o5fmargkE

Fascinated by people who always seem to have a tidy, aesthetically-pleasing study area because whenever I study it looks like this.

Ar Tumblr, tá daoine ag déanamh blaganna ag aistriú post sa mBéarla do theangacha eile, agus táim ag iarraidh blag mar sin freisin a dhéanamh, ach tá blaganna Gaeilge, Breatnaise, agus Coirnise cheana féin ann. Mar sin, ba mhaith liom blag Sean-Ghaeilge a dhéanamh! Tá blaganna Sean-Bhéarla, Sean-Lochlainnise, agus Laidin ann mar sin tá daoine ag déanamh blaganna seanteangacha ann. Ach, níl ach Sean-Ghaeilge bhunúsach agam, agus nílim ag iarraidh botún a dhéanamh. Ach dhéanfainn an blag chun cleachtadh, b'fhéidir.

Thosaigh mé aonad 23 i "Basic Irish" faoi dheireadh!

Ma' siarad tafodiaith hwntw fel siaradwr ail iaith nad yw'n byw yn y de yn gallu bod yn boen, achos ma' siaradwyr hwntw iaith gynta'n gweud wrtho fi mod i'n siarad Cymraeg yn iawn a bod fy ngramadeg yn iawn fel hwntw, ond wedyn ma' siaradwyr iaith gynta o'r gogledd yn gweud wrtho fi bod fy Nghymraeg yn anghywir er bod siaradwyr ail iaith o'r de yn gweud bod yr un peth yn union yn gywir. Ac wedyn so rhai o'r siaradwyr iaith gynta o'r gogledd hyd yn oed yn trïo siarad 'da fi achos mod i'n siaradwr ail iaith o'r de ?? Fi'n gwbod mod i'n dal i ddysgu ond ma'n rhwystredig.

Tá mé ag dul ag déanamh an scrúdú CEFR ar TEG agus tá mé ag dul ag feiceáil cé mhéad nár gcuimhnigh mé :')