Most people who have had any exposure to the Irish language are aware of this rule. The basic concept of broad and slender vowels comes into play in nearly every aspect of the Irish language.
The basic conceit is this, a,o,u are broad (leathan) vowels and i,eare slender (caol) vowels. The rule mentioned above means that when two vowels are separated by consonants in a word, oftentimes they have to match. Personally this helped immensely when I was was first figuring out spelling.
See how this plays out in a word like Comhlacht (company; in the commercial sense). Oandaare both broad so the word follows the rule.
Other words include, páirceáil (to park), cailín (girl), foclóír (dictionary), seoinín (shoneen), báisteach (rain), ríomhaire (computer), etc.
But all good rules have their exceptions as we see in words like bunreacht (constitution; in a legal sense) and ospidéal (hospital)
tricky words I always see misspelled in fics: a guide
Viscous/vicious–Viscousis generally used to describe the consistency of blood or other thick liquids. Viciousis used to describe something or someone who is violent.
Piqued/Peaked/Peeked– To piquesomeone’s interest is to catch or tease their attention. When something peaks,it reaches its total height or intensity. To peek(at) something is to look briefly, or glance.
Discrete/Discreet– this is a tough one. Discretemeans to be separate, or distinct, i.e., two discretetheories. Conversely, when someone is discreet,they are being secretive or cautious to avoid attention.
Segue/Segway – one is a transition between things, the other is a thing you can ride at the park and definitely fall off of.
Conscious/Conscience/Conscientious – to be consciousis to be awake, i.e., not unconscious, or to be aware of something. Your conscienceis the little voice in your head telling you not to eat the entire pint of ice cream. Finally, to be conscientiousis to be good, to do things thoroughly, to be ruled by an inner moral code.
Hope this helped! Please add more if you think of them!
Counsel/Council-counsel is advice, the advice giver, or the verb form of giving said advice. Council is the group of people who come together to discuss and/or make decisions.
Desert/Desert/Dessert-desert is a barren landscape where little precipitation occurs. desert - abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous. dessert - a usually sweet course or dish (as of pastry or ice cream) usually served at the end of a meal.
OH MY TIME IS HERE! I HAVE MADE A POST I KEEP FOR THIS EXACTLY
Taunt/Taut-Taunt is a jeer or provocation, taut means to be pulled tight, or not slack
Weary/Wary-wearymeans tired and warymeans cautious
Rogue/Rouge-rogue is a person who has unaffiliated themselves from what they were before (is the general understanding); a person or thing that behaves in an aberrant, faulty, or unpredictable way - rouge is red
Wonton/Wanton - a wontonis a dumpling, wantonis (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked and/or sexually unrestrained
Haphazard/Halfhazard-haphazardmeans to have a lack of plan, order, or direction - the other isn’t a word
Corporal/Corporeal-corporalis a lack of plan, order, or direction and corporealis to have a physical existence: to be tangible: of a person’s body
Peck/Pec - the first is a kiss (peck) and the second is the shortened version of pectoral (pec)
Virile/Viral - to be virileis to have strength, energy, and a strong sex drive (typically said about men) and then this last year (2020) has personally taught us, is how virala plague can really be, so of the nature of, caused by, or relating to a virus or viruses
Vulnerable/Venerable-vulnerablemeans being susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm, and if a person is venerablethey’re accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character (or if you’re religious, holy)
Dyedis something that is colored, and diedis deceased
Chalk (it up to something) ; chock (-full of something); choked (to cutoff air).
toaffect is the action,theeffect is the end result
If something doesn’t bother you then you weren’t fazed by it. If you are between two states of being that is a phase.
Please. For the love of all things holy. I beg you.
Loose: the opposite of tight
Lose: to misplace something or the opposite of win.
I BEG YOU.
breath is the noun, breathe is the verb
infer means “to assume something based on indirect clues”
inter (verb, not the prefix) means “to bury something, usually a human corpse”
Palateis the roof of your mouth, or a sense of taste.
Apallet is a flat carrier, often made of wood, for boxes or other goods. It’s also a type of bed or mattress, typically crude or minimal.
Apalette is the board used by artists to mix and hold paint (stereotypically rounded, with a thumb-hole).
Breaksare damages, or time off. Brakes stop a vehicle (or are, occasionally, groups of bushes).
When you reignover something, you rule it. When you rein in something, you slow or halt or limit it. You can rein in something when you reign (such as overzealous barons), but you cannot reign in a horse. Not without a lot of really disgusting prep work, anyway.
Palette is also the one you want to use if you’re referring to makeup
For someone who has typed upwards of 200,000 words for their novel, taken advanced English all their life, has a family of multigenerational English teachers, and has a formidable library in their room, I sure can’t spell worth a damn.
I spent a length of time I will not disclose cursing spell-check, more confident than I had any right to be that “paid” was actually spelled “payed.”
Wenn man mal häufiger ein Museum oder seinen Sportverein besuchen möchte aber nicht jedes Mal den vollen Eintritt bezahlen will, dann gibt es häufig die Möglichkeit eine Jahreskarte zu erhalten. Inhaber einer solchen Karte haben dann meist eine Jahres-Besuchs-Flatrate. In allen drei Sprachen kann man Jahreskarte eins-zu-eins übersetzen. Auf englisch »annual ticket« und auf schwedisch »årskort« (»år« für Jahr und »kort« für Karte/Ticket, dazwischen ein Bindungs-S).
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“put some honey and sea water by your bed. acknowledge. that your being needs sweetness and cleansing. that it is sore. that you are. soft. -orishas” ~Nayyirah Waheed, Nejma
Make a sigil out of your name, your initials, your middle name… whatever feels right to you, and sign it in place of your signature or behind it as a little spell! You can incorporate a sign for prosperity, or self love, or luck into the sigil, and you will be charging and casting it with everything you sign!
