"Turas Siar 150 - Pádraic S. Ó Murchú as an gCartúr agus Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG
Béarla ar na fógraí bóthair sa nGaeltacht, caomhnú ar an gceantar áitiúil, na focla ‘dúradán’, ‘lapadán’
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Anseo acu inniu le Laighean.
Here they have today with Leinster.
Fadó nuair a bhíodh an bóthar go dona dhá thug go dtí áit agus pháirceála suas an carr agus
Long ago when the road was bad it led to a place and parked the car and.
Agus ba shin é an ba shin é an rud ba shin é.
And that was it, that was the thing, that was it.
Ba in é an rud a bhí ag tarraingt an turasóir anseo anois níl a dhath le feiceáil acu ach mar a deir siad coincréit agus Tom McDadam.
That was what was attracting the tourist here now they have nothing to see but as they say concrete and Tom McAdam.
An rud céanna chuile áit é anois.
The same thing everywhere now.
Tá sé ró-éasca suí isteach sa gcarr anois agus agus na bóithre reatha inis é seo dhom. Níl aon níl an t-am ag éalú orainn agus tá an oiread rudaí le fiafrú agam dhíot.
It is too easy to sit into the car now and the current roads tell me this. There is no time escaping us and I have so many things to ask you.
Chuir tú ceist orainn an lá cheana faoin bhfocal todler.
You asked us the other day about the word toddler.
Bhí tú ag iarraidh focal Gaeilge ar Todler agus bhí mé ag rá i m'intinn féin, bhuel.
You were looking for an Irish word for Toddler and I was saying to myself, well...
Chaithfeadh sé go bhfuil neart leaganacha Gaeilge ar Todler agus chomh fairsing agus atá Todlers sa lá atá inniu ann agus naíonraí agus réamhscoileanna agus naíolanna agus rudaí den tsórt sin.
He would have to have plenty of Irish versions on Todler and as widespread as Todlers are today and nurseries and preschools and crèches and things of that sort.
Agus bhí mé ag cuimhneamh agus bhí mé ag cuimhneamh agus bhí mé ag cuimhneamh agus dúirt mé muintir bhuel níor chuala mé aon fhocal amháin ariamh ar ar todler ariamh chuala mé faoi ghasúr go mbeadh sé ag tosú ag siúl nó ní raibh ann ach go raibh sé ag tosaigh ag siúl nó bhí siúl ag tíocht dó agus rudaí mar sin ach níor chuala mé aon téarma amháin.
And I was thinking and I was thinking and I was thinking and I said well I never heard a single word ever about a toddler ever I heard about a child that would be starting to walk or it was just that he was starting to walk or walking was coming to him and things like that but I never heard a single term...
Ar a ar an bhfocla Tardler féin.
On what Tardler's own words say...
Bhí téarma agaibhse air, a Phádraic.
You had a term for it, Pádraic.