May 11, 2009

Tir Nan Og A lovely little animation from YT

Hopefully not posted yet. If so, sue me.

  • This is gorgeous, but the title would normally be written "Tír na nÓg". The "n" prefixes the noun (eclipsis, I think) for the genitive plural. /monday morning pedantry
  • No, the title is exactly as it's shown in the video @00:28.
  • > No, the title is exactly as it's shown in the video @00:28. I didn't say the title doesn't match the video. I just pointed out the normal way to write "Tír na nÓg".
  • *smacks head* Post a lovely little video and they fixate on the title. You're both right. Can we now move on?
  • I don't care about the title; I'm sitting here bawling my eyes out. What a great little film. I need a cup of tea.
  • This was very beautiful. My father died years ago, and my mother is 87 and presently in a rehab after suffering two strokes. I drove hours to see her this weekend and returned home sadly, unsure of whether I'd see her again. And I watched this film together with my bird. So it hit a bit close to home. I cried. Thanks, BlueHorse.
  • This was the Irish land of eternal youth? A pub of the same name just lost its founder, Billy Briggs, who will never age more than 56 years...
  • Such a lovely film! Thank you, BlueHorse.
  • Tír na nÓg Please, I emplore you, my dear sir: I bow my head, and I call upon your knowledge of my utter ignorance, which I believe you have seen exemplified upon this site a thousand times. As therefore your student, and with the love I bear for you, I ask you to tell me how I could pronounce these letters, and to communicate this in a form befitting my monoglot ineptitude; those words being a close mystery to me, ever since I joined this city, which that melifluous ilse continually blesses with her daughters and sons.
  • Oh, that's a nice one.
  • Kinnakeet, you're most welcome. I'm sorry for your troubles.
  • ... ... ... I ask you to tell me how I could pronounce these letters ... ... ... TEER nah n’OH-G Here's a cheesy Gaelic rock song about it.
  • Thanks!