Please reblog this so that I can get a bigger sample size, but DO NOT include anything in the tags about the results, as that could influence other responses
Please reblog and add your nationality in the tags along with what you answered! I’m very curious about this; and it’s not to shame anybody, so don’t be rude!
If you don’t do the reblog part it’s not very good as a study 😭
Nationalities: Polish, Canadian. Can swim as both nationals
someone please tell me if this is actually in accordance with how you spell irish stuff
I appreciate your curiosity!! This is exactly how we’d Gaelicise English names.
The J in Jason becoming an S is based on the model of Seán being the Irish version of John, and of Séamus being the Irish version of James. Séason would be pronounced Shay-son.
T is pronounced very softly in Irish, and when it’s followed by an E, it becomes a CH sound. The EA diphtong in Tead is pronounced as ‘ah’. So Tead would be pronounced as Chad, exactly the same.
As above, the EA is pronounced ‘ah’ and the combination GH is silent in Irish, so Hearraigh would be pronounced as Harry is in English, despite the initially alarming length.
Darach is already an Irish name, meaning ‘like an oak,’ and it’s usually Anglicised as Dara or Darragh (pronounced identically to each other), so suggesting Dairech = Derek is just extra funny.
I don’t think I’ll actually be able to scrub Ailfiagh out of my mind. It sounds too Irish, to the point that it’s replaced Alfie as the default spelling for me.
In short, We Need to Talk about Caoimhín (Kwee-veen) is a genius.
i love when random tumblr users find my blog and go through it liking and reblogging everything in a frenzy, it feels like i’ve been cultivating a nice backyard with a lovely birdbath and feeder and i’ve glanced out the window to see a bird going absolutely wild with it
I love getting a hundred notes from one person, like, hello friend thank you for appreciating my collection, enjoy your stay
“who the hell does Anders owe gambling money to” “Aveline, Fenris, Donnick” <- all good and correct answers but also I need you to know that my post was actually a reference to the fact that Anders canonically owes the Coterie mone
Okay post cancelled I just looked up the conversation again to confirm and it I completely forgot how fucking weird Varric is in it. What is wrong with him.
Generally, people who are scared of farm animals are scared because they’re not familiar with them, don’t know how to properly handle them, and don’t know what they are like.
Except for pigs. People who aren’t scared of pigs aren’t generally familiar with pigs.
Like I’m not kidding, a full-grown adult domestic pig is a two-in-one murder and corpse disposal service the size of a small pony. Wild boars aren’t dangerous because they’re wild, they’re dangerous because they’re pigs.
