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Lost in translation: We live with nonsense placenames thanks to poor adaptation from Irish to English

Lost in translation: We live with nonsense placenames thanks to poor adaptation from Irish to English

Road signs and town names are often the result of careless linguistic vandalism which masks or confuses the original nomenclature

Sat Dec 30 2023 - 06:00
Why are there different versions of Irish place names on some Dublin street signs?

Why are there different versions of Irish place names on some Dublin street signs?

It is not uncommon for signs at either end of a street to disagree about the name of that street

Sat May 27 2023 - 05:00
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