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[temperance14]

I asked Mr. Snuffy to dig out the box of old books he found---things I've been looking for since 1999, when we moved.

Some of his books were in there, used books he bought out of curiosity and never really read.

Turns out we have a third edition (1971) of Bright's Old English Grammar & Reader, edited by Cassiy and Ringler.

Squee or groan?
The preface states what they added to this edition, 35 years ago, and removed or reformatted. Won't detail here, but it sounds good---except for the removal of two poems. However, the whole poetry section sounds wonderful.

Fun for the language junkie. I now own a book on Basic Welsh, courtesy of josh_summit, and have tracked down a few Irish sites on the web---but far better, have found the Irish Lit/Language section of the Shields library (PB, 1000's, east side of middle shelves, middle to bottom). Lovely books on learning old and modern Irish.

Have already taken to scanning small sections on Irish prosody. Going to see how much of Early Celtic Versecraft by Travis can be scanned in a 3 day weekend on the HP. 156 pages--but at least I can do 2 pages at a time.

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[whalejudge.livejournal.com]

So now you can curse the Irishman in Welsh?

[tsgeisel.livejournal.com]

You should consult with britgeekgrrl who's using a program called Rosetta Stone to learn Welsh. The university may have a license.