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Thursday, June 23, 2005
| Category: Tax They're a funny lot the Irish. This interesting article in the Grauniad tells of a long standing tax exemption for income earned from creative writing. Not surprisingly, successful writers have been moving to Dublin. By the way, ignorant as I am, I came across a word I had not seen before in the article: Taoiseach. Taoiseach is Irish Gaelic. It may be pronounced "tee-shoch" (with the "ch" sound as in "loch"). In the accent of some speakers of Donegal Irish, however, its pronunciation is closer to "tee-shah". The plural, Taoisigh, may be pronounced "tee-she" or "tee-shig". The Taoiseach is often formally addressed in English as An Taoiseach, "An" being the Irish definite article.A life of learning right here on TramTown. |
