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fun fact of the day: the Cymraeg/Welsh for "December" is "mis Rhagfyr" which literally means something like "month of time becoming short" or more poetically "the year's almost out" 😃

2 years ago · 👍 martin, astroseneca

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fascinating, @gordonguthrie ! how are they written in Gaelige? · 2 years ago

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more calendar chat @johano apparently today is <the day off the 7 suppers> as gaelige as the night is so long you could eat 7 suppers. Also apparently January is the month of the wolf · 2 years ago

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interesting history! never knew that about Scotland... also interesting about Nollaig in Irish, because Cymraeg for Christmas is Nadolig, often shortened to just Dolig · 2 years ago

=> 👽 gordonguthrie

Difference between Ireland and Scotland lololol - in Irish its Nollaig - literally the month of Christmas. (you need to remember that Xmas was a working day in Scotland until the 1950s) · 2 years ago

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@gordonguthrie that's super interesting! happen to know what it is in Irish Gaelic? · 2 years ago

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in Scots Gaelic its An Dùbhlachd - the Darkness · 2 years ago