[stylist] Spiders and snakes and bats....

[EvaMarie Sanchez]

 Sorry, but no. I speak Cymraeg which is very close to Gaelic. As Bridget
says, it is a bitch to spell things. Samhain is the correct spelling.
Sow'in is how it is phonetically pronounced in English. Nothing English
about it though.
Eve

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On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Celtic spelling is a bitch, LOL! Nothing like English. It reminds me a bit
> of Hebrew.
>
> Bridgit
>
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>
> I am sorry, but I have to make a couple of spelling corrections here that
> are bugging me like nails on a chalk board.
> Sem, you have the pronounciation right it seems, but the spelling is wrong.
> Samhain and Beltane are Gaelic words and as such are not spelled the way we
> would think for English phonetics. Please get this right. If someone does
> want to look up what you are speaking of so that they could learn, they
> will
> have a hard time finding anything with that spelling.
> Thanks
> Hey Bridget, You totally cracked me up and surprised me. I will tell you
> why
> later off list.
>  Eve
>
>
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> National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division Committee Chair, Arizona
> Association of Guide Dog Users Affiliate Member, National Federation of the
> Blind Legislative Committee Affiliate Member, National Federation of the
> Blind Membership Committee Member, Slate & Style Editing Team
>
> "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Semirhage via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Brigit. Oh yes that was my point. That they all do it. I just picked
> > an example to illustrate it that wouldn't risk offending anyone. LOL.
> > I do remember reading the Greek myths during my 4 years of Latin in
> > high school and being wowed by how many of the myths were in the
> > bible, the supposed one true and first word, though the Greek myths
> > had been written thousands of years prior. Of course then I was
> > already searching, but it stimulated my love of history and need to be
> > educated. I liked the pollinating analogy you used. That's a very good
> one, and illustrates well.
> > Sem
> > I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed.
> > I get along with the voices inside of my head.
> >
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