November 25, 2008...9:40 am

IWOW: Failte

Now this one is a REAL Irish word, from the Irish language, that I see and hear all the time in Ireland. My other examples are usually slang terms or colloquial expressions used by the Irish people. Unfortunately, there is no feature that allows me to add the appropriate accents, but there it is.

Pronunciation: foyle-ta (this varies according to region, but this is the Munster accent)

Definition: Welcome, joy.

Example: Cead mile failte romhat! (English phonetic pronunciation: cade meelah foyle-ta row-ott): A hundred thousand welcomes before you.