Re: ot: seeking either an Irish, or Welsh, or Gaelic saying like this?
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Hi from Dublin!
Couple of things here:
Gaelic is a group of languages, not a single one.? Irish, Scots (Scottish Gaelic) are the spoken languages?in that group today.? Welsh is related, but it's a different type of Gaelic.
Be careful when pronouncing Irish phrases - the language may be written with the Roman alphabet, but it's not pronounced like that.? Siobhan?? "shi - vawn".? Fáilte?? "fall-cha".
In Irish, a welcome is treated like a physical object (Irish is WEIRD), so you generally give someone a welcome or have a welcome.? It's commonly shortened to:
Céad Míle Fáilte - "kayd meelay fallcha" - A thousand welcomes
There's also this one, but it's only used when welcoming someone into a place, like a home.
Tá fáilte romhat - tah fallcha roat - There is a welcome in front of you
And you can combine the two:
Tá céad míle fáilte romhat - There are a thousand welcomes in front of you
For more, it would really help if you were more specific in what you wanted to say to your guests.
Alex in Dublin
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