Editor's Corner

Hello all!

I hope you were entertained and educated by the articles I wrote before I went on vacation. I definitely have some stories and photos to share with you. I’m not quite ready to be creative because, despite wearing an N95 mask much of the time, I returned with my first case of COVID. (And did not return with my luggage, which is another story.)

For now, I will tell you something that I was surprised with: English comes second in Ireland. The directions, labels, and signs you see are listed in Irish (Gaelic) first, then in English. I asked a tour guide about education over there, and he said that most kids learn both Gaelic and English from the start—but the further you get into the countryside, the more likely it is that Gaelic is the language of choice. You are likely to hear people communicating in both, but they are so different. Here are a couple of signs so you can see how Irish Gaelic looks:

And the Irish are ahead of the curve on recycling and reuse, though I wasn’t sure about how many things you could actually use this soap for:

More soon when I’m a little more coherent.

Kara Church | Technical Editor, Advisory | Knowledge Enablement

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