In Ireland, the word omadhaun means “a foolish person.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Omadhaun”
Not often that I’m reading a newspaper article that sends me running to the dictionary, but I had to recently for the word amadan. O-m-a-d-h-a-u-n, amadan. D-h-a-u-n, is that a Gaelic word?
It’s partly from Irish, partly from Manx, and it means a foolish man or boy.
Amidon.
Amidon.
Yeah.
So where did you find that?
You were reading Irish newspapers?
Actually, it was in Esquire.
It was Charles Pierce writing a very opinionated piece, as only he can do, and he was talking about Amidons.
He’s got an ear for an eye for dialect and good words.
He’s got the same thing that Stephen King has.
He just knows it and collects it and then knows how to spin it out so it feels authentic.
Yes.
Yes.
Amidon.
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