Honorific speech in Japanese word "meshi", the Japanese equivalent of Sino-Japanese "go-han", is considered rough and masculine (男性語). The honorific "o-" is also sometimes attached to of native verbs (hence native "o-") to refer to a specific item associated with the verb, as in oshibori (お絞り、絞る) "hot towel", and onigiri/omusubi (お握り、握る and お結び、結ぶ) "rice ball". In rare cases, both a base form and honorific are in use with different readings. A notable example is 利益 "ri-eki" "benefit, profit (e.g., business)" and 御利益 "go-ri-yaku" "divine favor, grace"; plain "ri-yaku" is sometimes used, but "go-ri-eki" is generally not. The former, an everyday term, uses the usual
An Gleann Is A Raibh Ann An Gleann Is A Raibh Ann An Gleann Is A Raibh Ann is a memoir written by native Irish speaker Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh, and is the best surviving document of the Irish dialect found in South Tipperary and West Waterford. Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh lived on the border between Tipperary and Waterford, in a mountainous area of the Knockmealdowns that remained so isolated that Irish survived as a spoken language until the 1940s. His book depicts life of rural Ireland at the turn of the 20th century, including the customs, folklore, and historical aspects before the language became sparsely spoken. Séamus