Reply to: Watch out when you yell 'Paddy'

[norrahe]

I was chatting with an Irish friend of mine just the other day, and he was saying how difficult Irish names are for foreigners to pronounce.

"Oh really?" I said.

"There you go, see," he said.

[dang65]

Translation; Ciaran, go lend her an aspirin.

I was chatting with an Irish friend of mine just the other day, and he was saying how difficult Irish names are for foreigners to pronounce.

"Oh really?" I said.

"There you go, see," he said.

[Mich the Tester]

Ceart go leor astoirin

Translation; Ciaran, go lend her an aspirin.

[norrahe]

This is my amused face

Ceart go leor astoirin

[DiscoStu]

I bet they speak English when we’re not listening.

Irish English confuses me. They seem to avail of everything. It makes no sense.

[Mich the Tester]

I bet they speak English when we’re not listening.

[DiscoStu]

This is my amused face

[cailin maith]

Ta se cuigear noimead tar eis a haon deag a clog

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This is my amused face

[DiscoStu]

Ta se cuigear noimead tar eis a haon deag a clog

Last edited by cailin maith : Today at 13:22. Reason: Had to check spelling.

[Churchill]

Thats the trouble with us lot... too many words to choose from, so we use as many as possible.

Eg - It's 12.15
Ta se cuigear noimead tar eis a haon deag a clog.

Translation : When will that infernal machine, wrought by the devil himself, tell me when the pub is open?

Churchill - In "Soon to be multi-lingual" mode!

[Mich the Tester]

Ta se cuigear noimead tar eis a haon deag a clog

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[Mich the Tester]

Thats the trouble with us lot... too many words to choose from, so we use as many as possible.

Eg - It's 12.15
Ta se cuigear noimead tar eis a haon deag a clog.

Christ almighty, it's half past by the time, you have that mouthfull out

You're not exactly parsimonious with vowels either.

[cailin maith]

I’m sure the joke was dreamt up by an Irishman as the sentence structure of ‘now what would I be wanting with…’ is Irish; an Englishman would say ‘why would I want…’.

Thats the trouble with us lot... too many words to choose from, so we use as many as possible.

Eg - It's 12.15
Ta se cuigear noimead tar eis a haon deag a clog.

Christ almighty, it's half past by the time, you have that mouthfull out

[Mich the Tester]

I’m sure the joke was dreamt up by an Irishman as the sentence structure of ‘now what would I be wanting with…’ is Irish; an Englishman would say ‘why would I want…’.

[Churchill]

Could've been worse, he could've shouted "Ginger"!!!