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Lughaidh · **Joined:** Thu 15 Sep 2011 12:06 pm **Posts:** 2436

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I was having trouble finding it in my book, and muttered "Ca bhfuil sé...sin í an cheist!" and the person next to me helpfully answered "Page 70."

or is it because you were trying to find the page in your book so even if you said it in Nahuatl he would have told you what page it was :mrgreen:

Redwolf · **Posted:** Tue 29 Jan 2013 10:32 pm

Lughaidh wrote:

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I was having trouble finding it in my book, and muttered "Ca bhfuil sé...sin í an cheist!" and the person next to me helpfully answered "Page 70."

or is it because you were trying to find the page in your book so even if you said it in Nahuatl he would have told you what page it was :mrgreen:

Ah, but she wasn't looking at me...she was texting! :LOL:

Redwolf

Saoirse · **Posted:** Tue 17 Dec 2013 9:36 pm

When you 'correct' a spelling in English because it doesn't follow the caol le caol, leathan le leathan rule - twice in one day! :rolleyes:

patrickjwalsh · **Joined:** Wed 24 Jul 2013 2:31 am **Posts:** 329

Redwolf wrote:

Later on, Tony and I were at a local Mexican restaurant and a group of young people at the next table were being overly loud and...er...rather inappropriately demonstrative. I nudged Tony and said "Sílim go bhfuil siad ar meisce" and he said "I think you're right."

Redwolf

Ag cur mh'anama amach ag gáirí!

Maybe Tony thought "meisce" meant Mexican?

Clearly, you use your Irish at every possible opportunity!

Breandán · **Posted:** Fri 20 Dec 2013 2:22 pm

... you want to "correct" ceapairí ham to ceapairí haim. :LOL:

patrickjwalsh · **Joined:** Wed 24 Jul 2013 2:31 am **Posts:** 329

Breandán wrote:

... you want to "correct" ceapairí ham to ceapairí haim. :LOL:

Breandán, that raises the question of whether it is nativised to the extent of having a genitive. If you look at works like tobac - no genitive.

patrickjwalsh · **Joined:** Wed 24 Jul 2013 2:31 am **Posts:** 329

Saoirse wrote:

When you 'correct' a spelling in English because it doesn't follow the caol le caol, leathan le leathan rule - twice in one day! :rolleyes:

Puínte maith, a Shaoirse!

I saw the English word "ramp" the other day, and I immediately read it as /raump/, but it probably means my grey cells are atrophying!

Redwolf · **Posted:** Mon 07 Apr 2014 1:18 am

When you hear a TV ad for the antidepressant "Latuda" and think you've just heard "fá dtaobh de."

Redwolf

Isibéal · **Posted:** Wed 21 May 2014 2:05 am

You realize you have absently labeled the chainsaw files "beag" and "mór" when your son can't figure out which is which.

Redwolf · **Posted:** Fri 13 May 2016 2:59 pm

You know you've been studying Irish too long when your daughter announces she wants to go to Kraken Con in Oakland and your first thought is "you mean they have cons for porn now?"

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