The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.

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big mervyn wrote:
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Rooster wrote:Ar mhaith leat gnéas a bheith agat liomsa?
Very useful phrase :D
Despite being as gay as the next man Rooster, I'll have to decline, your missus would gub me. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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We should have a similar thread for Ulster Scots - infinitely more entertaining.

Can't find a satisfactory Ulster Scots word for gay.

"Big Jessie" has been suggested but I don't really buy that one.

"A wee bit shy of hiself" is the best I've found :lol:
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big mervyn wrote:
BaggyTrousers wrote:
Rooster wrote:Ar mhaith leat gnéas a bheith agat liomsa?
Very useful phrase :D
Despite being as gay as the next man Rooster, I'll have to decline, your missus would gub me. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
homaighnéasach

We should have a similar thread for Ulster Scots - infinitely more entertaining.

Can't find a satisfactory Ulster Scots word for gay.

"Big Jessie" has been suggested but I don't really buy that one.

"A wee bit shy of hiself" is the best I've found :lol:
Jaysus Merv don't encourage him, he'll set one up for respect of languages and culture forbye.
NEVER MOVE ON. Years on, I cannot ever watch Ireland with anything but indifference, I continue to wish for the imminent death of Donal Spring, the FIRFUC's executioner of Wee Paddy & Wee Stu, and I hate the FIRFUCs with undiminished passion.
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BaggyTrousers wrote:
Rooster wrote:Ar mhaith leat gnéas a bheith agat liomsa?
Very useful phrase :D
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"Gay" in Ulster Scots is "gay", but spoken in a Ballymena accent.
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Gary wrote:"Gay" in Ulster Scots is "gay", but spoken in a Ballymena accent.
and nearly always prefaced with the word 'wee'.
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Taxi in Irish is pronounced TAXI
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But, for the avoidance of any doubt, it is spelt TACSAI. It all just goes to show that there are a good few easy words to learn folks.
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As the end of the world as we know it approaches from the East you may be interested to know that he word for SNOW is SNEACHTA - and if you want to pronounce it properly here is a useful link - https://www.bitesize.irish/inirish/1429
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Is Sneachta not something a weemin might sit on .

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rumncoke wrote:Is Sneachta not something a weemin might sit on .

And the damper the better


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WEEK 5 - another easy one this week. The Irish for Banana is ........ Banana.
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HwoodMike2umate wrote:WEEK 5 - another easy one this week. The Irish for Banana is ........ Banana.
Does the Irish 'Banana' not just mean a female Anna?
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WEEK 6 - lets have some help from Trip Advisor - https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Travel-g1 ... Slang.html
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