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Antoin
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 08:34 am: | 
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...nuair a dúirt an tAire Ó Cuív nach raibh sé as an cheist ar chor ar bith...
..when the minister Ó Cuív said that he wasnt.??.question at all.... |
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Fear_na_mbróg
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Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 568
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 09:57 am: |
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..When Minister Ó Cuív said it wasn't out of the question at all... |
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Fear_na_mbróg
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Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 569
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 09:58 am: |
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Possible mis-use of an English idiom here... a "calque" a some people call it... but then again maybe it's a saying used in Irish too?! |
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Maidhc_Ó_g
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Username: Maidhc_Ó_g
Post Number: 15
Registered: 05-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 03:45 pm: |
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My dictionary gives, "Níl sé sin ar dhislí." and "Níl sé sin ar indéanta." as examples for 'It is out of the question.'Maybe it's a newer idiom. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 1577
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 04:04 pm: |
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Which dictionary is that?
indéanta means "doable"
"ar dhislí" means "on the dice" which I have never heard, but....
Neither conveys the meaning that the minister had. |
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Maidhc_Ó_g
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Username: Maidhc_Ó_g
Post Number: 18
Registered: 05-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 10:28 pm: |
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Sorry for the slow response. Um.. Collins gem dictionary. Yes, it gives 'indéanta' as practiceable. I took the meaning of 'not on the dice' to be a colorful way of saying 'not any chance'.
Aw, of course, after reading the Irish again, I think I get it. 'As an cheist' = 'níl i gceist' or similar, that is, if I did actually get it.
Maidhc. |
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