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Do_chinniúint
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Username: Do_chinniúint

Post Number: 29
Registered: 01-2007

Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 08:25 pm:

A few nóiméid ago...

I was skimming through the foclóir when I came across a word that struck me as interesting...

Gaeltacht vs. Gealtacht

Gaeltacht = Irish Speaking Area
Gealtacht = Insanity

Coincidence? ;0)

I am not who I think I am, I am not who you think I am, I am who I think you think I am.

Dennis
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Username: Dennis

Post Number: 2431
Registered: 02-2005

Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 08:56 pm:

quote:
A few nóiméid ago...

Cúpla nóiméad ó shin...

quote:
Gaeltacht = Irish Speaking Area
Gealtacht = Insanity

Is féidir imirt le "geal" agus "Gael" freisin. A traditional nickname for Galway is the "Gealchathair" (Bright City). It is also, but most reckonings today, the "Gaelchathair" -- the most "Gaelic" city in Ireland.

Is luaithe deoch ná sgéal,
is duine mé ar a mbíonn tart;
ní hé an sgéal fada is fearr,
acht an sgéal gearr ar a mbí blas.

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