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Pádraig
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Username: Pádraig
Post Number: 780
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 01:26 pm: |   
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Itheann an bhean an tae ar a ceathair gach lá.
Just ran across this line in print on another site. Do the Irish use "tae" to indicate the afternoon snack the English eat, or do they only "drink" their tea?
Not to be confused with my uncle who always "drank" his breakfast of Old Bushmill.
Is ait an mac an saol agus fáilte roimh cheartúcháin.
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 7735
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 03:43 pm: |
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It is unusual usage. The evening meal is called "tae" all right, but 4 is an odd time for it, and I wouldn't have used itheann with it.
Bíonn tae ag an mbean um a ceathar gach lá
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Student
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Username: Student
Post Number: 62
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 04:24 pm: |
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Go cinnte, is am réidh é "ceathair."  FRC-GRMA (Message edited by student on November 21, 2008)
http://www.irishbooksandgifts.com
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 7737
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 04:29 pm: |
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am réidh? |
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Student
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Username: Student
Post Number: 63
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 04:39 pm: |
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B'fhéidir, uair réidh?
(Is uimhir réidh é ceathair - failed attempt at humor on my part).
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buntuscainte-allparts/
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 7739
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 04:45 pm: |
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Ouch. Tuigim. Níor rith an chiall sin le réidh liom. Cothrom a bheadh agamsa ar uimhir mar sin, ach feicim gur réidh atá ag focal.ie An tae réidh ag uair réidh, agus gach ré cheist faoi anseo! (Message edited by aonghus on November 21, 2008) |
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Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
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Username: Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
Post Number: 563
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 05:59 pm: |
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The evening meal is called "tae" all right...
An ionann tae agus dinnéar nó suipéar? |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 7740
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 08:38 am: |
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Ní ionann.
I lár an lae a bhíodh dinnéir ann, agus is ionann suipéir agus supper an Bhéarla, sé sin, . greim bídh roimh dul a luí.
Caithfear cuir leis sin áfach gur "bia na maidine" agus "bia an tráthnóna" a bhí ag an tOileánach. |
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Dennis
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Username: Dennis
Post Number: 4297
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 12:02 pm: |
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Níl a fhios agam an féidir tae a ithe, ach is féidir tobac a ól! 
"An seanchas gearr,
an seanchas is fearr."
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Dennis
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Username: Dennis
Post Number: 4298
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 12:14 pm: |
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Maidir le "tae" mar bhéile, seo cúpla líne as gearrscéal le Biddy Jenkinson:
Ar ith tú lón inniu?’
‘Níor ith.’
‘Maith mar a tharla. Beidh cuma ocrach diaganta ort. Inis di go bhfuil tú ar céalacan. Níl ach dhá bhreac agam don tae.’
Feasta, Nollaig '07
"An seanchas gearr,
an seanchas is fearr."
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 7741
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 12:25 pm: |
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Teapot (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 02:44 pm: |
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Tea is usually a light meal served in the late afternoon. |
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