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Mandy (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 09:39 am: |   
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Could someone help with a translation of a (partial) line from Yeats? I'm looking specifically for the phrase 'tread softly'...possibly 'satail go bog'? Any other thoughts?
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Domhnaillín_breac_na_dtruslóg
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Username: Domhnaillín_breac_na_dtruslóg
Post Number: 375
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 11:52 pm: |
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Isn't satail more like "tread on, trample"? This usage of English "tread" is practically synonymous with "step" or even "walk". So I'd favour siúil. |
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Trigger
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Username: Trigger
Post Number: 264
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 04:42 am: |
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Cha raibh aon Ghaeilge ag Yeats, nach raibh?
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 7811
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 06:12 am: |
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Céard faoi:
siúl go socair, siúl go ciúin [line from a song]
Satail conveys a certain amount of violence
Is dóigh liom nach raibh ag Yeats ach bá don Ghaeilge, seachas greim uirthi. |
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