Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc and I writ:
> >Which being translated from the Gaelic means:
>>
>>Wishing you peace and happiness for Christmas and the New Year.
>>
>>Useful things, bi-lingual Christmas cards.......
>
>
>Or as those of us bred to the fifth dialect of the Gaelic would say,
>
>Nollaig chridheil agus bliadhna mhath ?r.
(Translation would have been useful - or can you
recommend a Zeiss Xmas card.... :-)
>(Historically, Ireland was divided into four provinces, Ulster, Munster,
>Connaught, and Leinster.
Yep - it still is. They have great competitive
Rugby teams (look up "Rugby Union Ireland -
Heineken Cup" on Google. My own team, Munster,
are the ones to watch.
> Leinster is the eastern and south-eastern area of
>Ireland. This was the area of greatest British penetration -- have you
>heard the phrase, "beyond the Pale"?
True - but from what I hear today, and speaking
as a Brit in Ireland, we're very common people.
> The Pale was a physical line within
>which it was illegal to speak the Gaelic, my dears. As a result, the
>Leinster dialect was extinct by 1600.
Hour and minute please.
> Thus, Scots Gaelic seems distinct
>from the Irish but it really is just a fifth dialect of the auld tongue,
>with a missing conjunctive tongue eliminated through the harshness of Saxon
>hearts.
Eh? My surname is Saxon. My intellect is too
restricted to surmise what happened to the MCT.
And do explain, please, what tongue I'm missing
> Alba 'gus Erin Gu Brath!)
>
>Beannachd leibh,
>
Translation would be nice......
Marc - this probably isn't of much interest to
the group. If you want to have a further chat,
email me privately.
Best
Alex Hurst (it's a small wood in Saxon).
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