| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name
 | Date | Lines | 
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| 370.1 | I got there 1st | FLOCON::AUNGIER | Lost in France, �ireann go brea | Sat Apr 23 1988 00:22 | 10 | 
|  |     Isn't it lucky I am still in work, beat the Snake this time and
    the Darcy lad, and the Clare man, and Dermot
    
    sean (sh-an) m�ithair (Ma-heer) means literally OLD MOTHER.
    
    
    Ren�, the Irishman living in France, you never believe it from my
    name, it's a good old French name but I'am a true blue Irishman
    
    Sl�n go faoil
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| 370.2 | Gottchya. | GAO::MHUGHES |  | Mon Apr 25 1988 05:17 | 13 | 
|  |     Leaprechauns came in second.
    
    Re .0
    
    Seanmhathair (pronounced shan wah-ur) is the standard Gaelic for
    grandmother (Rene forgot the "h" after the m which drastically changes
    the pronounciation). :-)
    
    Another more colloquial expression is mam� (pronounced mom-mow)
    and this expression is easier to pronounce, as well as less clinical.
    
    Snake always adds value.
    
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| 370.3 | We've always known snakes eat rodents! | DPDMAI::OREILLY | Oh Really?.........No, O'Reilly! | Tue Apr 26 1988 13:19 | 28 | 
|  |     
    
    So, Mr. Snake, that makes you a "V.A.R."
    
    
        
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Value Added Reptile!
        
    (vs. value added reseller)
        
    JO'R
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| 370.4 | not mow/cow but mow/the lawn | FXADM::OCONNELL | So what else is new??? | Thu May 05 1988 09:41 | 11 | 
|  | My in-laws are referred to as Mamo and Dado (mam-mow, as in mow 
the lawn) and (da-do as in do a deer) even by the American born 
grandchildren.
On the other side we have the French-Canadian Memere and Pepere.
Hence - no confusion as to which grandparent is being addressed.
Rox
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