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| 818.1 | A prophet is never appreciated...... | FSOA::KSULLIVAN | | Wed Oct 10 1990 09:49 | 3 |
| "Entertainment".....It causes both sadness and embarrassment to have to
say this, but ever since Murphy left the company, the entertainment
content has virtually disappeared. Ochon!!!
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| 818.2 | Ay - Lish | MACNAS::DKEATING | It's 3 o'clock in the morning... | Wed Oct 10 1990 11:13 | 1 |
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| 818.3 | AILISH & EILISH | MEALA::OHARA | | Mon Oct 15 1990 04:21 | 12 |
| My eldest is Ailish (I also have a Conor), and as note 818.2 said the
pronouncation is Ay-Lish.
Sometimes it is spelt EILISH and pronounced IL-Lish (OIL-LISH)
The name is ELIZABETH in English.
Anothere name is AISLING (Ash-Ling) which is the Irish for Dream.
Rgds
Dom
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| 818.4 | thanks | WJOUSM::SCOTLAND | | Tue Oct 16 1990 09:42 | 1 |
| thank you.....
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| 818.5 | Pronounciation needed/thus provided | ASABET::MANGAN | | Wed Oct 17 1990 15:04 | 12 |
| Ailish = Ay lish (is correct)
Eilish = I've always heard it pronounced like EYE lish (and I am from
the 'auld country'. Either way, it is nice.
PS: another nice Gaelic name is CARA (which as far as I remember is
friend) - it is pronounced like KARRAH)
Deirdre = today is spelled like Deidre (which gives me a pang) - it
is a very old celtic times names and the DeiRdre should not be dropped.
Niamh (pronounced like Nee Ev) is also a very old gaelic name.
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| 818.6 | | MACNAS::MHUGHES | | Thu Oct 18 1990 04:53 | 12 |
| Leaprechauns are phoneticists
The use of Ay-lish is incorrect.
It would be more appropriate to use (ay) as its pronounced in the word
Bay.
Lish is incorrect in that it should be pronounced as the word leash
(the thing you put on a dog when you are taking it out for a walk).
Snake tightens this up a tad.
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| 818.7 | leaprechauns ? | BIS3::HENROT | | Thu Oct 18 1990 12:18 | 5 |
| Sorry for the digression, nothing to do with the subject of the note :
what is "leaprechauns" ??
Thank you for teaching me something.
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| 818.8 | "They raise cows..." | TALLIS::DARCY | | Thu Oct 18 1990 17:24 | 4 |
| Leaprechauns are mischievous little green people. One works at
the Galway plant. There are several in Scotland (wee people?),
and in Iceland too (rockdwellers see #809). Once the chunnel
is built you will have them too in Belgique.
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| 818.9 | | PRSSOS::MAILLARD | Denis MAILLARD | Fri Oct 19 1990 04:49 | 9 |
| Re .7: 'Leaprechauns' means (I think) 'half-crow'. They're little
people living underground and are usually shoe-makers. Each of them is
supposed to keep his/her personnal treasure in a crock full of gold
buried in a secret place known only to him/herself. They also like to
play tricks on humans and are often clothed in green. Now there are
other kinds of similar little people, like the clurichauns, but
leaprechauns are the most widely known. Note: you'll find them only in
Ireland (maybe also in Scotland, but I've never heard of them there).
Denis.
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| 818.10 | more on leaprechauns | MACNAS::JMAGUIRE | | Fri Oct 19 1990 10:12 | 12 |
| Leaprechauns are mythical elves and a lot of stories have built up
around them. The discovery of celtic huts in Leitrim a year or two ago
would appear to contradict and shatter all those myths.
The theory is that these huts were used as saunas by the Celts. They
would strip naked, go into the huts, seal them off and subject
themselves and use a turf fire as the basis for their sauna. They would
remain inside for several days using magic mushrooms as their diet.
Their subsequent hallucinations featured little people dressed in
green.
Jjimmy
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| 818.11 | Thank you | BIS3::HENROT | | Wed Oct 24 1990 11:47 | 3 |
| Thank you very much for the info.
Anne.
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| 818.12 | Fleadh? | WELSWS::HEDLEY | Lager Lout | Thu Feb 03 1994 06:21 | 5 |
| Does anyone know the correct pronounciation of the Celtic music festival
called the Fleadh? It bugs me when I hear people calling it `the Fleed' :)
Cheers,
Chris.
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| 818.13 | | HILL16::BURNS | ANCL�R | Thu Feb 03 1994 08:52 | 5 |
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Fail-ah
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| 818.14 | Thanks! | WELSWS::HEDLEY | Lager Lout | Thu Feb 03 1994 08:53 | 0 |
| 818.15 | | TALLIS::DARCY | Alpha Migration Tools | Thu Feb 03 1994 10:08 | 1 |
| Kind of rhymes with the US pronunciation of "Blah"
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| 818.16 | | TOPDOC::AHERN | Dennis the Menace | Thu Feb 03 1994 12:19 | 3 |
| Heard one of the local newscasters in Boston last night refer to the
recent visit by Gerry Adams of [phonetic spelling] "sin fine".
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| 818.17 | | TALLIS::DARCY | Alpha Migration Tools | Thu Feb 03 1994 13:27 | 9 |
| Yeah, I liked that. Every interviewer in the US was an instant Irish
affairs expert. Someone asked Alderslice whether he would be willing
to end Protestant paramilitary violence? I suppose that maybe some? of
that ignorance can be attributed to the blackout on NI coverage for
the past years. Maybe not.
It's ironic, Adams finally gets the visa. And then the Unionist
politicians won't come and meet. "I'll take all my marbles and go
home if you don't play by my rules." Oh well.
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| 818.18 | | NOVA::EASTLAND | | Thu Feb 03 1994 13:56 | 3 |
|
Alderslice isn't part of the political wing of the UFF.
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| 818.19 | | TALLIS::DARCY | Alpha Migration Tools | Thu Feb 03 1994 16:00 | 3 |
| >Alderslice isn't part of the political wing of the UFF.
That's precisely the point I was trying to make.
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| 818.20 | | NOVA::EASTLAND | | Thu Feb 03 1994 16:28 | 3 |
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Oh excusme, you're normally equating one with the other..
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| 818.21 | | TALLIS::DARCY | Alpha Migration Tools | Thu Feb 03 1994 16:56 | 1 |
| No. Not necessarily.
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| 818.22 | fleadh and f�ile are different words | XSTACY::BDALTON | | Wed Jul 20 1994 13:13 | 12 |
| Re .12, .13 and .15
The Irish word fleadh is pronounced as if it were "FLA" or "FLAH" in English
(long, stressed, narrow 'a'. It's just possible to pronounce it "flyAH", but I've never
met anzone that does so).
The Irish word f�ile is pronounced as if it were "FAILyuh" or "FAILuh" in English.
(stress first sylabble)
Incidentally, sometimes it is suggested that "Gaelic" is pronounced "GAY lick".
I think "GALE ick" would be a better transcription. In some parts of the world
(e.g. Ulster) these aren't the same.
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