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Breandán
PostPosted: Tue 25 Sep 2012 9:48 pm 
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Lughaidh wrote:
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Not sure what you mean that they "would rarely say" it. Do they avoid the vocative somehow?


maybe he meant that you seldom need to talk to a blackbird in everyday life :rofl:

:rofl: True, but the need has arisen here and I was struggling to work out the correct vocative. :oops:

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Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
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Scooby
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Lughaidh wrote:
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Not sure what you mean that they "would rarely say" it. Do they avoid the vocative somehow?


maybe he meant that you seldom need to talk to a blackbird in everyday life :rofl:


Unless you're Barack Obama.
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Aislingeach
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Breandán wrote:
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I though attributive adjectives were lenited despite that?
You're right, I keep forgetting that. :facepalm:

I was right?!?! Stone the crows! I was expecting some exception to the exception!

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Lughaidh
PostPosted: Tue 25 Sep 2012 10:09 pm 
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Unless you're Barack Obama.


char thuig mé 'n jóc...

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Mick
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In Ireland and England, bird is slang for woman/girl.

Blackbird = species of bird
Black bird = black woman (Barack Obama is married to one)

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WeeFalorieMan
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Mick wrote:
In Ireland and England, bird is slang for woman/girl.

Blackbird = species of bird
Black bird = black woman (Barack Obama is married to one)

Burd (that's the spelling in my neck of the woods) is not considered to be slang over here. It means "lady" or "young lady".
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Lughaidh
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Ní dóigh liom gurb é Obama an t-aon fhear amháin atá pósta le mnaoi dhubh :mrgreen:

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Stone the crows!
I would just like to warn you that you need to keep the thread on topic. The topic is 'an lon dubh' not 'an préachán'....... :twisted:

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Breandán
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Saoirse wrote:
Aislingeach wrote:
Stone the crows!
I would just like to warn you that you need to keep the thread on topic. The topic is 'an lon dubh' not 'an préachán'....... :twisted:

What are you "raven" on about, ya drongo? :winkgrin:

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Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).
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Aislingeach
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Saoirse wrote:
Aislingeach wrote:
Stone the crows!
I would just like to warn you that you need to keep the thread on topic. The topic is 'an lon dubh' not 'an préachán'....... :twisted:

Gabh mo leithscéal, a Shaoirse, bhíos as mo chiall! :LOL:

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