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Title: Slainte! Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 17-Mar-14, 05:17:06 AM Beannachtai na Feile Padraig!!!
Happy St Patrick's Day, Everyone! Slainte! Title: Re: Slainte! Post by: OlRedHair on 17-Mar-14, 06:23:33 AM Is that Gaelic?
Title: Re: Slainte! Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 17-Mar-14, 06:32:59 AM It's Irish!!! (Everyone else says Gaelic - in Ireland, "we" say "Irish".)
Title: Re: Slainte! Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 17-Mar-14, 06:35:21 AM Translation: St Patrick's Day Blessings... or... Blessings on St Patrick's Day.
So... Bless you all!! Title: Re: Slainte! Post by: MAK on 17-Mar-14, 06:39:36 AM To all my Irish friends!
Title: Re: Slainte! Post by: Donna on 17-Mar-14, 06:58:54 AM http://youtu.be/mZMBvqosoGI (http://youtu.be/mZMBvqosoGI) How to say it!
(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb215/jbparks04/St%20Patricks%20Day/stpat192.gif) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/jbparks04/media/St%20Patricks%20Day/stpat192.gif.html) Title: Re: Slainte! Post by: patsy6 on 17-Mar-14, 07:04:15 AM Thanks, and a Happy St. Paddy's Day to you as well, Bobbie!
Title: Re: Slainte! Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 17-Mar-14, 07:09:19 AM Gonna poop on your Pronunciation Parade, there, DG - it is "SLAWN-chuh". Put an "S" in front of "LAWN" and you got it! It means "health"... which, at one stage, was an aim of the day, as all the pubs were shut. Really. And the only place to get a drink was at the Dog Show. We went to lots of Dog Shows...
Slainte! Title: Re: Slainte! Post by: Donna on 17-Mar-14, 07:26:49 AM Gonna poop on your Pronunciation Parade, there, DG - it is "SLAWN-chuh". Put an "S" in front of "LAWN" and you got it! It means "health"... which, at one stage, was an aim of the day, as all the pubs were shut. Really. And the only place to get a drink was at the Dog Show. We went to lots of Dog Shows... Slainte! LOL, oh well, I tried!! That word always baffled me! Thanks!!! "Slainte"!! The first time I looked it up and saw how to really say it, I was like :o Title: Re: Slainte! Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 17-Mar-14, 07:59:40 AM Gonna poop on your Pronunciation Parade, there, DG - it is "SLAWN-chuh". Put an "S" in front of "LAWN" and you got it! It means "health"... which, at one stage, was an aim of the day, as all the pubs were shut. Really. And the only place to get a drink was at the Dog Show. We went to lots of Dog Shows... Slainte! LOL, oh well, I tried!! That word always baffled me! Thanks!!! "Slainte"!! The first time I looked it up and saw how to really say it, I was like :o NOTHING in the Irish language looks like the way it should be pronounced! Thus it is that I can say about 3 things... none of which are useful in general conversation. Ya done good there, DG! Title: Re: Slainte! Post by: Shaky on 17-Mar-14, 09:12:34 AM Gonna poop on your Pronunciation Parade, there, DG - it is "SLAWN-chuh". Put an "S" in front of "LAWN" and you got it! It means "health"... which, at one stage, was an aim of the day, as all the pubs were shut. Really. And the only place to get a drink was at the Dog Show. We went to lots of Dog Shows... Slainte! LOL, oh well, I tried!! That word always baffled me! Thanks!!! "Slainte"!! The first time I looked it up and saw how to really say it, I was like :o NOTHING in the Irish language looks like the way it should be pronounced! Thus it is that I can say about 3 things... none of which are useful in general conversation. Ya done good there, DG! No one ever pronounces "Shaky" right either. Shaky Pronunciation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIg8nfdw5Zo#) Title: Re: Slainte! Post by: Donna on 17-Mar-14, 09:28:44 AM Shaky, you are too much!! :o
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