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PostPosted: Fri 12 Jul 2013 7:10 am 
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Cealú an díchreidimh is the phrase given in focal.ie for "suspension of disbelief"
so based on that
Suspend disbelief would be something like
Cealaigh/cealaígí an díchreideamh


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PostPosted: Tue 16 Jul 2013 12:47 am 
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Wouldn't "Suspend Disbelief" be the same meaning as "Believe". :D

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PostPosted: Thu 18 Jul 2013 10:49 am 
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Bríd Mhór wrote:
Wouldn't "Suspend Disbelief" be the same meaning as "Believe". :D


Hi Brid,

If taken literally, then yes. However, it is the intention behind the phrase that captivates me. Basically, it means that however "unbelievable" a situation might be at any given moment, take the time to suspend disbelief and imagine that anything is possible. For instance, you go and watch an animated movie and logically you know that it is not real. If you suspend disbelief for the 2 hours of the movie however, you can almost convince yourself that it is real.

Does this make sense?

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PostPosted: Thu 18 Jul 2013 4:10 pm 
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CaoimhínSF wrote:
Cuir do dhíchreideamh ar fíonraí [If said to one person]
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If what you wanted was how to say it in an infinitive manner, as in "to suspend [one's] disbelief", then this would work, at least literally:
díchreideamh a chur ar fíonraí

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I'd go with Caoimhín's -

Cuir do dhíchreideamh ar fíonraí.

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