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PostPosted: Sun 09 Oct 2011 1:57 pm 
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Breandán wrote:
It's not the "stealing" that's important in the phrase "you've stolen my heart" but indeed the state the person is in because of it. ;)
Would you really say that “You’ve stolen my heart” focuses more on the guy who’s stolen the heart than on the heart being stolen?

No, and nothing I said even remotely had that meaning. Quite the opposite. This statement is all about how Lisa feels now and who she feels is responsible for it. This is not really about stealing at all but the (wonderful) helpless feeling love causes.

An important difference between "You've stolen my heart" and "You stole my heart" in English is that the latter is relatively more likely to be used after a break up.

This is even moreso in Irish because with Ghoid tú mo chroí anything could have happened in the meantime, but with Tá mo chroí goidte agat the other party definitely still has her heart.

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PostPosted: Tue 11 Oct 2011 10:38 am 
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Thank you all for your help, I have enjoyed reading the discussion! The tattoo I want is based on the song "Stolen" by dashboard confessionals. I heard it for the first time a few days after bringing my first daughter Keira home from the hospital At a few days old she certainly had stolen my heart. Once again thanks for your help :)
Lisa :toast:


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