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PostPosted: Tue 10 Apr 2012 11:13 pm 
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What do you call an upside down muffin in Conamara?
Bun os cionn! :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: upside down muffin
PostPosted: Tue 10 Apr 2012 11:19 pm 
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Saoirse wrote:
What do you call an upside down muffin in Conamara?
Bun os cionn! :mrgreen:


And what do you call a relapse of the measles?

A rash arís :twisted:

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 Post subject: Re: upside down muffin
PostPosted: Thu 12 Apr 2012 3:48 pm 
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What about the expression béal faoi?


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 Post subject: Re: upside down muffin
PostPosted: Thu 12 Apr 2012 8:41 pm 
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franc 91 wrote:
What about the expression béal faoi?


Yes. That's a good word.
Especially when something falls wrong way down. Like buttered toast etc etc.

But the joke is Franc (just in case you didn't understand it) is that "bun" and "muffin" are both small sweet cakes in English. :D

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 Post subject: Re: upside down muffin
PostPosted: Thu 12 Apr 2012 9:34 pm 
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Of course, I didn't see it (I fell for it)


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