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Saoirse
PostPosted: Fri 08 Feb 2013 6:08 pm 
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There is another version of this game that works the other way around at: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1943

Inspired by http://www.focloir.ie, I thought it might be fun to take a phrase in Irish from the new dictionary with a colour in the English translation and people have to guess the English phrase. The person who guesses correctly can come up with a new one or someone else will row in to help out.

e.g. na Gardaí = the boys in blue

Seo an chéad cheann / Here's the first one: pórtar

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Saoirse wrote:
Inspired by http://www.focloir.ie, I thought it might be fun to take a phrase in Irish from the new dictionary with a colour in the English translation and people have to guess the English phrase. The person who guesses correctly can come up with a new one or someone else will row in to help out.

e.g. na Gardaí = the boys in blue

Seo an chéad cheann / Here's the first one: pórtar


The black stuff?

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Saoirse
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Redwolf wrote:
Saoirse wrote:
Inspired by http://www.focloir.ie, I thought it might be fun to take a phrase in Irish from the new dictionary with a colour in the English translation and people have to guess the English phrase. The person who guesses correctly can come up with a new one or someone else will row in to help out.

e.g. na Gardaí = the boys in blue

Seo an chéad cheann / Here's the first one: pórtar


The black stuff?

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:clap: Do shealsa anois, a chara.

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I'll jump in with another one. I'm thinking that this thread may just slowly die off......

'níos gile ná an sneachta'. Remember we are looking for a phrase in English with a colour that means this.

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Saoirse wrote:
'níos gile ná an sneachta'. Remember we are looking for a phrase in English with a colour that means this.

Whiter than white

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Wait until you see the whites of their eyes, maybe?

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"Snow White"?

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Mick wrote:
Saoirse wrote:
'níos gile ná an sneachta'. Remember we are looking for a phrase in English with a colour that means this.

Whiter than white
Sin é! Maith thú, a Mhick. Ar mhaith leatsa ceann nua a dhéanamh?

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Sin é! Maith thú, a Mhick. Ar mhaith leatsa ceann nua a dhéanamh?
Ceart go leor.

"Éad mór ar dhuine"

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Mick wrote:
"Éad mór ar dhuine"

Green with envy?

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