Re: Degaspregos
| From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 10, 2001, 1:01 |
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Am 09.12.01, Yoon Ha Lee yscrifef:
> On Sunday, December 9, 2001, at 03:05 , Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> > Am 09.12.01, Yoon Ha Lee yscrifef:
> >> On Sunday, December 9, 2001, at 02:14 , Padraic Brown wrote:
> >>
> >> Er...Go raibh maith agat?
> >
> > Que!? Come ty y rayrbeth et chath! Ach!!
> <hanging head> I *thought* that was "good day," but I got it out of some
> kids' newsletter thing from the _Houston Chronicle_ years ago, and as a
> consequence don't recall it very well.
>
> Um...attempted understanding:
> What!? Why you [?] [?] and [?]! Ach!!
It was too good to pass up:
What!? _You_ (go) eat a rabbit and a cat! Yuck!
Actually, it looks right enough to me; but I don't know enough
to make heads or tails of it! Kinda sounds like "rarebit and
cat" to a Kernowman's ears, though. --> ;^)
> <sheepish look> Baa...um...Go maire tu i bhfad agus rath? Meep?
Mary goes by bus to Rath? ;)
> BTW, could I trouble you for conlang greetings/farewells in Kerno, while I'
> m updating the page anyway? :-)
Helo is common enough. Boun zies - /bun Di@s/ also works.
Cuomo te vays /kwomo ti vajs/ and Que dospons-te /ke dospon@sti/
are also good for 'how's it going?'. Ta!; aouzieus /awDius/;
boun zies; and bon voiage /bon vojjaZ/ all work as farewells.
Helo and ta are probably most common, but are not formal. Boun
zies, when used as a farewell, is often slightly dismissive.
Bon voiage, as expected, is generally used when someone is going
away as on a trip.
Padraic.
--
Bethes gwaz vaz ha leal.
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