Re: Degaspregos

On Sunday, December 9, 2001, at 05:01 , Padraic Brown wrote:

> Am 09.12.01, Yoon Ha Lee yscrifef:
>> n 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!
>
LOL!  Oh dear...well, I'm not averse to trying rabbit, but I'm a little
too fond of the cat, and besides, eating carnivores when you're not
starving yourself is just inefficient.  <G>  I do remember the man who
came by our house in Samsung-dong (South Korea) every Saturday morning
calling out "Cats...dogs...cats and dogs for sale," for the pot....

AIEE!  I remember now.  "Dia dhuit" is something like "good day," and "Go
raibh maith agat" is something like "thank you."  Well, now you *know* I
haven't any Gaelic blood in my veins...

> 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. --> ;^)
>
<laugh>

>> <sheepish look>  Baa...um...Go maire tu i bhfad agus rath?  Meep?
>
> Mary goes by bus to Rath? ;)
>
Oh dear...:-p  Diane Duane in *some* Star Trek novel claims this is Irish
for "live long and prosper."  I haven't the foggiest notion if it's
correct, of course.

>> 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.
[snip]
I'll add those later tonight to the greetings page
(http://pegasus.cityofveils.com/greetings.phtml).

Go raith maith agat!  <G>  (Mangled as it may be.)

Yoon Ha Lee [requiescat@cityofveils.com]
http://pegasus.cityofveils.com

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