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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2009Gaelic without tears
Ad that Google Groups showed me: "Learn Irish like a Spy World's leading Irish method. Same course used by FBI & CIA. PimsleurApproach.com" They may be in trouble for revealing who the FBI's and CIA's latest targets are. -- Jerry Friedman > Ad that Google Groups showed me: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > -- > Jerry Friedman Ó hEagra My name in it's original Gaelic spelling > Ad that Google Groups showed me: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > They may be in trouble for revealing who the FBI's and CIA's latest > targets are. An Irish-speaking spy would have a job finding anyone in Ireland (let alone anywhere else) to eavesdrop on.  Signatureathel >> Ad that Google Groups showed me: >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > An Irish-speaking spy would have a job finding anyone in Ireland (let > alone anywhere else) to eavesdrop on. There's a whole island of them in Galway Bay. And somewhere towards the western coast, road signs bizarrely change from European Standard with no words to plain yellow rectangles with only Irish words. One has to guess whether they say "Heavy Plant Crossing", "Road Flooded" or "School". Or, indeed, "English Go Home". SignatureDavid the Omrud filted: >> An Irish-speaking spy would have a job finding anyone in Ireland (let >> alone anywhere else) to eavesdrop on. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >guess whether they say "Heavy Plant Crossing", "Road Flooded" or >"School". Or, indeed, "English Go Home". What would be the Irish version of this sign, I wonder? http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/~davea/images/casting.jpg ....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" >the Omrud filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/~davea/images/casting.jpg I'd be interested to know the English version. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >>the Omrud filted: >>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> > I'd be interested to know the English version. When you're casting metal (bronze, iron, etc.) or other materials, it's really desirable to make sure that porosity (i.e. porousness, on the surface or internal to the cast object) is controlled or eliminated during the casting process and / or during cooling, otherwise the surface looks dreadful, or the strength of the cast object is compromised. The little factory beneath the long-gone sign used to make chemicals and associated gear that helped stop casting porosity... >>>the Omrud filted: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >factory beneath the long-gone sign used to make chemicals and associated >gear that helped stop casting porosity... So it's not like "stop casting aspersions" then. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >>the Omrud filted: >>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> >I'd be interested to know the English version. Yes, what does it mean in English? SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland >>>the Omrud filted: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Yes, what does it mean in English? When you're casting metal (bronze, iron, etc.) or other materials, it's really desirable to make sure that porosity (i.e. porousness, on the surface or internal to the cast object) is controlled or eliminated during the casting process and / or during cooling, otherwise the surface looks dreadful, or the strength of the cast object is compromised. The little factory beneath the long-gone sign used to make chemicals and associated gear that helped stop casting porosity >>>>the Omrud filted: >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > factory beneath the long-gone sign used to make chemicals and associated > gear that helped stop casting porosity Pjagiarism! The Dedham Dunce does it again. Tight Sainthood: Stop Casting Porosity When you're casting metal (bronze, iron, etc.) or other materials, it's really desirable to make sure that porosity (i.e. porousness, on the surface or ... tightsainthood.ylayali.com/2005/09/stop-casting-porosity.html >>>>the Omrud filted: >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >> Yes, what does it mean in English? The gizmo immediately above didn't work with your news reader to delete my signature, it appears, so I deleted it manually. >When you're casting metal (bronze, iron, etc.) or other materials, it's >really desirable to make sure that porosity (i.e. porousness, on the surface [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >factory beneath the long-gone sign used to make chemicals and associated >gear that helped stop casting porosity That makes good sense. Thank you for the explanation. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland > What would be the Irish version of this sign, I wonder? Stoppaidh Caistingaegh Paidroisitaigheadh? -- WH William set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum: >> What would be the Irish version of this sign, I wonder? > > Stoppaidh Caistingaegh Paidroisitaigheadh? No good, you forgot the acute accents. (There must be at least one of them in there!) Signatureξ:) Proud to be curly Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply [...] >> An Irish-speaking spy would have a job finding anyone in Ireland (let >> alone anywhere else) to eavesdrop on. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > has to guess whether they say "Heavy Plant Crossing", "Road Flooded" > or "School". Or, indeed, "English Go Home". BBC2's very good History of Scotland this evening focused on the eclipse of Gaelic political culture in favour of Scots in the 15 and 16C. I recommend. Coincidentally, Ch4 aired its Time Team's fascinating, if soggy, excavation in Northern Ireland immediately beforehand. SignatureMike. > [...] >>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > fascinating, if soggy, excavation in Northern Ireland immediately > beforehand. I am glad that the Time Team is still at work. I have seen a couple of seasons of its explorations, but for some reason our local public TV has not seen fit to continue to pick it up. It is an excellent study in field explorations in anthropology. Sure hope to see more of the programs in the future. >> [...] >>>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Sure hope to see more of the programs in the future. As far as I'm concerned, more happens in a typical episode of The Simpsons. Homer and friends are certainly more interesting from an English usage standpoint, as well. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland >[...] >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >BBC2's very good History of Scotland this evening focused on the eclipse >of Gaelic political culture in favour of Scots in the 15 and 16C. It has been a fascinating series, all right. > I >recommend. ObAUE: that would be "I recommend it" in AmE. The sound of "I recommend" has an alien ring to most Americans, I would think. >Coincidentally, Ch4 aired its Time Team's fascinating, if >soggy, excavation in Northern Ireland immediately beforehand. If the Time Team can't be counted on for producing boring programmes, I don't know who can be. I watched JAG, an American show, on our channel 6e, instead. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland >>[...] >>>> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > ObAUE: that would be "I recommend it" in AmE. The sound of "I > recommend" has an alien ring to most Americans, I would think. Not to this one. >>Coincidentally, Ch4 aired its Time Team's fascinating, if >>soggy, excavation in Northern Ireland immediately beforehand. > > If the Time Team can't be counted on for producing boring programmes, > I don't know who can be. I watched JAG, an American show, on our > channel 6e, instead. Doesn't "boring" depend on where one's interests lie? I used to fantasize about being on digs in the jungles of the Yucatan. Many years later, of course, I found out that one usually had to pay one's own way, and that I couldn't stand the heat and humidity, even if I got a scholarship or enough money to pay my way. >>>[...] >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> >Doesn't "boring" depend on where one's interests lie? I'm interested in most subjects, archeology included. "Time Team", though, is poorly produced, IMO. Do you watch it in America or were you simply niggling me, as seems to be your wont? >I used to fantasize about being on digs in the jungles of the Yucatan. I was booked to go there with two friends, but some necessary house repairs suddenly got in the way. >Many years later, of course, I found out that one usually had to pay >one's own way, and that I couldn't stand the heat and humidity, even if >I got a scholarship or enough money to pay my way. J had scheduled herself, B and me for late autumn, as I recall, so that probably wouldn't have been a problem. I remember asking, for I dislike heat and humidity, too. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland >>>>[...] >>>>>> >>>>>> An Irish-speaking spy would have a job finding anyone in Ireland >>>>>> (let >>>>>> alone anywhere else) to eavesdrop on. >>>>BBC2's very good History of Scotland this evening focused on the >>>>eclipse [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > though, is poorly produced, IMO. Do you watch it in America or were > you simply niggling me, as seems to be your wont? I watched it in the US, of course. If poorly produced, as you say, I think it might be simply the lack of a budget, and also the lack of time for planning and assembling the staff. Many such Time Team adventures are rushed into to save some information before some engineers get busy and pave over or excavate a site for new building. The necessary permissions to go onto the properties have already been granted to the builders, who generously lend the permissions to the Time Team on a temporary and limited basis. While it may be my wont from time to time to snipe a bit, (and not just at your remarks), I really meant what I said. Being bored does so much depend on one's interests, and one can declare oneself bored, but it is difficult to make that judgement for others-ie, to say that a _production_ is boring. >>I used to fantasize about being on digs in the jungles of the Yucatan. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > that probably wouldn't have been a problem. I remember asking, for I > dislike heat and humidity, too. >>>>>[...] >>>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >builders, who generously lend the permissions to the Time Team on a >temporary and limited basis. I don't think that is true. The whole "we have just three days to do it" thing is just a nod to the TV convention which requires everything to be done that way. Time Team digs are almost always scheduled something like a year in advance, and anyone on the archeological grapevine will hear if there is one coming up in their area. I usually like Time Team, because the shows are well produced and edited. If you want boring, try "Time Team Live", which they do once a year or so, and which is like watching paint dry. It anybody wants to discuss Time Team, there is a dedicated newsgroup at uk.media.tv.time-team which has been entirely empty for more than a year. SignatureDon Aitken Mail to the From: address is not read. To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com" > Ad that Google Groups showed me: > > "Learn Irish like a Spy Heh. I wacky-parsed the Subject line as "Garlic without tears". I was confuserated. 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