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How to say ‘Bearded Bornean Pig’ in Irish Posted by on Sep 6, 2016

(le Róislín) Bhuel, one might first ask, “Why say Bearded Bornean Pig” in Irish?  To which my response would be, why not?  It’ll give us a chance to practice the words “pig,” “bearded” (+ “beard”), and Bornean (+ Borneo).   Plus, we used an illustration of these impressive-looking swine in the last blog (nasc thíos), on…

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Ar Dhroim (Ar Muin) na Muice: Not Quite The Same as “High on the Hog” Posted by on May 5, 2012

(le Róislín) You might remember a passing reference in the last blog to “dromanna muc” (backs of pigs) in the discussion of caint mheafarach (fhíortha) in general.  The only real reason I pluralized it was to emphasize the point that lots of people use lots of figurative speech in lots of situations.  So over the…

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