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- Your Irish phrase, an 31ú lá Mí Eanáir
- News review, to 26ú lá mí Eanáir
- Speak softly and carry a big set of fangs
- EU-related news items
- Opinion: Pootsball misses Irish goal
- How much Irish do the Irish actually speak?
- Your Irish phrase, an 20ú lá Mí Eanáir
- Cinneadh teanga le déanamh ag pobal oileáin
- In the Name of the Bishop
- Six weeks to speak Irish
- Oh, well.
- Letters: Irish language belongs to us all
- Anger at 'sectarian' Irish remark
- MLA's fury at Ruane's 'sectarian' allegation
- Whisky galore in Ros Muc
- UTV to screen award hope film
- Movie Review: 'Kings'
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- Wes's Words
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- Graduates sought to teach Irish in the US
- 'Kings,' 'Garage' vie for Irish Academy nods
- Your Irish phrase, an 13ú la Mí Eanáir
- Group honours Pádraig's work
- 'Kings' nominated for 14 IFTAs
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- 'Kings: From the Bogside to the Bright Lights'
- Kingscourt actor to star in top TV drama
- From the land of Yeats, Beckett and Joyce
- Scalltán
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Okay, I'll bite.... what's that chick talking about?
"Do dhícheall beag scallta" can be translated as "Your measly best try.", or "Your poor little attempts." It is an expression of derision.
Literally, this is the break-down:
Do - your
dícheall - best attempt
beag - small
scallta - unfledged, featherless (metaphorically - ill suited)
The word for chick or fledgling is "scalltán", because they don't have their big boy feathers yet.
So.. it's a pun, and everyone laughs now..
I said LAUGH!
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