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Thread #94555   Message #1831644
Posted By: The Sandman
11-Sep-06 - 03:11 AM
Thread Name: Dick Miles in cork city
Subject: RE: Dick Miles in cork city
Your absolutely right, but since there is very little difference in sound [apart from an and the], I am sure asking for either will get you to the right place, Irish people are very friendly and helpful and not normally pedantic. phonetically they are very similar. i really cant envisage asking someone directions and them not telling you because you used an instead of the , they might correct you and then show you the way, however if you asked them for the itinerant farm labourer they wouldnt understand you at all].
spalpeen fanach is an anglicisation of an spailpin fanac[ you speak the English language so you hopefully understand what anglicisation means]IN THE SAME WAY CORK IS AN ANGLICSATION OF CORCAIGH THE LITERAL TRANSLATION OF CORK IS MARSH.
but if you ask for directions to either you would get there because they sound verey similar.