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Thread #151820   Message #3552401
Posted By: MartinRyan
24-Aug-13 - 12:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Irish Slang: 'The Germans'
Subject: RE: BS: Irish Slang: 'The Germans'
Many years ago I used to spend a couple of weeks each summer teaching sailing with a French (Breton, rather) organisation which had bases in Ireland. I remember calling in to the Dublin office one year before heading to the West Cork base; I was handed a list of the Irish participants for the week. At the bottom of the page was a note - "+ 10 Frogs'. My French instructor colleague duly arrived from France with the list of French participants, at the bottom of which was written - "+ 10 Paddies".

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