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Thread #72170   Message #1510763
Posted By: The Walrus
27-Jun-05 - 03:25 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders
WARNING: - THREAD DRIFT.

Can one of the Scots Gaelicspeakers clear up something foor me, please?

I seem to remember once being told that one of the ways of pronouncing "Ypres" (Eeprey?) is phonetically close to the Gaelic for "sacrifice".

Is there any truth in this?

Walrus