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Thread #137047   Message #3132884
Posted By: MartinRyan
11-Apr-11 - 05:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: English and irish song
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: English and irish song
Two strands weaving through each other - like macaroni! Quite an old term originally applied to mixtures of good Latin and bad...

Wikipedia entery has some details - not sure how reliable.

In Ireland the term is mainly used to cover songs which mix Irish and English. A purist will exclude songs which simply alternate translations betweeen the two languages in whichever direction.

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