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Thread #52538 Message #816629
Posted By: Aidan Crossey
02-Nov-02 - 01:16 AM
Thread Name: Toome Eel Fisheries - Free Lough Neagh!
Subject: RE: Toome Eel Fisheries - Free Lough Neagh!
Ard Mhacha ...
If I had time I'd transcribe it for the benefit of them that spakes a language other than Montiagh!
Having said that I played the original tape to a mate of mine - a playwright that lives in London, but originally from Derryadd - and he couldn't make head nor tail out of it. I ended up translating!
Sometimes, though, the words aren't important. There are a rhythms and cadences in Albert's speaking which are starting to die out as the Lough shores become gentrified ...
Slán, a chara.
Aidan