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propagandhi

Hi there, just wondering if someone could translate this for my tattoo:

"Family and friends above all"

It's going in a band around my arm I expect. Thanks a lot guys!

Asarlaí

Good luck (Ádh mór) with the tattoo

Family and friends above all
Teaghlach is cairde thar gach uile ní
This has a lovely sound to it but it need to be checked..

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iora_rua · "Giostaire" Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4,431

Teaghlach agus cairde thar gach uile ní

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iora_rua · "Giostaire" Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4,431

well, agus = is in this case, so I suppose it's the poster's pick Smile

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propagandhi

Ah brilliant, thanks - glad to hear it has a "lovely sound" to it!

What's the difference between "agus" and "is"? Could you show me word by word through the translation by any chance?

Cheers!

Asarlaí

(Is) is a shorter version of (agus)

Teaghlach - Family (tch-eye-la)
Is - And (iss)
Cairde - Friends (Kard-ja)
Thar gach uile ní - (Har guch il-la nee)
Beyond every thing

Go on, have a go
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propagandhi

Great stuff, think I've got it! How do you pronounce 'agus', because I think that's what I'll have in my tat.

Cheers again.

(Also, I was told of two rude phrases in Gaelic, but I can only spell them phonetically, can anyone spell them for me and correct the pronunciation?)

1. Dun de vel! (shut your mouth)
2. Bog ma hone! (kiss my arse)

Tim · Last edited by Tim on May 09 2005, 5:21 AM; edited 1 time in total

Love your name. Good thinking and lots of pun.

"agus" sounds like (see blixt below)

1. Dún do bhéal. /DOON da VALE/

2. Póg mo thóin. /POHG ma HONE/

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propagandhi

Wish I could say it's mine, it is in fact the name of my favourite band. They're well worth checking out - fast rocky tunes with incredibly intelligent political lyrics related to reducing oppression of all kinds.

www.propagandhi.com

Sample lyrics:

"I drink myself to sleep because I'm losing faith
that we can amount to anything more
than reluctant human subsidies,
the moving parts in a death-machine,
protesting their complicity,
but waiting for somebody else to throw
their body on the churning gears.
I drink myself to sleep because
I'm losing faith that we,
we here in the Cradle...
of Affluence can cease this sickening drive for individual strength through state-powers' swinging fists
or that we'll ever look back and laugh at the irony that is:
atomic murderers enshrined in Independence, USA"

From "Albright Monument, Baghdad" on the album "Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes" on G7 Welcoming Committee Records.

I've uploaded a copy of that song to here:
http://www.farse.co.uk/07-Propagandhi-Albright_Monument_Baghdad-rH.mp3
for your listening pleasure. Hope you like it for the lyrics, if not the music.

www.propagandhi.com
www.g7welcomingcommittee.com

Oh and finally, this is what my tattoo will look like:

blixt

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