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Mari-aa

  • 30-03-2006 4:04am
    #1
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭


    Why do older Irish people say this

    as in ecetera...

    Me mum use it and it grates with me when she uses it.


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  • #2
    Beer is Life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 371 ✭✭Beer is Life


    ... :confused:


  • #3
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    "Im hugely confused Ted!"


  • #4
    Crucifix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,437 ✭✭✭Crucifix


    I know what you mean...but I didn't think it meant et cetera.


  • #5
    homah_7ft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭homah_7ft


    I thought this thread was about Atomic-absorption. Oh well. :(


  • #6
    blu_sonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭blu_sonic


    WTF? whats this thread about? i thought it was about some girl called maria


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  • #7
    The Sweeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    Isn't it the Irish "mar dheadh" or however you spell it? Pronounced "Mar Ya"? There are plenty of Irish speakers on this board who should shed light on what that means...


  • #8
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Mar dheadh = as if, supposed to be, letting on

    Scarcasm as gaeilge


  • #9
    JungleBunny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 522 ✭✭✭JungleBunny


    No idea what this thread is about but I have Blondie's song Maria in my head now :p


  • #10
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    That made me feel old. I had Maria from West Side Story in my head.:D


  • #11
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    JungleBunny wrote:
    No idea what this thread is about but I have Blondie's song Maria in my head now :p
    Same here.

    Thanks.

    Thanks A LOT.


    Maria, by the way, is a name of Egyptian origin, a form of Mary, meaning "The perfect one".


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  • #12
    forbairt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    Minesajackdaniels wrote:
    Isn't it the Irish "mar dheadh" or however you spell it? Pronounced "Mar Ya"? There are plenty of Irish speakers on this board who should shed light on what that means...

    Thank god someone had an explanation as to what the thread was about :)


  • #13
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Minesajackdaniels wrote:
    Isn't it the Irish "mar dheadh" or however you spell it? Pronounced "Mar Ya"? There are plenty of Irish speakers on this board who should shed light on what that means...

    Actually, I would have thought it was more likely to be Máire (M-A-fada-I-R-E - pronounced Moi-reh) - which is also the Irish for Mary.


  • #14
    Joeface
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Joeface


    Old ppl dont just say this its infectious ...my brother is 24 and cant stop sayin it him and his fe*kin house mates.....at the end of every sentance.

    I think they use it as " you know what i mean"


  • #15
    Femelade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Femelade


    JungleBunny wrote:
    No idea what this thread is about but I have Blondie's song Maria in my head now :p



    me too! i dont mind though. blondie rawks!

    hagar is right, the word means "pretending, letting on"


  • #16
    Femelade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Femelade


    Hagar wrote:
    That made me feel old. I had Maria from West Side Story in my head.:D


    could be worse you could have the song about maria (how do you solve a problem like maria) from The Sound Of Music......now that would make u feel odd.


  • #17
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    JungleBunny wrote:
    No idea what this thread is about but I have Blondie's song Maria in my head now :p
    Same here grrrrrrrrr @ OP :mad:


  • #18
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    JungleBunny wrote:
    No idea what this thread is about but I have Blondie's song Maria in my head now :p

    Same here.

    Marriiiaaa you've got to see her.

    Dun-dun-dun-dun (my heads bopping along to the bells)


  • #19
    JungleBunny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 522 ✭✭✭JungleBunny


    I love the song but it's been hours now and it's startin to annoy me now....

    Everyone join in...

    She moves like she don't care
    Smooth as silk
    Cool as air
    Oooh it makes you wanna’ cry..... :D


  • #20
    Femelade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Femelade


    She doesn't know your name
    And your heart beats like a subway train
    Ooh it makes you wanna die

    Ooh, don't you wanna take her?
    Wanna make her on your own?


  • #21
    Mad Mike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Mad Mike


    This has to be one of the most confusing threads ever - thank you minesajack for the translation.

    However the mind only boggles at what they must be not be teaching youngsters these days. Mar Dheadh is one of the quintesssntial Irish phrases dripping with pointed yet affectionate sarcasm. I think a literal translation would be "so they say" but this lacks the subtlety and gentle sarcasm of mar dheadh.

    ie: "Wayne Rooney, the greatest footballer ever mar dheadh" would suggest that the speaker doesn't agree with the statement and pehaps finds it a little bit amusing that people think so. Perhaps a purely english alternative would be: "Wayne Rooney, the so called greatest footballer ever".


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  • #22
    radiospan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,353 ✭✭✭radiospan


    So maybe that's what this guy is saying?

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6377855743675143177

    Mar dheadh hee, Mar dheadh hoo... :eek:


  • #23
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    it sounds petty mar dheadh


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Femmy wrote:
    She doesn't know your name
    And your heart beats like a subway train
    Ooh it makes you wanna die

    Ooh, don't you wanna take her?
    Wanna make her on your own?

    Maria
    You've gotta see her
    Go insane and out of your mind
    Latina
    Ave Maria


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