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Quick Irish Ceist

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  • 08-04-2010 1:04am
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    lc2010
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭


    What does "ar aon nos" mean.
    Pretty stupid question, I know, but it was on the nuacht quite a bit today!


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    dambarude
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    "Ar aon nós" = Anyway.


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    lc2010
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭lc2010


    dambarude wrote: »
    "Ar aon nós" = Anyway.

    God I feel stupid!! I think I've heard that over the last 14 years!!!:o:o


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    pathway33
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    dambarude wrote: »
    "Ar aon nós" = Anyway.

    I could have looked at that for a million years and not got it :p

    I was thinking it was something like 'on any wind' ...isn't 'nos na gaoithe' something to do with wind?


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    jumpguy
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    Don't worry, Irish confuses me infinitely too. :(


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    me_right_one
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    "Ar aon nos" is more like "at any rate". "Ar nos na gaoithe" is "at the rate of the wind", ie. very fast


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    dambarude
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    pathway33 wrote: »
    I could have looked at that for a million years and not got it :p

    I was thinking it was something like 'on any wind' ...isn't 'nos na gaoithe' something to do with wind?

    Ar nós na gaoithe= like the wind, in other words, really quickly.

    Rith sé ar nós na gaoithe- he ran very quickly.


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