Ciúnas bothar cailín bainne - what does it mean in practical English

veryangryman

I know it literally means "Quiet road milk girl"

But in the context of those eejit tourists chatting to the Brazilian girl, what are they saying?

My guess is one of the following

"Nice big tits (fill of milk like)"

or

"Be quiet woman (derogatory sexist remark)"

What i mean is, should one use it?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

veryangryman wrote: »

I know it literally means "Quiet road milk girl"

But in the context of those eejit tourists chatting to the Brazilian girl, what are they saying?

My guess is one of the following

"Nice big tits (fill of milk like)"

or

"Be quiet woman (derogatory sexist remark)"

What i mean is, should one use it?

It's probably ripped out of Peig and never meant anything at all. Kinda like "when the seagull follows the trawlers..."

Risteard

veryangryman wrote: »

I know it literally means "Quiet road milk girl"

But in the context of those eejit tourists chatting to the Brazilian girl, what are they saying?

My guess is one of the following

"Nice big tits (fill of milk like)"

or

"Be quiet woman (derogatory sexist remark)"

What i mean is, should one use it?

I think you're over analysing it.

It's just meant as a nonsensical remark and meant to be funny.

BEASTERLY

veryangryman wrote: »

I know it literally means "Quiet road milk girl"

But in the context of those eejit tourists chatting to the Brazilian girl, what are they saying?

My guess is one of the following

"Nice big tits (fill of milk like)"

or

"Be quiet woman (derogatory sexist remark)"

What i mean is, should one use it?

They didnt mean anything, they just said random irish words to make it look like they could speak irish to impress the girl.

Although you could take the interpretation that he wants ''quiet road + girl + milk'':pac:

Oranage2

I think it symbolises the ineffective way irish is taught in schools.

languagenerd

It doesn't mean anything and it meant nothing in the ad either.

Those are just four of the most basic Irish words you learn in primary school strung together to make people laugh.

KeithM89_old

It means 'A quiet womans tit leaks the most milk'

veryangryman

KeithM89 wrote: »

It means 'A quiet womans tit leaks the most milk'

This man is a genius!!

He's gonna change the way we think about getting hit by pies!!!

cml387

It means "My hovercraft is full of eels".

OutlawPete

No, it's said as the guy in the ad had a son who was a light sleeper and every morning at 4am this stupid bitch who had a milk round would wake him up and so he used to have to roar out the widnow: Ciúnas bothar cailín bainne (Quiet on the road milk girl).

It's literally just a list of the words you learn in junior infants. Because there was nothing sexy and Irish the guys could do, so they made it up.

That said, I've slept with every guy who's ever said it to me, so go for it.

Degag

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

It's probably ripped out of Peig and never meant anything at all. Kinda like "when the seagull follows the trawlers..."

Yes it did! Cantona used it as a metaphor for all the reporters who followed him around waiting for him to do something daft. Quite a good one too i think!

strokemyclover

Means nothing! It's like calling a really Oirish person Seán Óg Ó'Poulaphouca!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Degag wrote: »

Yes it did! Cantona used it as a metaphor for all the reporters who followed him around waiting for him to do something daft. Quite a good one too i think!

I thought it was just some bull**** he came out with just to piss them off and send them off chasing shadows?

Dwellingdweller

'practical' english? It means 'quiet, milk woman', as in yer woman who delivered/delivers the milk gach maidin.

byhookorbycrook

Hairy baby have it on a t-shirt.

stovelid

KeithM89 wrote: »

It means 'A quiet womans tit leaks the most milk'

Don't post stuff like this again.





I've just spat beer and Easter egg mix on my laptop keyboard.

Sofaspud

stovelid wrote: »

I've just spat beer and Easter egg mix on my laptop keyboard.

You mean chocolate?

stovelid

Sofaspud wrote: »

You mean chocolate?

Mix = chocolate + beer.

Sofaspud

stovelid wrote: »

Mix = chocolate + beer.

Oh ok, for a minute I thought there was an actual reason why easter eggs taste so much nicer than regular chocolate.

Thanks for ruining all my hopes and dreams of discovering a magical recipe of oval deliciousness :mad:

Degag

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

I thought it was just some bull**** he came out with just to piss them off and send them off chasing shadows?

The full quote is

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea

Think of the seagulls as reporters, the trawler as Cantona and the sardines as.... "the ****":)

upandcumming

It means nothing. Shit ad.

Toyota_Avensis

true-or-false wrote: »

It's literally just a list of the words you learn in junior infants. Because there was nothing sexy and Irish the guys could do, so they made it up.

That said, I've slept with every guy who's ever said it to me, so go for it.

...perhaps you're just a slut?

KnifeWRENCH

KeithM89 wrote: »

'A quiet womans tit leaks the most milk'

That was one of Confucius's lesser known quotes, I believe....