Thank you both (Lars Bräsicke and Féachadóir) for your input. That
cleared up a lot.
I have a few more questions if you can take the time:
#1 When responding with "sure" or "certainly" I've heard both
cinnte and go deimhin. What is the difference, and how would I use
them appropriately ?
#2 My CD (no book) says a common phrase in Irish , an alternate for
sea (and sorry, I'm going to guess the spelling here) meaning "thats
for sure" was *Sea bhu'se* (pronounced shah-voosheh on the CD). My
question is - is this a common phrase?
#3 My two language courses pronounce 'pint' (pionta) quite
differently. One course, which is supposed to be Connacht pronounces
it 'pinta'. My Munster course says something like 'feeont'. Is that
possibly correct?
Thank you in advance for your help. I'd just like to not sound like a
bómán during my visit this August.
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 23:19:41 +0100, Féachadóir <Féach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Scríobh Lars Bräsicke <braesicke@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>>angus schrieb:
>>> I've been teaching myself rudimentary irish for the last few
>>> months, with reasonable success. I've been to Ireland many times for
>>> holiday, now I'm going armed with my limited speaking abilities to
>>> Dingle. Now my silly question: We usually eat in pubs, and (as
>>> vegetarians) we usually order what they call 'toasted cheese
>>> sandwiches' (sometimes they call them 'toasties'), which is
>>> approximately an 'american' grilled cheese sandwich. What would I
>>> call this in Irish ?
>>
>>I have no idea
>
>According to a quick Google to http://www.johnbennyspub.com/pub.html
> Toasted Sandwiches - Ceapairí tóstaithe
>
>
>Mólaim "Tóstiní"
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