Thread: Caoimhe Caoimhe the name.
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Old 16-06-2010, 04:46 PM #2
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Originally Posted by Nemo123 View Post
You know how cockneys say, that's smashin', that's actually an anglicanisation of the Irish, is maith sin, which literally means, that's great
But how would is maith sin be pronounced?

If we say for arguments sake that the letters/symbols A, B, C etc were English....then my point is that how come those English symbols sound differently?

If is maith sin is pronounced is may-th sin, then it's not a good example of what i mean. But if for example it does literally pronounce as that's smashin, then can you see where i disagree with the original translation?
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