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PostPosted: Tue 12 Jan 2016 2:21 pm 
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Looking for a translation for something similar to "wandering thoughts" or a more colloquial phrase that is similar. Anything including wandering and stories or thoughts would work.

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PostPosted: Tue 12 Jan 2016 4:54 pm 
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angus wrote:
Looking for a translation for something similar to "wandering thoughts" or a more colloquial phrase that is similar. Anything including wandering and stories or thoughts would work.
Thanks in advance!

FGB has the following:

do smaointe a ligean chun fáin
to let your thoughts wander
and
bhí m'intinn ar seachrán
my thoughts were wandering

so some possibilities for just "wandering thoughts" might be:
smaointe ar seachrán
or
smaointe ar an bhfán

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PostPosted: Tue 12 Jan 2016 5:50 pm 
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Smaointe fánacha - a common expression, which the dictionary translates as "stray thoughts". Fánach(a) = "wandering, stray(ing), migratory, random, aimless, casual etc., etc. according to context.


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PostPosted: Sun 17 Jan 2016 2:28 pm 
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Thank you both very much!


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PostPosted: Sun 17 Jan 2016 4:26 pm 
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Errigal wrote:
Smaointe fánacha - a common expression, which the dictionary translates as "stray thoughts". Fánach(a) = "wandering, stray(ing), migratory, random, aimless, casual etc., etc. according to context.

Aontaím. :good:

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