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 Post subject: in-laws / outlaws.....
PostPosted: Wed 27 Jun 2012 6:03 pm 
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Somebody mentioned to me yesterday that her outlaws were coming to visit. Obviously, this was a play on the term in-laws. I was wondering about similar phrases/expressions in Irish ie. plays on words. I couldn't think of any, but am sure there must be plenty. Any suggestions?

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PostPosted: Thu 28 Jun 2012 12:04 am 
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I heard it once as "tuismitheoirí mo bhean chéile" (as my in-laws)
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PostPosted: Thu 28 Jun 2012 8:16 am 
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I have heard that too, but what I was wondering about was not an expression for in-laws, but expression/phrases that are a play on words in Irish in the way that the English in-law / outlaw thing works. The expressions could be about absolutely anything.

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PostPosted: Mon 09 Jul 2012 9:59 pm 
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Saoirse wrote:
what I was wondering about was not an expression for in-laws, but expression/phrases that are a play on words in Irish in the way that the English in-law / outlaw thing works. The expressions could be about absolutely anything.
I guess not..... :(

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