gnéas = sex.

Is there an Irish equivalent to the phrase 'the birds and the bees'?

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http://www.focloir.ie/en/dictionary/ei/ ... d-the-bees

the birds and the bees (bird)
euphemistic
fíricí na beatha
who's going to tell him about the birds and the bees? cé a inseoidh dó nár tháinig sé isteach leis an bhfarraige mhór?

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I always wondered about the word "gnéas". Looks like there's no written evidence of it before Ó Dónaill was published, which makes it very dubious...

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Could it have something to do with the prudish nature of Irish society over the last 200 odd years?
Its still prudish to some degree. Cant recall how many beginners classes I sat in where we did body parts, Always leaving out key ones.

they are fairly essential. I mean if you have an accident with your zipper you dont want to be consulting a dictionary before you present yourself at A&E.

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Bíonn rudaí maithe mall

I remember an old granny saying "tá brí eile le 'adharc', 'erection' mar a déarfá i mBéarla, ho, ho, ho!" when I was in a small group discussing one of the Blasket books, to which somebody in the group replied angrily "But that isn't something you'd say in polite conversation"

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

I am currently trying to find a resource to deal with the whole issue for children - coming of age stuff. I have been told that the HSE provides a resource, but that it's only available in English with Irish subtitles. I have sent in a request for an Irish language version so I'll see what comes back. I will be quite furious if no such resource for children/teenagers being raised through Irish exists. I'll let you know how I get on. Meanwhile if anyone knows of such a resource, I would appreciate the info. Haven't had to deal with the really technical questions yet, but you never know the day nor the hour!!!

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but I'm not sure "gnéas" exists while words like "craiceann a bhualadh", "pit", "bod" etc do exist and aren't coined things, so I wonder why they needed to invent a word to say "sex", as well as weird Anglicisms like "gnéas a bheith agat le duine" while obviously the Irish language has native ways to say that...

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Cos offical Ireland, post Famine to late 20th century was a complete bag of shit, all made up and ahistorical and should never have existed

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