'Another potty/shitty thread,' I hear you yawn. It didn't stop you clicking on it so don't complain!

Bodily functions are an important part of family vocabulary.

For farting (not mine as I wouldn't partake in such vulgarity), we say ag ligint broim. ie. He farted = Lig sé broim. I think I may have heard 'gaofaracht' at some stage too.

For burping (which I obviously do not do either), we say ag déanamh brúcht ie. He burped = Rinne sé brúcht. Please note that both examples have males engaging in anti-social behavoiur whereas we ladies only speak of them......

These are the kinds of words we didn't learn in school, but now need for normal usage. Are these the terms that others use or are there more usual ones?

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Being a gentleman myself, I would never dream of making a sound in public. Like my prayers, farts are few and kept quiet and private!

Fart - braim, broim, deilm

Farting - braigetóracht

I haven't been able to find it, but in one of the many lists of proverbs given on the other forum there was, if I remember it properly - As quiet as a bishop's fart (in church)

Franc, I googled "chomh ciúin le broim easpaig" and voilá!
http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/translation/topic82610.html

(In fiairefeadha's first post).

Go raibh maith agat a chara

Down here in Texas, we sometimes say, "So quiet you could hear a mouse fart". I find that vulgar so I generally use something like
And when the judge sentenced him to 15 years "it was so quiet in the courtroom you could hear a mouse tee tee on cotton". People also say, "It was as dry as a popcorn fart". I don't know how dry that is but it seems pretty dry.

We love your shitty threads Saoirse

There is a specific word for a quiet fart in Irish but I can't think of it.
Another for ones that don't smell.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

It's quite cool that there are separate words for the 'loud and proud' ones and the 'silent but violent' ones.
Gaeilge 1 - Béarla 0!

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