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PostPosted: Mon 23 Dec 2013 7:04 pm 
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How awful is this? He should have come to ILF! Even Google Trashlate wouldn't have done this bad a job.....

http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/hap ... 17988.html

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PostPosted: Mon 23 Dec 2013 8:13 pm 
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Saoirse wrote:
How awful is this? He should have come to ILF! Even Google Trashlate wouldn't have done this bad a job.....

http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/hap ... 17988.html


I have only two words for this:

Fine Gael

...the most insidious enemies of the Irish language, and of those who speak it, who ever existed.

Nollaig mhaith duit.

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PostPosted: Mon 23 Dec 2013 9:09 pm 
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Could happen to anyone. Bloody autocorrect.

:good:

I don't see this as anything to be upset about. I've made funnier mistakes in English.

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PostPosted: Mon 23 Dec 2013 9:59 pm 
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Mick wrote:
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Could happen to anyone. Bloody autocorrect.

:good:

I don't see this as anything to be upset about. I've made funnier mistakes in English.
But not on something that was to be printed dozens, possibly hundreds of times. Anyone can make a typo, but not this kind of mad stuff on something which is actually only a few words long!

I second Braoin's comment on the not so fine Fine Gael. One more and we have ourselves a tattoo!

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PostPosted: Mon 23 Dec 2013 11:59 pm 
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Saoirse wrote:
Mick wrote:
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Could happen to anyone. Bloody autocorrect.

:good:

I don't see this as anything to be upset about. I've made funnier mistakes in English.
But not on something that was to be printed dozens, possibly hundreds of times. Anyone can make a typo, but not this kind of mad stuff on something which is actually only a few words long!

I second Braoin's comment on the not so fine Fine Gael. One more and we have ourselves a tattoo!


I can third this sentiment!

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PostPosted: Tue 24 Dec 2013 12:02 am 
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Briain sona dhaoibh, a dhaoine uaisle!

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PostPosted: Tue 24 Dec 2013 2:43 am 
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He may be referring to Family Guy's dog who's been resurrected


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PostPosted: Tue 24 Dec 2013 10:03 am 
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Actually folks, you can relax. it's not from the Mayor at all. I see from the bottom left corner of the pic that it's actually from the Meará ;)


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PostPosted: Tue 24 Dec 2013 5:09 pm 
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Actually folks, you can relax. it's not from the Mayor at all. I see from the bottom left corner of the pic that it's actually from the Meará ;)


Ah well, that's comforting. Thank goodness for that... For a minute there I thought.... :panic:

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PostPosted: Tue 24 Dec 2013 6:14 pm 
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An bhfuil sé ag tabhairt na méire?
(Well, Happy Brienday to him if that's what he wants) ;)


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