I need this fast (!). I want to alter the traditional Gaelic toast "A
healthy heart and a wet mouth" to 'A healthy heart and a wet nose"
(it's for a dog - an Irish Terrier, to be precise). I've got "Croi
follain agus gob fliuch." But I don't know "wet nose" in Irish Gaelic.
Anyhelp out there? Anybody? Thanks!

Hi headdoc!!

After searching and asking in several sites and forums I found the
following translation:
An croí folláin agus an srón fliuch.

The only word that change is srón that means nose. You can see that in
the following dictionary:
"Gaelic-L Dictiomary IGGL1.DIC":
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~smacsuib/focloir/gaelic-l/index.html

The "s" page is:
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~smacsuib/focloir/gaelic-l/iggl1s.htm


I hope this helps you.
If you need a clarification, please post a request for it before rate
this answer.

Best regards.
livioflores-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by headdoc-ga on 17 Jul 2003 14:11 PDT

Thanks very much for this and for the prompt reply. A comment posted
to my question said this:
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"You ask about Irish Gaelic (GAY-lic) but Livioflores' answer refers
to
Scottish Gaelic (GAL-lic).  There are differences."
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So I'm asking for this clarification: does "srón" mean "nose" in Irish
Gaelic? I would hate to be wishing people "wet ears" or something even
worse ;-).

Thanks for the clarification. Have a great evening.

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Clarification of Answer by livioflores-ga on 17 Jul 2003 20:40 PDT

Hello headdoc!!

I searched again for this in order to find the answer your request for
a clarification. I found that the word srón means nose. The source is
"Irish Gaelic Translation Forum", and also a little correction was
given, the exact translation is: "Croí follain agus srón fliuch" (A
healthy heart and a wet nose, the first translation means 'the healthy
heart and the wet nose' because the words "an"). You can visit this
forum, it will be useful for you in the future:
http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/

Finally visit the page "IGGL1 DICT Gaeilge-English dictionary (Irish
gaelic)" and look for the word srón, it means nose. Also look for the
translations of ALL the words in the phrase:
http://www.funet.fi/~magi/opinnot/gaelic/irish-dic.html

I hope this clarify this answer. If you need more clarifications
please feel free to ask for it.

Best regards.
livioflores-ga

A good answer and, even more important, a very helpful
"clarification." Thank you very much livioflores-ga!

Dear Headdoc,

You ask about Irish Gaelic (GAY-lic) but Livioflores' answer refers to
Scottish Gaelic (GAL-lic).  There are differences.

I trust this helps.

Carnegie

If you head over to the newsgroup sci.lang.translation there is at
least one Irish speaker there. They are usually quite helpful folks
for short translations that are clearly non-commercial.

Owain