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Re: Which room? Quickly!
Posted By: Brunnen-G, on host 203.96.111.200
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2001, at 15:14:22
In Reply To: Re: Which room? Quickly! posted by wintermute on Thursday, June 7, 2001, at 01:08:38:

> There are a few Irish pubs I know that label the toilets in Gallic. Which is to say "Fir" and "Mná".
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> Anyone want to take a guess?
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> winter"doesn't drink in Irish pubs often enough to have worked it out"mute

See, this is what you can say when people ask what is the point of learning Latin. It helps you identify toilets in Irish pubs. I picked "Fir" as related to "Vir" (man).

Brunnen-"of course, one could also argue that you get the same result by just learning Gaelic instead"G

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