sweetcharmedlife Wrote:
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> Uh yeah right............????????????
How to explain Slainte (pronounced Slan-Ja")... Ah! Internet says:
Scotland:
Slainte or Slainte Mhor (even more)
"Cheers" in Scotland is Slainte Mhath! (Good Health). The response is Slainte Mhor! (Great Health).
Scottish: Slainte. Here's tae ye
A great Scottish toasts goes as follows - "Here's te us, was' like us, damn
few and their all deed"
Basically translated - Here's to us, those that were like us, there's damn few of
them and those that there are, are all dead.
It's great to recite with a friend, one person would start raising a drink - "Here's
te us..." and the friend would reply "was' like us" the first person would complete
- "damn few and their all deed"
Some Irish will also lay claim to the toast - expect there may be some fighting about that in London...
Don't know if either have any particular toast to Keith or his liver. May be a new thread...