2 Dec 2006 11:27
Re: OT: Re: My suggestions for this Group
Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechelynck <at> belgacom.net>
2006-12-02 10:27:13 GMT
2006-12-02 10:27:13 GMT
squaredancer wrote: [...] > sorry - didn't realise that the Irish had their *very own* oceanI > was thinking they would have a Channel, such as the English do to keep > the french at bay! > Anyway - I mean "that stretch of water" to the LEFT of Wales-England and > to the RIGHT of Ireland, from the North Channel at the top to the St. > George's Channel at the bottom. > > No offence taken, for your correction of my geography, Bill! :-P > > reg Isn't that the Irish /Sea/ ? I wonder how it's called in Gaelic. Names change with language: Strait of Dover = Pas de Calais, English Channel = la Manche (wfw. the Sleeve, is that it?), Bay of Biscay = Golfe de Gascogne, etc. Best regards, Tony.
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> was thinking they would have a Channel, such as the English do to keep
> the french at bay!
> Anyway - I mean "that stretch of water" to the LEFT of Wales-England and
> to the RIGHT of Ireland, from the North Channel at the top to the St.
> George's Channel at the bottom.
>
> No offence taken, for your correction of my geography, Bill! :-P
>
> reg
Isn't that the Irish /Sea/ ? I wonder how it's called in Gaelic. Names change
with language: Strait of Dover = Pas de Calais, English Channel = la Manche
(wfw. the Sleeve, is that it?), Bay of Biscay = Golfe de Gascogne, etc.
Best regards,
Tony.
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