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   UncleDunc | Jan 12, 2003 05:01am | #1

   It's "cheers," more or less, in Scottish.

   
   

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   Edited 1/11/2003 9:03:13 PM ET by Uncle Dunc

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   Petey | Jan 12, 2003 05:35am | #2

   Thanks unc., All of a sudden I have a taste for a Newcastle Ale.....Slainte..Petey

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   SgianDubh | Jan 12, 2003 06:37pm | #3

   It means, Petey, that you've been reading too much of my verbal spew. It translates literally to good, and is short for the phrase sliante bheatha--- pronounced slan-ju var-- good life. Slainte.

   Some stuff I've made.
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   jonsherryl | Jan 13, 2003 12:35am | #4

   And here all these years I thought it was just the first name of some eccentric whittler down in Texas...I guess you learn something every day.