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From: jmm@miro.Berkeley.EDU (James Moore)
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Subject: Re: Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
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Date: Thu, 16-Oct-86 12:54:11 EDT
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I've never seen "slainge" before -  is this Scottish Gaelic?  "Slan" is
short for "slainte," and both can be either followed by "leat" (singular)
or "libh" (plural) to say goodbye.  Caveat - this is southern Irish, I don't
know about other places.


	James