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26th June 17, 04:17 PM
#15
 Originally Posted by Dollander
Well, we do. Unlike English, most languages put the adjective after the noun, Gaelic included. So even though you're tacking an English adjective onto it, sgain brew more or less means "brew knife"...which sounds like something Koko the gorilla would come up with if she didn't know a sign for "bottle opener".
And I too go with the sgain brew on the rare occasion I dress up; I suspect NSW's knife laws are not unlike New Jersey's. 
I was referring to people calling them "dubhs" for short.
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