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in reply to a message by Miranda
Bizarrely the only reference I can find to the Irish word 'dabhair' is that it means "downpour". But what on earth is a "fair downpour".
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Hm, perhaps the name was coined during a drought? A downpour would've been quite welcome in that case.
'Course, I'm only speculating. And Ireland and Scotland isn't very known for its droughts, are they?
Miranda
"You've been downgraded to a class three tropical storm." -- My mother to my father, re: Hurricane Dennis
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'Course, I'm only speculating. And Ireland and Scotland isn't very known for its droughts, are they?
"You've been downgraded to a class three tropical storm." -- My mother to my father, re: Hurricane Dennis
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
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