Irish 101

Bualadh
 http://irishlearner.awyr.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=2286
  http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bualadh
 craiceann -  (genitive craicinn) gives both Irish and Scottish translation
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/craiceann#Scottish_Gaelic
cant find an online dictionary or transaltiion of the word Bбltaн but it is the ancient Irish name of the flower Honeycup
Put them together and you get "applaud the flesh of the Honeycup".  Anyone who went and looked for a different meaning did so because they wanted to find something that it actually doesn't mean.  It is not of my doing if others have no respect for our beautiful language and what makes it beautiful is that there is no Irish translation or equivalent of the "F" word or "C" word or any other swear word you care to come up with, including B**tard a word that is included in the game narrative.   As I studied not just modern but also Old or "Ancient Irish"  I have a much better grasp of my native tongue than most and the particular name I gave my town  is a line from an ancient Irish nature poem/song.  There is a little island in the river of my new town which brought that poem to mind.

....Summer has come, healthy and free,
at which the dark wood becomes bowed;

The slender nimble deer leaps

as his hoof applauds the flesh of the Honeycup. (bualadh craicinn Bбltaн)....
Taken from
Studies In Early Celtic Nature Poetry by Kenneth Jackson.
This is a link to the tune of Bualadh Craicinn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz9Qry8h-7o

Good for you AnneeR.  Beautiful poem.  Thank you for sharing.  :)

That is really a beautiful poem. I can see why you used that name.

Lovely poem.  Thanks for letting us know what the name means.  :-)

Thank you Annie.  One of the things I like most about the game is meeting others from different locations around the world and learning more about them.  

Thanks for the beautiful poem. And your post made me search for Irish folk music in youtube - absolutely loved it.

Well let me respond once to that:
If you know the Irish language that well, you should have known that the former name of your town was also an insult.
Sure, you can explain the words separately to make the meaning of the words innocent. But that is not the point here.
The point is that these 3 words in one sentence also refer to an insult.
You did use that name after  I put up a firework, thanking someone else for the space he gave me. Probably you were very displeased with that.
This is a GAME and sometimes things will happen here that will not make you happy, but please keep it civilized.
So, yes I was offended by the former name of your town. That's why I reported you, which resulted in silencing you for a day and renaming your town by the developers.
Now do not respond with: "Could you tell me what it was you thought the Irish name I gave to my town meant", because you know too well what the
translation could be.
By the way, the poem which you refer to has the same meaning, but in a more decent way.
When I use my native language for a town, I make sure that it does not refer to an insult.
My advice to you: just play the game and enjoy , but also let other people enjoy the game. Do not feel personally attacked. It is just a game.

Really Mandy?  Like I said it is the name of an "ancient nature poem" for which I have given a reference and no it most certainly does not mean what you have been told it does.  You deliberately went and looked for a translation that is incorrect.  Like I said my native language has no equivalent of any swear word.   Let me know where you got your degree in Old Irish from because where ever it is they are handing them out to people who haven't a notion of what they are talking about. It is the filthy minds of others that put words together to come up with a meaning that does not exist, a bit like someone saying I need a screw  and someone taking a meaning from it that is not intended!!
As for the game, plenty of non players that you can demolish but you have chosen not to, therefore it is you who has made it personal because of something that has nothing to do with you.  You need to keep your enemies close and your pretend friends even closer.  You also need to mind that nobody repeats what you have said about other players that you now call friend.

I have found completely different translations online.

Since the official language of the game at the moment is English and we don't have localizations to other languages yet, I suggest to use English for in-game communication to prevent misinterpretation of your words.

Does this apply to common chat too?  Because there are a number of languages other than English spoken there and I have most recently seen a player taken to task by another for asking that non-English conversations be relegated to private chat. Applying this to common chat as well would go a long way to keeping things consistent.  Thanks.  :-)

Does this apply to common chat too?  Because there are a number of languages other than English spoken there and I have most recently seen a player taken to task by another for asking that non-English conversations be relegated to private chat. Applying this to common chat as well would go a long way to keeping things consistent.  Thanks.  :-)

We do not punish for talking in other language in chat, but it's your own risk when you use it. If someone whould report your foreign language and our (limited) investigation will figure out that your words are obscene or insulting we will punish you, even if you meant something else.

Well, my language is English, so no problem there, lol.  Thanks for the info.  I will definitely keep it in mind.  :-)

There are many beautiful languages in the world, and many do have words and phrases that contain a double entendre. If you are posting in your native language, you are aware of both meanings when you post. The issue of languages continues to come up. It is known by those of us who have been playing for a while that we have been asked to use English in chat. Some continue to simply ignore this request. My opinion remains that in chat using a language you are aware others don't speak or understand is simply rude. Many of us are bilingual, however I see no use in posting what others obviously will not understand - and will therefore find offensive.

Simba - like I already said  in my post there is no translation or equivalent of any swear word in gaeilge (as opposed to gaelic) and if people want to believe the word of some childish ignorant hack they find on the internet  it is their motives that needs to be questioned and not mine.  Monks in the 7th century most certainly didn't swear or have the filthy minds of those who wish to seek a double entendre to suit their own agenda. 

Since we cannot ask a 7th century monk to translate for us and we can ask google, it makes sense to just avoid the situation by using English 

And I would suggest that people do not use Google/Bing or Microsoft to translate anything.  Those who were curios could of course just have just asked me to begin with what the name meant, instead of causing such a fuss.  I guess some people just like to judge others by their own standards. 
And while there obviously aren't any 1400 year old monks around,  people can always educate themselves by buying a few books and educating themselves and if anyone is interested in doing so I can give them a reading list. This is my last word on the subject.