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  • Hawt choklit and floofy stuff wud also help ainm finkin….

    meh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • S o gairm gaoirm i, is gairim i mo stor Mile ghra le m 'ainm i' si Peigin Leitir Moir.

    The Chieftains, Ambassadors of Celtic Folk 2006

  • (Soundbite of Irish polka) (Soundbite of song "Peggy Lettermore") Mr. CONNEFF: (singing) 'S o gairm gaoirm i, is gairim i mo stor Mile ghra le m 'ainm i' si Peigin Leitir Moir.

    The Chieftains, Ambassadors of Celtic Folk 2006

  • S o gairm gaoirm i, is gairim i mo stor Mile ghra le m 'ainm i' si Peigin Leitir Moir. '

    The Chieftains, Ambassadors of Celtic Folk 2006

  • S o gairm gaoirm i, is gairim i mo stor Mile ghra le m 'ainm i' si Peigin Leitir Moir.

    The Chieftains, Ambassadors of Celtic Folk 2006

  • First: To say the Gaelic ainm is taken from the Greek nomen is equivalent to saying that I am the child of my aunt Bill: wrong on two counts.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Rootless etymologists think it is probably from the Shelta language of itinerants in Ireland; monicker began there as munnik, derived from the Gaelic ainm, in turn taken from the Greek no-men, meaning “name.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • First: To say the Gaelic ainm is taken from the Greek nomen is equivalent to saying that I am the child of my aunt Bill: wrong on two counts.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • First: To say the Gaelic ainm is taken from the Greek nomen is equivalent to saying that I am the child of my aunt Bill: wrong on two counts.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Rootless etymologists think it is probably from the Shelta language of itinerants in Ireland; monicker began there as munnik, derived from the Gaelic ainm, in turn taken from the Greek no-men, meaning “name.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

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