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By Drax


Saunter

After commenting The Women of Hubpages by Moonmaiden I was struck with the difference in my Irish English and the English here in the US and thought this song would be a good way to illustrate that.

Saunter by Jetplane Landing

Saunter in the dictionary is defined as ;- To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll.

It is used in the North of Ireland, primarily in Derry, there it means feck off in a semi-friendly sort of way...

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I'd be interested to hear how anybody gets on with the translation of this song.. !


Jetplane Landing

Jetplane Landing

In return for the reference to the song here is a little promo for the band, if you like them buy something or saunter...

Jetplane Landing

Genre: Alternative, Emo, Indie, Post Hardcore, Punk

Band member(s):

Jamie Burchell - Bass/Vocals

Raife Burchell - Drums

Andrew Ferris - Guitar/Vocals

Cahir O'Doherty - Guitar/Vocals

Label:

Smalltown America

Website:

http://www.jetplanelanding.com (opens in same window)

MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/jetplanelanding (opens in same window)

Email:

contact@jetplanelanding.com

Formed:

1999

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Iðunn profile image

Iðunn  says:
3 years ago

ok, so this totally rockz... dude, I NEED to add this band to add to my punk collection. :doubleheart:

wajay_47  says:
3 years ago

Nice hub, Drax. I guess this spells an end to the Partridge Family! LOL

Drax profile image

Drax  says:
3 years ago

yes Wajay,, frozen sparrow rulez :-)

Iðunn profile image

Iðunn  says:
3 years ago

have to correct wajay here.

ahem.

despite being the wrong kind of bird, the Partridge Family stayz. ahem, I still have two of their original albums and I do mean albumz, and I just might still listen to them.

love The Partridge Family with me, friendz... it's not so bad. :(

that said, I consistently support the FSRA.... Up the Frozen Sparrow! :D

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