An rud is annamh is iontach
What is seldom is wonderful · On rud iss on-uv iss een-tukh
An rud is annamh is iontach means What is seldom is wonderful, and is said On rud iss on-uv iss een-tukh.
Word for word
Taken literally it reads The thing that is seldom is wonderful. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.
How to say it
Say it On rud iss on-uv iss een-tukh, written the way an English speaker would read it.
When you’d say it
Rarity is half the value of a thing. Said about a visitor who does not call often, usually to their face.
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