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Robin Flower Quotes: Irish and English are so widely separated in their mode of expression that nothing like a literal rendering from one language to the other is possible.
         

Irish and English are so widely separated in their mode of expression that nothing like a literal rendering from one language to the other is possible.


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Irish and English are so widely separated in their mode of expression that nothing like a literal rendering from one language to the other is possible.
         



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This page presents the quote "Irish and English are so widely separated in their mode of expression that nothing like a literal rendering from one language to the other is possible.". Author of this quote is Robin Flower. This quote is about linguistics, irish, gaeilge, culture, cultural-differences, english,.