Pandora wrote:
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> "Felice" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> > "Pandora" > wrote in message
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> >> "Felice" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> >>> Maybe Tuesday I'll go out to the local and fight my way through a real
> >>> one. Today I wasn't up to the whole shebang, so we settled for
> >>> just-baked soda bread with Irish flour, smoked salmon, and Kerrygold
> >>> butter. I baked the bread in a loaf pan this time, instead of the usual
> >>> round, and it was a whole lot easier to cut into portions.
> >>>
> >>> I'm in training for May, when I'll be over there eating the Real Stuff.
> >
> >> Felice. Can you explain to me with poor words what are you doing?
> >> I didn't understand a word of what you have said.
> >> I have only understood that you will go out to the *local*, But what
> >> local?
> >> Then I have understood that you have eaten smoked salmon on an irish
> >> bread
> >> I think you hide something... ))))))))))
> >> Ps. I like bruschetta with smoked salmon over, parsley and fontina
> >> cheese!!!
> >
> > Pandora, when I re-read my post, I see that it's full of <espressiones
> > colloquiale>!
> >
> > "Shebang" is a slang term for "almost everything" or <quasi tutto>
>
> Ohhh! i enjoy to take lessons of slang
> I begin now to write my personal vocabulary of american slang
>
> >
> > A "local" is usually a neighborhood bar. In this case, it is a restaurant
> > that serves an Irish breakfast. The whole "shebang" consists of bacon,
> > sausages, black and white sausage-like "puddings", eggs, tomatoes and
> > mushrooms -- all fried in fat -- and sometimes fried bread. It's a heart
> > attack on a plate!
>
> ROFTL but sounds good!!!!
>
> My "mini" version involved wholemeal bread made with
> > baking soda instead of yeast, a butter from Ireland, and smoked salmon.
>
> GNAM GNAM!
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> >
> > The Real Stuff refers to the breakfasts I will have in May on my next trip
> > to Ireland, and that I am training myself to get ready for them!
>
> Ohhhhhh! Now I understand!
> >
> > Pandora, you do very well in understanding our sometimes very casual
> > language, and I admire your interest in learning more about it.
>
> Thank you very much! I love to learn more of your language and also slang.
> You have been very kind to have made a translation for me. Thank you again.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Pandora


Here Pandora:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_breakfast

Various types of breakfasts including Irish and the Ulster Fry.