OK - I give up! What does NYAH mean?
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That may not be so different from a toddler with a loaded gun, in some cases, so I have to say I have some reservations about your colorful analogy.Leel wrote:Ahhhhh....so, it's basically when one opens up their ITM can-of-whoopass
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On this page
http://www.tastytouches.com/pressrelease.html
In the last article, which seems to be authored by Sinead Hogan, she was writing about Martin Donohoe and the Nyah festival in Cavan, and mentioned this as a definition for nyah-
http://www.tastytouches.com/pressrelease.html
In the last article, which seems to be authored by Sinead Hogan, she was writing about Martin Donohoe and the Nyah festival in Cavan, and mentioned this as a definition for nyah-
That's the only place I've ever seen it in writing but its as MTGuru says of course.(an old Irish word meaning lift or soul in music)
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I wouldn't describe it that way. Only in the sense that the term is a lot newer than you'd think and it's not really a word.(an old Irish word meaning lift or soul in music)
Well it is but it's more of sound word like 'shush' or 'cockadoodledoo'
It doesn't really have a translation because it doesn't really need one.
Thats it.The trad equivalent of "soul" or "groove" in jazz or blues, that comes out in the "lift" and spirit of one's playing.
"NYAH" = the opposite of "BLAH."
Perfect!
Tommy
In my view,
This aint got Nyah
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mIqv3WfvOHc
This has
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kLFppDPUzTw
Mukade
This aint got Nyah
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mIqv3WfvOHc
This has
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kLFppDPUzTw
Mukade
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Ah, so NYAH is a big beard!!mukade wrote:In my view,
This aint got Nyah
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mIqv3WfvOHc
This has
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kLFppDPUzTw
Mukade
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Sorry, Mukade, both your examples are Irish music for tourists. Try this for a proper version:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3AFRCWg_k ... re=related
djm
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3AFRCWg_k ... re=related
djm
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Bollocks. The Dubliners have the Nyah.djm wrote:Sorry, Mukade, both your examples are Irish music for tourists. Try this for a proper version:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3AFRCWg_k ... re=related
djm
Sean Nos is fine, but the Dubliners have the Nyah.
Mukade
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I greatly expect that the Clancies and Dubliners--if asked, and maybe even if not--would express nothing but substantial mutual professional respect.djm wrote:Nope, sorry. Clancy Brothers wannabes.
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