I believe sgian dubh simply means "black knife" in Gallic.
sgian = knife
dubh = black
Cheers
Jamie
Originally Posted by
James MacMillan
Neat, someone fell into the trap!
Please do research some more, and get back to me.
Hint - find out what the actual definition of each word is first.
Sgian means - - - ?
Dubh means - - - - ?
Then justify your reasoning.
Last edited by Panache; 12th November 07 at 07:38 AM.
Reason: broke down the translation
-See it there, a white plume
Over the battle - A diamond in the ash
Of the ultimate combustion-My panache
Edmond Rostand
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