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From: deb5@midway.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: HELP! What language?! Translation!!
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In article <331615c1.46372351@nntpserver.swip.net>,
Niklas Bonnemark <niklas.bonnemark@mailbox.swipnet.REMOVE.THIS.se> wrote:
>Eskil Skoglund <eskilsk@stud.ntnu.no> wrote:
>
>> Sratsht rofesruo cats,
>> Nwonknu no it anitsed,
>> Dlroweht gnillacsi esrvinu eht,
>> Ecalp gnitser lanif dnatsal rhs-drawot.
>> 
>> What language is it, and what does it mean..\
>
>To me it looks like a Celtic language. Probably Gaelic.

From this remark I conclude that you haven't had the slightest exposure to
written Gaelic and are making a wild stab based on de Burgh's nationality.
(As several other people have pointed out, the "mystery language" is
merely backwards English--with a few accents and odd breaks thrown in for
purposes of disimimulation.)
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