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My dictionary doesn't have slang, but I got this much out of it:

clann=children
na=in her, in its, dont, than, the, in his, in its
cu=dog

So... children in the dog? I'm guessing I need a dictionary with some slang phrases...

maybe that's where exclaiming "female dog" came from?

I could buy that. In French, an idiom for bad weather is "temps du chien", which translates to "dog weather"...in fact, you can give a lot of things negative connotations by assigning them to the dog.

I'm betting it's more along the lines of "child of a dog" or some less socially acceptable version of that. Okay, how about "mo anam"?

@ezzer
Same thing in German. "dog weather", "dog sick", "dog's life", "dog wretched", "dog cold", "dog tired", etc. But when you assign things to cats, they are usually meant in a positive way. (no such expressions like "cattish" or "cat's paw")

@Eugene
I would have guessed, that it's just an anagram for "No Ma'am". But Google tells me, it means "my soul".

Ok how about this one....
'Klaatu Barada Nikto'

Well, I may not know the translation, but I do know that you're in deep trouble, cos the second word is Verada, so the dead are going to rise and stuff. I'd better go dig up my boomstick.

Ummm...no....it's definitly barada *steps slowly away from Corwin*.....what are you talking about???

Well, 'mo' is 'my' according to my dictionary, but I'm not finding anything that looks like 'anam.' (It's a very limited dictionary, though. It might not have words like 'soul' in it)

As for 'Klaatu Barada Nikto', all I can say is it's not Gaelic; no 'k's in Gaelic.

Hmm. A web search says it comes from "The Day the Earth Stood Still."

ezzer - it's the same in Spanish.

"dog" can have a lot of negative connotations. (Hijo de perra, humor de perro, ponerse como perro, etc.)

Ezzer - My favourite French slang phrase is 'un capot anglais'. Just a gentle jibe at our love-hate relationship, I suppose.

Ulrike - I was very impressed, right up until I saw the words 'in my dictionary, it says...'
Ta me go mhaith, that's right.