Nicholas (nwhyte) wrote,
Nicholas
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Tuigim anois

I guess that the idiom of "to twig" meaning "to understand" originates in a direct lift from the Irish verb "tuigeann".

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I am familiar with the phrase "to twig" or "to twig on" meaning "to understand"
120(99.2%)
I have never heard anyone using this phrase, you are making it up
1(0.8%)

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  • Gemini, by Dorothy Dunnett

    Second paragraph of third chapter: As they progressed, Nicholas kept seeing faces he knew. A goldsmith. A shipmaster. A chorister from Trinity…

  • Caprice and Rondo, by Dorothy Dunnett

    Second paragraph of third chapter: Because the Mission travelled by road and arrived, by intent, on the Sabbath, its ears and eyes were spared the…

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    Second paragraph of third chapter: Nicholas de Fleury was not brought to Ham in bonds, nor deprived of his senses, but he was under guard, and had…