whitey bulger and the verbal of abar: raite

[Daniel Cassidy]

A Rat Can Be a Stool Pigeon

Ra/, m. (gs. as s. rá, as vn. raite; pl. raite. 1. Vn. of Abair.  2. Saying, 
utterance.  

Abair, vn. Ra , pp., Raite

Raite
1. Uttered, spoke
2. Expressed;
3. Stated, alleged
4. Gave opinion
5. Reported.

n other words, Raite. 

A zoological "Rat" in Gaeilge is Francach, m. Sewer rat, francach camra.

I believe it was a case of love at first phoneme (sound) when the English 
noun "Rat," as in the rodent, and the Irish past participle "Raite" met in 
someone's gob...
( as in "Everyone back East knows Whitey Bulger uttered, spoke, expressed, 
stated, alleged, gave his opinion, and reported everybody and their 
grandmother's first cousin to the FBI) of the verb ABAR, to speak, state, allege, 
REPORT...  

Raite. is pronounced somewhere between rat and ratcha. It is also the Vn. So 
it implies as well "the act of" "squealing." 


The Gangs of South Boston Lexicon


Squeal 
Scaoil 
Make known, reveal, 

Rún a scaoileadh. 
To let out a secret.


Squealer
Scaoileadh
The act of making known, revealing, "squealing..."

Stool Pigeion
Stuail Beidean          
Storer of lies and calumny

Stoolie
Stuailai
Storer (of slander)

Rat   
Raite
Mr Bulger uttered, spoke, expressed, stated, alleged, gave his opinion, 
reported, and raite to the local Boston FBI, who were also on his payroll. 

daniel cassidy