Day late but hey ho - happy St Paddy's day to those who survived it.
Why does the rest of the world try to make more St Paddys day than what it is - namely a day off work to go and get drunk on a drink that for the other 364 days of the year you wouldn't touch with a barge pole?
To all those who like the Bushmills - cheers , I was brought up within sight of the distillery and the smell when the wind was blowing the right way on a summers morning takes some beating.
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Janeyo - that depends where you are...
In some places it's much more like Uyrish uyes are smuylin...
I think most pubs in England at least will be leaning towards Oirish tonight though. It probably depends how thickly it's being laid on.
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[QUOTE=HeyWayne;632223]
When Irish eyes are smiling,
Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring.
In the lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing.
Don't you mean When Oirish Oyes are Smoiling?
That's how I hear it anyway!
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Sarz - sorry but that was a pedantry fail.
Diasp�ra na Gael is "Irish diaspora" in Gaelic. In this context, Diasp�ra with the fada over the o is spelled and used correctly.
Glutton4 - I've been (very politely) pulled up by Wayne about my use of "plastic"... I'll clarify (with my apologies if you were questioning my use of it rather than the meaning).
It's the short version of "Plastic Paddy", a term used by people I know to describe the kind of people who fall around in Guinness hats and drunkenly riverdance down the street in some weird attempt to be more Irish than the Irish. I'm aware that some xenophobic (particularly anti-English) Irish and some anti-Irish from elsehwere use the term in a somewhat offensive manner to refer to Irish emigrants and their descendants but that really isn't how I understand, use or meant it.
I hope that clears it up - but as per Wayne's reasonable request and the potential to upset those (who's family left Ireland for one reason or another) with slightly thinner skin I won't be using it again.
Apologies to anyone who felt I was being offensive with that word... but that use is simply not in my vocabulary in that way.
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Originally posted by SarzWix View PostJust because I'm feeling pedantic - Diaspora (capitalized) refers specifically to Jews displaced from their homeland. 'diasporic' (small d) can be used to refer to any peoples and their descendants who have been displaced from their homeland, but should be specified ie. diasporic Africans. It also has no accent over the O in English. (Source: the full version of the Oxford English Dictionary via my OU library access. Confirmed in Websters Diaspora - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
Happy St Patrick's Day to anybody & everybody who feels inclined to celebrate it
Brilliant. I love pedantry in all its forms. Huzzah for Sarz.Leave a comment:
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Just because I'm feeling pedantic - Diaspora (capitalized) refers specifically to Jews displaced from their homeland. 'diasporic' (small d) can be used to refer to any peoples and their descendants who have been displaced from their homeland, but should be specified ie. diasporic Africans. It also has no accent over the O in English. (Source: the full version of the Oxford English Dictionary via my OU library access. Confirmed in Websters Diaspora - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
Happy St Patrick's Day to anybody & everybody who feels inclined to celebrate it
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You're forgiven Bramble because of where you live. Not an important day in your calender.
Bastille day is 14 Juillet, and I shall hopefully be home for that this year. Woohooo.Leave a comment:
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Probably showing my ignorance here Bob, but what is special on April 23rd.
Just had a thought, Is it Bastille Day?Leave a comment:
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I shall save my celebrations for April 23rd, and get properly drunk in true English fashion.
Er, on French wine!!Leave a comment:
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I take it back - I'm not going to the Irish Centre.
I just phoned up and there's no traditional music on tonight. A couple of bands are playing "Irish Folk Music" but I shudder when I hear that phrase and think of what it so often means.
It's a flippin' travesty if you ask me... the Irish World Heritage Centre and tonight, of all nights, there's no bodhrans, fiddles, whistles or uilleann pipes.
It's not like it's just a watering hole full of Diasp�ra either... they've got a branch of Conradh na Gaeilge (meaning Gaelic League - dedicated to the promotion of the Irish language) based there!
Probably for the best though - it'll only be crawling with plastics today.
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