What made you smile today? Part III
Jan 19th 2018, 3:32 pm
Resident Cynic
Joined: Aug 2013
Location: Suffolk,UK; Alentejo, Portugal
Posts: 9,987
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Oh yeah, I was only talking about the variations in how they speak English, add in Irish to the mix and it's exponentially more varied.
Up in Norn Irn, we have our own kind of bastardized mix of English and Ulster Scots, I suppose you could call it. Full of colloquialisms, of course. Irish is spoken in parts of West Belfast still, there are bilingual street name signs, but it's mostly cultural, we don't have a mini-Gaeltacht or anything.
Irish is starting to gain a bit of traction, even in East Belfast, thanks to Linda Ervine (who's brother-in-law was the ex-PUP leader and former UVF member of all people
).
Up in Norn Irn, we have our own kind of bastardized mix of English and Ulster Scots, I suppose you could call it. Full of colloquialisms, of course. Irish is spoken in parts of West Belfast still, there are bilingual street name signs, but it's mostly cultural, we don't have a mini-Gaeltacht or anything.
Irish is starting to gain a bit of traction, even in East Belfast, thanks to Linda Ervine (who's brother-in-law was the ex-PUP leader and former UVF member of all people
).When you get your new EU passport, it'll show the whole teddy and call you "Éireannach", Fáilte don tsaol nua!!
Jan 19th 2018, 3:43 pm
I have a comma problem
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Posts: 49,596
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by macliam
Well, Paisley said “I am proud to be an Ulsterman, but I am also proud of my Irish roots.”, so why not embrace the language - even if it's only to reinforce identity. It seems to have dawned on the Unionists that they need to make common cause - even Trimble said "Many Englishmen… seem unable to distinguish between the native inhabitants of Ireland – to him they are all 'Paddies'."
When you get your new EU passport, it'll show the whole teddy and call you "Éireannach", Fáilte don tsaol nua!!
When you get your new EU passport, it'll show the whole teddy and call you "Éireannach", Fáilte don tsaol nua!!
Jan 23rd 2018, 4:32 am
Cup of tea, Father?
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Underground, overground, wombling free
Posts: 6,895
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Miss Moo (9) made and iced a chocolate cake, completely by herself with no help from me whatsoever. And tidied up the kitchen after herself. She's a keeper.
More importantly, there's cake. Yay!
More importantly, there's cake. Yay!
Jan 23rd 2018, 5:00 am
Somewhere rather noisy .
Joined: Oct 2003
Location: Below
Posts: 37,324
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
My old Tyler pusscat is not 100% at the moment. He has the squits so I am spending time and effort sorting this out and ensuring said cat bum is pristine clean.
Husband's new young pusscat Dusty (the pregnant kitten that came to live under the house which we had the vet sort and then she moved in ) loves Tyler a lot. She meows at him and just wants to snuggles and the like. He remains not too keen .
Anyway. She poked her head under his tail at his rear end and then tried to clean his tail for him
Husband's new young pusscat Dusty (the pregnant kitten that came to live under the house which we had the vet sort and then she moved in ) loves Tyler a lot. She meows at him and just wants to snuggles and the like. He remains not too keen .
Anyway. She poked her head under his tail at his rear end and then tried to clean his tail for him
Jan 23rd 2018, 1:41 pm
I have a comma problem
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Posts: 49,596
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Geordie George
Miss Moo (9) made and iced a chocolate cake, completely by herself with no help from me whatsoever. And tidied up the kitchen after herself. She's a keeper.
More importantly, there's cake. Yay!
More importantly, there's cake. Yay!
Jan 23rd 2018, 3:02 pm
Joined: Aug 2003
Location: City of Broad Shoulders
Posts: 66,666
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Nutek
Have you got a special alert set up for whenever someone mentions cake, or is it just a natural, magnetic attraction like starlings going home to roost?
Jan 23rd 2018, 3:05 pm
Joined: Apr 2012
Location: CT
Posts: 32,320
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
Have you got a special alert set up for whenever someone mentions cake, or is it just a natural, magnetic attraction like starlings going home to roost?
Jan 23rd 2018, 6:54 pm
Officially Bewildered
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW
Posts: 5,523
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Geordie George
Miss Moo (9) made and iced a chocolate cake, completely by herself with no help from me whatsoever. And tidied up the kitchen after herself. She's a keeper.
More importantly, there's cake. Yay!
More importantly, there's cake. Yay!
Mind you, Middlechild made fajitas last night for dinner, after doing some driver supervision of his brothers.
I'm worried.
Jan 24th 2018, 10:43 pm
Somewhere rather noisy .
Joined: Oct 2003
Location: Below
Posts: 37,324
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Sugarmooma
A package in the mail today
Tonight we will drink tea and say thanks to some very special lovely people.
Totally made my day
Tonight we will drink tea and say thanks to some very special lovely people.
Totally made my day
Jan 25th 2018, 12:05 pm
Joined: Aug 2003
Location: City of Broad Shoulders
Posts: 66,666
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Two days in a hotel for the annual "all staff meeting" are over and I'm back to just doing my job.
What a monumental waste that was. Whatever they spent on it, I would rather have the cash and skip the "inspirational" speeches.
What a monumental waste that was. Whatever they spent on it, I would rather have the cash and skip the "inspirational" speeches.
Jan 25th 2018, 12:29 pm
Joined: Apr 2012
Location: CT
Posts: 32,320
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
Two days in a hotel for the annual "all staff meeting" are over and I'm back to just doing my job.
What a monumental waste that was. Whatever they spent on it, I would rather have the cash and skip the "inspirational" speeches.
What a monumental waste that was. Whatever they spent on it, I would rather have the cash and skip the "inspirational" speeches.
Jan 25th 2018, 12:56 pm
Joined: Aug 2003
Location: City of Broad Shoulders
Posts: 66,666
Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Nutek
I use vacation time to avoid this shit. Totally worth it.
It's considered Very Bad Form to do that here, and Makes You Look Bad with your boss, also undesirable.
