I have it in my mind that I once saw a map of where Irish people mean when they say "town" based on location - with a good chunk of Leinster meaning Dublin, and clusters in the hinterland of other cities and larger towns.
But I have no idea if it actually existed or if I had just imagined it.
it's existence has rendered me speechless
yes.
oh for Frusciantes sake John how could I leave you out
Great list, but
Rory Gallagher
Carlos Santana
Tony Iommi
Eric Clapton
George Harrison
and most of your list, in no particular order
that's a lie. Rory at the top :)
Cilia Flores and her husband Nicolás Maduro
Hey Trump.
Release the hostages.
Here lads how many geansaí loads are in a hape?
Please help Hammam and his family
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So if all the other reindeer were being like that, which one do you think was the main instigator?
My money's on Prancer.
I'd forgotten how difficult it can be to work from home in a place where someone has the same name as you.
Whenever i hear my name my focus is pulled and then I have to figure out if it was referring to me or my Dad and then try to get back to figuring out how to manipulate headers in https proxies
I've finally discovered how to bond hydrogen and oxygen in a chain: HO-HO-HO.
It's a Christmas molecule.
..either side of a consonant, so in rothar (bike) the consonant th has broad vowels (o & a) either side of it. Buidéal (bottle) - that d has slender vowels (i & é) either side. There are exceptions, often compound words.
(as it turns out it's more like "ann seo" - "there this" and "ann sin" - "there that" but it's still magical)
*there are rules to spelling in Irish that guide correct pronunciation, one is about how vowels sit either side of consonants. Either slender vowels (e i) or broad vowels (a o u) will go...
What about "ansin"?
THE THAT
My brain was doing those bizarre somersaults
This language is incredible
Still remember the moment, sitting at temporary traffic lights in Carlow, staring at a sign that read "Fan anseo ar dearg", thinking
Wait a minute, the spelling of anseo doesn't follow the rules*
Most of the exceptions are compound words
Anseo isn't a compound wo
Woah
The Irish for HERE is THE THIS
And fair play to ye Charlie.
Hoping for a flood of them now
Irish Eurovision winner McGettigan to return trophy share.google/gAZHUdR0rpF3...
I read that as 'posh cunts' which also works
When it comes to venison farming, nobody knows reindeer like Rudolph the Red knows reindeer
Well well well if it isn't my complete lack of surprise.
Britain threatened to defund ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
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Fair play to ye Nemo.
2024 Eurovision winner hands back trophy due to Israel’s participation share.google/fm3f5lmukvhf...
O'Callaghan and his ilk will be delighted to see Farage in downing street
We moved from my parent's house to her parent's house with 4 kids in tow, in our late 30s.
Misophonia is an auditory processing disorder where certain sounds trigger strong negative emotional reactions, such as anger, anxiety, or disgust.
Examples include Nickleback and Mark McCabe's Maniac 2000.
More than 200 people in Gaza have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of the "ceasefire"
Jesus was a Jewish Palestinian Refugee
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
Rename Herzog Park
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"In a box, in a box, Lizzy's in a box"
