Articles tagged ‘Cultural Tips’
Irish Slang - Your one
By Seán | March 11th, 2007 |
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So you speak English. Why not travel to the land of saints and scholars where English has been lyrically embellished since the dark ages; a week or two in Ireland and I won’t even need a translation dictionary!
A few weeks of hearing your language dancing gracefully and coherantly across the Irish tongue might be more [...]
Irish Slang - Your Man
By Seán | March 4th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So you think you’ve got a handle on the English language. So ya think you’ll take a holiday (that’s vacation to you, Mr & Mrs USA) to Ireland and understand what folks are saying.
Think again.
Although Ireland is a predominately english-speaking nation, there will be moments when you’ll wonder whether that’s true or not. It’s not [...]
Irish Slang - Punter
By Seán | February 26th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
You speak English. You’ve heard most of Ireland does as well. You may have heard the Irish speak the best english in the world. In any case, the last thing you may be expecting is communication difficulties on your visit to the emerald isle.
Most of the potentential pitfalls in your conversations may come from the [...]
Pancake Tuesday in Ireland
By Seán | February 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Lest we forget - Ireland is still a Catholic nation. Today is the day before Ash Wednesday, the Tuesday commonly known as “Pancake Tuesday” here in Ireland.
In Cuba it’s “Mardi Gras” and in the states it’s “Fat Tuesday.” The proper Catholic term (and still used by some older Irish folks) used most by formerly [...]
Irish slang - Bye bye bye . . .
By Seán | February 19th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Begorrah! Top of the morning!
Yes, two phrases you may have heard on Darby O’Gill and the Little People but that you will never actually hear spoken in Ireland. Most people have heard the Irish speak, but there are a lot of little things about their slang and turns of phrase that are often misunderstood by [...]
Irish slang - Gas
By Seán | February 12th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So you speak English. Why not travel to the land of saints and scholars where English has been lyrically embellished since the dark ages; a week or two in Ireland and I won’t even need a translation dictionary!
A few weeks of hearing your language dancing gracefully and coherantly across the Irish tongue might be more [...]
Irish slang - petrol
By Seán | February 5th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So you think you’ve got a handle on the English language. So ya think you’ll take a holiday (that’s vacation to you, Mr & Mrs USA) to Ireland and understand what folks are saying.
Think again.
Although Ireland is a predominately english-speaking nation, there will be moments when you’ll wonder whether that’s true or not. It’s not [...]
Irish slang - Bollocks
By Seán | January 29th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So you think - hey, I speak English. I’ll take a holiday (that’s vacation to you, Mr & Mrs USA) in Ireland and get on just fine!
Sure, you think, there might be some problems with understanding accents from time to time, but there’s not going to be any REAL problems communicating; if I don’t understand [...]
Smoking in Irish pubs
By Seán | January 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re picturing the Irish pub as a fascinating, dark, smoky place then you’re one-third right.
Ireland passed a blanket ban on smoking back in 2004. Since then your Irish pub experience has been smoke-free. I won’t lie to you, there are cigarettes lit up when doors are locked - should that ever happen. Such things [...]
Demise of rural Ireland
By Seán | January 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It’s everywhere in the news lately - the death of rural Ireland.
The topic that brings it to the headlines lately is the drink driving laws that are keeping your rural Irishman at home, leading to the closure of many rural pubs. But this is just the latest blow to these communities. First off, the [...]
