Army thread 25th Oct 2009

[tiptronic_ct]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

Grim;743940 wrote: Wow, there is a first time for everything. This is my first time for agreeing with an Australian! :H

I should have seen that one coming from a mile away...

Touche

[tiptronic_ct]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

Morning, JC

These days, anonymity is a myth, I'm afraid...

[JackieClaire]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

OK that's my identical twin

[mario]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

tiptronic_ct;743938 wrote: What is "craic"?

[edit] Origin and history
An older, related, more widespread, sense of crack is "joke", as in crack a joke or wise-crack.[3] Another sense of crack, found in northern Britain, is "news, gossip",[4] which influences the common Irish expression "What's the crack?" or "How's the crack?", meaning "how are you?", "how have you been?", or "have you any news?" The context involving 'news' and 'gossip' originated in Northern English[5] and Scots English.[6] This sense entered into Hiberno-English from the Ulster Scots dialect in Northern Ireland, some time in the mid-20th century.[1] Early Irish citations from the Irish Independent relate to rural Ulster: from 1950, There was much good "crack"... in the edition of "Country Magazine" which covered Northern Ireland;[7] or from 1955, the Duke pulled the bolt on the door of the piggery, and let Coogan's old sow out...The Duke had been sitting on top of Kelly's gate watching the crack.[8] It can frequently be found in the work of twentieth century Ulster writers such as Brian Friel (1980): You never saw such crack in your life, boys[9] and Jennifer Johnston (1977): I'm sorry if I muscled in on Saturday. Did I spoil your crack? [10].

Like many other words over the centuries, 'crack' was borrowed into the Irish language with the Gaelicized spelling craic.[1] It was in use as early as the 1960s,[11] and was popularized in the catchphrase 'Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn' ('We'll have music, chat and craic'), used by Se?n B?n Breathnach for his Irish-language chatshow SBB ina Shu?, broadcast on RT? from 1976 to 1982.[1][12][13] The Irish spelling was soon reborrowed into English, and is attested in publications from the 1970s and '80s.[1] Craic has also been used in Scottish Gaelic since at least the 1990s, though it is unknown if it was borrowed directly from Irish or from English.[1]

At first the craic form was uncommon outside of Irish, even in an Irish context. Barney Rush's 1960s song "The Crack Was Ninety in the Isle of Man" does not use the Irish-language spelling, neither is it used in Christy Moore's 1978 version.[14] However, The Dubliners' 2006 version adopts the Irish spelling.[15] Now, 'craic' is interpreted as a specifically and quintessentially Irish form of fun. The adoption of the Gaelic spelling has reinforced the sense that this is an independent word (homophone) rather than a separate sense of the original word (polysemy). Frank McNally of The Irish Times has said of the word, "[m]ost Irish people now have no idea it's foreign."[16]
HOPE THIS HELPED MR TIPS

[Opal]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

The O'Byrne Files ?? Dublin Slang Dictionary - the letter 'C'

Here you go Tippers.

(hope this link works, prays more like)

[mario]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

morning jc how are you

[tiptronic_ct]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

Phew, Mario!!!

That is information overload :H :H :H

[Opal]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

Morning there JC, how did you get on last night?

[mario]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

tiptronic ct;743948 wrote: Phew, Mario!!!

That is information overload :H :H :H

i am still only learning how to use pc,honestly

[tiptronic_ct]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

Opal;743946 wrote: The O'Byrne Files ?* Dublin Slang Dictionary - the letter 'C'

Here you go Tippers.

(hope this link works, prays more like)

OMG...

That makes fascinating reading... excuse me while I read some more

[one2many]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

Morning..I forgot and cannot believe it is inly 7.23 am.....WANK.

That dream I had about Pops didnt help either..Pops, please stay out of my dreams..not able ofr the excitement!

oh yeah and good bloody early morning...

[tiptronic_ct]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

In the spirit of international understanding...

South Africa Language Slang

[tiptronic_ct]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

Morning, Oney

You're your normal happy self, I see.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

I keep forgetting you hate Sundays...

[JackieClaire]

Army thread 25th Oct 2009

Morning there JC, how did you get on last night?

Absolutely fine. Just told my mates I'd stopped drinking because of my anxiety issues (true) and they thought it was great. They're even thinking about giving it a go for a bit.

Bus home was fine. Laughed 'til I ached.

Lovely to get up with a clear head though. It is so worth it.

J x