tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post2125715214016484109..comments2023-11-24T06:43:02.286+00:00Comments on Aspicientes in Jesum: IrresistiblePastor in Montehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949810648656544072noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-66332395086375211682008-07-06T11:59:00.000+01:002008-07-06T11:59:00.000+01:00Irish 'crack', or more strictly, 'craic' is simply...Irish 'crack', or more strictly, 'craic' is simply lively and entertaining conversation, a particular passion of the Irish, who can keep a good session of craic going for hours.Pastor in Montehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949810648656544072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-43314076017158153692008-07-06T06:57:00.000+01:002008-07-06T06:57:00.000+01:00Gor: what's "crack" in Ireland. I take it your s...Gor: what's "crack" in Ireland. I take it your sister was not speaking of a variant of cocaine OR the dreaded "plumber's crack." [I expect the latter is the same everywhere! ;-D]gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-8827434227015107122008-07-04T15:54:00.000+01:002008-07-04T15:54:00.000+01:00Yes Pelerin, and when you throw Ireland into the m...Yes Pelerin, and when you throw Ireland into the mix it gets even more interesting.<BR/><BR/>After almost 40 years here in the US, I've become acclimated (acclimitized, to you...!) to the variations, but the spelling still gets me.<BR/><BR/>However, when my sister in Ireland says she was at a party and <I>"had great crack"</I>, I have to pull myself up and remember that 'crack' in Ireland is very different from 'crack' here in the US - and a lot safer, too!<BR/><BR/>Though I do understand that our 'crack' is becoming prevalent over there also, unfortunately.GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-50969536468408997342008-07-04T10:21:00.000+01:002008-07-04T10:21:00.000+01:00I see from gemoftheocean's comment that our expres...I see from gemoftheocean's comment that our expression 'takes the biscuit' becomes 'takes the cake.' Having long been interested in languages, it is fascinating to see the slight differences when reading the comments on blogs when they come from the other side of the pond. <BR/><BR/>Was it not Churchill who said that the English and Americans were divided by a common language?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-73232711668034620682008-07-04T10:07:00.000+01:002008-07-04T10:07:00.000+01:00Why use one word when four sound so much better?! ...Why use one word when four sound so much better?! I can imagine in a hundred years time someone saying 'Director of first impressions is a bit of a handful - why not just have one word and call him/her a receptionist?'!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-1841546132565452722008-07-03T18:02:00.000+01:002008-07-03T18:02:00.000+01:00You couldn't make it up!Well... you could... it's ...<I>You couldn't make it up!</I><BR/><BR/>Well... you <I>could</I>... it's just that no-one would believe you!<BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>Glad to see you're having fun!Mulier Fortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-78241653611708225832008-07-03T16:34:00.000+01:002008-07-03T16:34:00.000+01:00Good Lord! How can one 'direct' first impressions....Good Lord! How can one 'direct' first impressions...?<BR/><BR/>It has the flavor of <I>"I'll tell you what to think!"</I> which, come to think of it, is how some governments operate (but it used to be just Communist ones...).GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-991938280936060112008-07-03T06:52:00.000+01:002008-07-03T06:52:00.000+01:00God help us! That one takes the cake.God help us! That one takes the cake.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.com