#speirgorm, I'm not sure how this will go, but I'm willing to try it if you are.
Ask me anything.
Ask me anything.
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(I know it will change and evolve as you learn more, but I think it's really interesting to know how our situation comes across)
As much as anyone should be, I'm grateful for the peace. I know the trauma for so many people, on both sides, is still very present and painful. Let's face it, some of that will ease as generations pass.
But on a more positive note. I think we will have the referendum for a united Ireland in my lifetime. Brexit has disrupted our peace and disadvantaged us so it forced the conversation
Loving this thread #FloridaDave
Some of the questions are brilliant
The peace as it stands now seems unfinished. Incomplete. Like there's more work to be done, on both sides.
"The truth about #FloridaDave" headlines beckon. Has she considered engaging an agent?
2. Have you mastered the use of 'grand' yet?
2) it's really perceptive of you to ask about that. There's a nuance to using "grand" that I'm not understanding yet. So I've decided to take an inductive approach and I'm watching to see how other people use it, hoping I'll catch on
2) I work in tech and every American I have ever worked with has been fascinated by how we use "grand" in sentences. For starters, almost anywhere where 'fine' or "ok" are used in sentences, 'grand' can be substituted.
"It's a grand start to the day."
"I'm feeling grand."
"Grand so."
1. Never use 'grand' when you mean something is good (or better than good).
2. Use 'grand' to downplay the impact of something negative, playing it off as more of an inconvenience.
I think that's what trips me up. In my head it means "very good"
Now if @davidmccullough.bsky.social understands that ...
I knew she meant well, and appreciated her effort and the research done, so I graciously accepted the compliment and didn't explain how wrong she'd got it!
Coddle seems to have all the right ingredients, but the preparation and presentation is...lacking.
Again, to be fair, I'll need to try some there made by an authentic Irish Grannie
Coddle is an evil imperialist plot that convinced the people of the Pale to consume mickey soup and told them it was civilisation.
Told you not to get me started 🤬
I learn a lot about people with these questions. I've learned that live music isn't a huge priority in your life, whereas I live for it...both attending and performing.
My best gig? Sir Paul McCartney, in Dublin on my birthday, 2011. Worst? There hasn't been one.
#speirgorm
Bottom line: use stereotypes to understand people, not to prejudge them.
Even if they have a big Irish head on them. 😁
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You start off believing them, then peel off a layer and conclude we're all the same under the skin.
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2) You could pass for an American but people would ask which state/region you're from because you accent doesn't Mach any that are common.
3) Your long |i| sound is the giveaway. It's off just barely enough that an American would recognize it. Certainly no one in Ireland would
Some context that might help clarify the question 😉
( I've trotted that one-liner out a few times now, 'need new material)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/71tZlKW7QuSfZcCW7CfrMA?si=kjP8b4wWSnuHM2gNF6nW4w