Bród is Irish for Pride. *Cúpla can mean a ‘couple’ or ‘a few’. In Irish culture, class is judged by generosity & so if you ask for a couple of apples - the response will be ‘3 or 4?’
When I used to live in the UK & would ask for a couple of cakes I would be shocked when there were only 2 put into a bag. My first reaction was that I must have done something to offend the shopkeeper!
Despite this definition of couples as more than two in Hiberno-English, reactionary über-Catholic politicians got outraged at the idea of throuples recently & how such ‘relations’ would destroy Ireland & her ancient culture. If only they spoke Irish or Hiberno-English!
Another funny thing in the UK is that they are called Sasanaigh [Saxons] in Irish. It was taught to us that this was an extremely vulgar & offensive term & not to use it. When I first heard the director of my new job use it, I literally gasped in shocked & splurted ‘you can’t say that!’
Has "Cúpla" been part of the Irish culture for a long time? My family is Irish-American, and whenever we've asked each other for "a couple" of things, it's an unspoken rule to give around that number. ( Depending on the situation, of course ! )
My business is puns, and I turn them into greeting cards, keyrings, etc. My tagline is 'Designs for Hims, Thems and Fabulous Femmes'. I wanted to include more Irish, but sadly, mine is very lacking. I thank you for your service. 🙏🌈❤️
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My neurologist is Irish and we had a good laugh over how vowels work in Irish because his name is hard to pronounce (for US folks) just based on the vowel combos. I howled when he said, "Yes, but have you seen Welsh and the things they do with consonants?!" 😂🤣 Thanks for sharing this!
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