Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:
Bualadh bos
This is one I remember from my school days! "Bualadh bos" translates literally to "banging the palms of the hands". It's the Irish term for applause, pronounced "boola bus" and is still commonly used. "Déan bualadh bos anois" ("A big clap now please") is the request of many a "Fear a tí" at a "céilí", concert or school play.
Do you know what "id ten t" and/or "PEBCAK/PEBCHK" means?
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It's only delayed gratification if there's gratification involved at some point.
Otherwise, it's just sparkling self-deprivation.
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Gàidhlig uses gorm for blue and green (sky, plants), but crocodiles are uaine.
Red can be rubha (hair, rocks) or dearg (paint, flowers)...
Pronunciation question: salient.
Reply with others, I'm curious! But I think these are the two dominant pronunciations, which is what I want to enquire about.
You meet a man on Oregon Trail. He tells you his name is Terry. You laugh & say its a girls name. He shoots you. You have died of dissin Terry.
Don't mind me - just some 65 year old woman in a bikini in her garden...
Oh, and a close up of the roses behind me.
It takes time as a trans woman (as any woman tbh) to develop the confidence to both wear and show a bikini like this.
Yes, I'm in the garden here, but I will also very happily go out like this - maybe with a white skirt on.
Shake off those brainworms, folks and enjoy life! ☺️
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90 minutes from Dublin by train sits Athlone and Sean's Bar, the oldest pub in Ireland. An hour and a half gets you to Kilkenny, where the Smithwick's brewery tour is the only beer tour I've done that includes a centuries-old ruined abbey. Sligo, three hours out, turned out to be a genuine up-and-coming foodie town with its own food trail. None of this required a car. Full guide: https://travel.sidewalksafari.com/ireland-by-train/
Which town would you pick for the pub crawl alone?
And a few more (warm) weather related phrases:
- The bright morning sunshine: grian gheal na maidine
- Sunshine pierced the clouds: scairt an ghrian trí na scamaill
- A gleam of sunlight: gealán gréine or loinnir ghréine
- The sun was splitting the stones: Bhí an ghrian ag scaoilteadh na gcloch
- Sunbathing: ag déanamh bolg le gréin (literally translates as putting your belly towards the sun).
Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:
Brothallach
(also "brothall")
Considering the current heatwave I thought this word appropriate! "Brothallach" means "hot (clammy) weather"; "very warm"; "sultry". As in, "it's fierce brothallach today - I think I'll go down to the Strand for a swim."
The Fortingall Yew stands in the churchyard of Fortingall Church near the east end of the attractive village of Fortingall in Perthshire. It is believed to be 5,000 years old and is quite possibly the oldest living thing on Earth. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/fortingall/yew/index.html
White people,
When you see a Black person posting something about general about white people centering whiteness, and you jump on them because you, specifically, don’t think you are centering whiteness, then what you have done is literally center whiteness. Like, for real, right there, in the fucking moment.
Look, if a person is talking about a societal issue and you literally burst into the room and yelled “THIS IS ABOUT ME, SPECIFICALLY AND I TAKE EXCEPTION!!” then that is what you doing. The act itself is racist.
What you are doing is trying to remove the ability to talk about the structures of racism on the grounds that this one, single person, who the author doesn’t know and isn’t talking about, has feelings more important than Black folks lives.
There have been generations of writing on this. It’s not fucking hard. 🙄
Okay, let's go public. 😊
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Had a brilliant day today - went to the Gaelforce Great Lake Swim in Lough Derg. Longest distance yet (2k) and felt very safe - well marshalled, clear route, lots of encouragement from the safety kayakers. Friendly participants. They're running another swim in September - Killary Fjord, so hoping to make that. Next time I come I must take more time to explore Portumna, looks like a lovely place.
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