well i have always been one of the people who read the irish times. but now i must ask, who lets the people who review books out.
so nuch crap and if it is like by the people then it is no good.
men of the times i ask you, change the book reviewers and then they may go aand be with pat kenny on the late, late and talk the crap to the few left watching tv on friday nights.
james
Hope you read better than you write, otherwise reading the Irish Times might be something of a challenge for you, just as reading your comment was something of a challenge for me.
Often when people see bad things coming or avoid disaster because of their alertness they say, “I can read the handwriting on the wall”. This is from the Bible, in Dan 5:5-30. The king of Babylon had seen a hand without a body write a series of words on the wall that none of his wise men could decipher. They called upon the Jewish prophet Daniel, who informed them that the writing was God’s prophesy that the Babylonian kingdom would be overthrown; that night, the Medo-Persian Empire attacked Babylon. Therefore, the ability to “read the handwriting on the wall” is the ability to see bad things coming down the road.
The Washington Post’s Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are some recent winners:
Sarchasm
The gulf between the author of ironic wit and the reader who doesn’t get it.
Reintarnation
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Giraffiti
Vandalism spray-painted very high.
Foreploy
Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex.
Inoculatte
To take coffee intravenously.
Osteopornosis
A degenerate disease.
Karmageddon
It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like a serious bummer.
Glibido
All talk and no action.
Dopeler effect
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
Intaxication
Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
Ignoranus
A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.
The Peoples Republic of Cork have a good article responding to this one. I think they may have missed the point a little because I think the author was agreeing that Cork people are simply proud of who they are. For example a great line from her article reads “Cork people have everything they need in Cork. The county produces a huge variety of food, for example. There is a sense that if Cork absolutely had to, it could manage without the rest of Ireland.â€?
Exactly!
The PROC say in their article ” that Corkonians are proud to be where they are from”
But I agree I have seen many articles in papers, and I am not referring to this one, bashing Cork.
One thing that does upset me, and this is true, is the use of the word Langer. Do people from outside Cork not realise that this is not a very nice word in Cork. If I called someone a langer when I was young I’d get a box around the ear from my parents. Hell if I called someone a Langer in a pub next Saturday I’d probably get much more than a box around the ear.
The Langer
By Tim O’Riordan & Natural Gas
Have you seen the young man,
The drunken auld lout,
Roaring and bawling and spilling his stout,
And in everyone’s business,
You’ll first see his snout,
Down in Cork, he’d be known as a Langer!
Langer, Langer
Down in Cork, he’d be known as a Langer!
In two thousand and five,
Culture will thrive,
All along the green banks of the Lee (good man George!)
But no matter what,
Even if you arrive on your yacht,
We’ll tolerate absolutely nobody acting the Langer! (Certainly not in Crosshaven!)
Langer, langer
There’ll be nobody acting the Langer
On the Lee and the Nore
This auld game we adore
Sure we follow our teams anywhere
But what we’d like to know
Is why do all the good match tickets go?
Ending up in the hands of some Langer!
Langer, langer
Ending up in the hands of some Langer!
So there was me song,
I didn’t keep you too long,
For now ye all know one more word of Cork slang,
And while there’s meat on me bones,
I hope I’ll never be known,
As a typical, home-grown Cork Langer!
Langer, Langer
As a typical home-grown Cork Langer!
Langer, Langer
The people of Cork. They are great, so good that when I wrote the book,,, The Maulthouse Killer… I made a Cork man the good guy, and that could be the reason it became a great seller.
Therefore, I would like to say, THANKS to all the Cork people who have supported me.
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well i have always been one of the people who read the irish times. but now i must ask, who lets the people who review books out.
so nuch crap and if it is like by the people then it is no good.
men of the times i ask you, change the book reviewers and then they may go aand be with pat kenny on the late, late and talk the crap to the few left watching tv on friday nights.
james
Nice comment James,
Hope you read better than you write, otherwise reading the Irish Times might be something of a challenge for you, just as reading your comment was something of a challenge for me.
Often when people see bad things coming or avoid disaster because of their alertness they say, “I can read the handwriting on the wall”. This is from the Bible, in Dan 5:5-30. The king of Babylon had seen a hand without a body write a series of words on the wall that none of his wise men could decipher. They called upon the Jewish prophet Daniel, who informed them that the writing was God’s prophesy that the Babylonian kingdom would be overthrown; that night, the Medo-Persian Empire attacked Babylon. Therefore, the ability to “read the handwriting on the wall” is the ability to see bad things coming down the road.
The Washington Post’s Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are some recent winners:
Sarchasm
The gulf between the author of ironic wit and the reader who doesn’t get it.
Reintarnation
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Giraffiti
Vandalism spray-painted very high.
Foreploy
Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex.
Inoculatte
To take coffee intravenously.
Osteopornosis
A degenerate disease.
Karmageddon
It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like a serious bummer.
Glibido
All talk and no action.
Dopeler effect
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
Intaxication
Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
Ignoranus
A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.
The Peoples Republic of Cork have a good article responding to this one. I think they may have missed the point a little because I think the author was agreeing that Cork people are simply proud of who they are. For example a great line from her article reads “Cork people have everything they need in Cork. The county produces a huge variety of food, for example. There is a sense that if Cork absolutely had to, it could manage without the rest of Ireland.â€?
Exactly!
The PROC say in their article ” that Corkonians are proud to be where they are from”
But I agree I have seen many articles in papers, and I am not referring to this one, bashing Cork.
One thing that does upset me, and this is true, is the use of the word Langer. Do people from outside Cork not realise that this is not a very nice word in Cork. If I called someone a langer when I was young I’d get a box around the ear from my parents. Hell if I called someone a Langer in a pub next Saturday I’d probably get much more than a box around the ear.
Anyway you can read the PROCs article here.
A little unfair on that Irish Times article in my opinion but makes some very good points non the less.
The Langer
By Tim O’Riordan & Natural Gas
Have you seen the young man,
The drunken auld lout,
Roaring and bawling and spilling his stout,
And in everyone’s business,
You’ll first see his snout,
Down in Cork, he’d be known as a Langer!
Langer, Langer
Down in Cork, he’d be known as a Langer!
Féach an phleice amach romhainn,
ag bladairt trÃna thóin
NÃl gaelinn ag éine,
dár leis, ach é féin
Tá aige fomhraÃocht sár-bhinn,
Is gramadach fÃor chrinn,
I gCorcaigh, gan dabht, sé an Langer!
An langer, an langer
I gCorcaigh, gan dabht, sé an Langer!
From Mitchelstown to Cape Clear,
You’ll be welcome down here,
For there’s plenty of scenery,
Music and beer,
But avoid the rugby weekend in Kinsale,
Cos every year without fail,
The town gets infested with Langers!
Langers, langers
Ah the town gets infested with Langers!
In two thousand and five,
Culture will thrive,
All along the green banks of the Lee (good man George!)
But no matter what,
Even if you arrive on your yacht,
We’ll tolerate absolutely nobody acting the Langer! (Certainly not in Crosshaven!)
Langer, langer
There’ll be nobody acting the Langer
On the Lee and the Nore
This auld game we adore
Sure we follow our teams anywhere
But what we’d like to know
Is why do all the good match tickets go?
Ending up in the hands of some Langer!
Langer, langer
Ending up in the hands of some Langer!
So there was me song,
I didn’t keep you too long,
For now ye all know one more word of Cork slang,
And while there’s meat on me bones,
I hope I’ll never be known,
As a typical, home-grown Cork Langer!
Langer, Langer
As a typical home-grown Cork Langer!
Langer, Langer
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The people of Cork. They are great, so good that when I wrote the book,,, The Maulthouse Killer… I made a Cork man the good guy, and that could be the reason it became a great seller.
Therefore, I would like to say, THANKS to all the Cork people who have supported me.
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