MoC. Irish Terminology

Day 2,727, 13:34 • Published in Ireland Ireland • by The Irish Community







May 9, 2015

You know you’re Irish when…you use any of these phrases. I have picked my favorite 10 to share with you – taitneamh a bhaint as (enjoy)!

“Sure look it” – Rule number one for speaking like an Irish person: ‘Aw sure look it’ is an acceptable response for any question, statement, or comment.
“Go way outta that” – This has a few meanings. It can be an exclamation of disbelief, or a standard response when someone pays a compliment to you (we don’t really know how to take compliments in Ireland).
“Was it any use?” – Simply means “was it any good?” It’s a common saying everywhere, and if you’re heading to any events you can consider it a guarantee that an Irish person will ask you this question afterwards.
“Happy out” – Just means “happy,” but for some reason we feel the need to add “out.”
“The press” – A press is what we all a cupboard in Ireland. However, the “hotpress” … Well that’s a different matter altogether!
“Wrecked” – If you’re very tired. Normally used after a big night out.
“The boot” – This is what we call the trunk of in a car. So if you’re heading on a day out and your great aunt tells you to “throw everything into the boot,” you know exactly what she means!
“I will yea” – This can get very confusing. “I will yea” means “I definitely won’t,” it’s just an easier way of saying it. We’re big into our sarcasm here, and if you get flustered by it, don’t worry. You won’t be the first and definitely won’t be the last.
“Fierce weather” – All weather is “fierce.” It can be fierce wet, fierce cold, fierce mild, fierce dry, fierce windy, fierce drizzly, fierce warm, fierce frosty, fierce breezy, fierce damp, fierce humid, fierce dead. Fierce everything, basically.
“A jumper” – Sweaters, or pullovers, are called jumpers in Ireland. It’s an absolute guarantee that Irish mammies will insist you put a jumper on if you’re heading out anywhere.

OK.

So this is the article for which your guess on the last article for number of endorsements counts. Of course if the number of endorsements is lower than your guess you should endorse. Then again you should endorse and guess again in the comments if you want to be entered into the next round.

So there you go.

For those of you who want to know how to play here are the rules again.

All you need to do is endorse this article. Then you need to guess the number of endorsements you think the NEXT MoC article will get and post it in the comments below.
The person who comes closest wins.

Now the neat part of this contest is that there are three levels of play since there are three levels of endorsement.

If you endorse 5cc then 4cc will go into a small pool for all the 5 cc endorsers and will go to the winner and 1cc will go into a final pool for the final winner on the last article of the term.

If you endorse 10cc then 8cc goes into the small pool and 2cc to the final pool.

If you endorse 25cc then 20cc goes to the small pool and 5cc to the final pool.

So to sum it up. If you endorse this article and make a guess for the next number of endorsements on the next article then you are entered to win the pool for your level of endorsement. There will be a final pool on the last article of the term with the total money raised during the term from the final pool from all the endorsements for each level of endorsement.


The best part is that all the endorsements will be seen on the article and the guesses will be also so there is NO chance of any shenanigans.

Good luck all.



Minister of Community

Anthony Colby

Taking the Ire out of Ireland.