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Immoderator mentions Liverpool,where a common - and unique - term of affection is 'wack'.But I've only heard it applied to men/boys.Surely from 'a mhac' - 'son'? Redwolf -I was 'corrected' by a fellow Irishman for writing 'Slán' on the end of a greeting card! Quite a lot of indifference to the ould ...

osage59 wrote:The books are in English, but he uses Irish for the places, people etc.
His level of depth and detail is pretty impressive.

Robinson is English ,I think, but has more 'meas' in Irish culture than many natives,often the way alas.

[Thread revival. - Mod] Shanty,as in shanty towns etc.Sean ti.Saw an old wreck on Oileáin Cléire with this name.Any old derelict house really. Sure. "Sean-Tí" = "Old House" (quite literally) Redwolf I've seen some other derivation for it - from French Canadian,I think.Seemed a b...

[Thread revival. - Mod] Great post, Redwolf, very insightful, and thank you! There's an old Russian saying, however, that whomever could fail to keep one eye on the past and one eye on the future is a fool. English could well be in Ireland's future, but Irish is known to be in Ireland's past, and p...

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Shanty,as in shanty towns etc.Sean ti.Saw an old wreck on Oileáin Cléire with this name.Any old derelict house really.