The Funny Side of Religion

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Brian Shanahan

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Apparently a 'knicker' is a pound sterling -or pahnd - in London's East End. I did not know this when I first moved there and became very confused dahwn Roman Rowd Marrket in Befnal Gween when street vendors were offering me a variety of fresh produce in exchange for my knickers.

It's also a primary school in East Limerick.

Bannasidhe

Brian Shanahan wrote: »

It's also a primary school in East Limerick.

No! :eek:

Hotblack Desiato

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Apparently a 'knicker' is a pound sterling -or pahnd

Nicker. You obviously weren't listening hard enough to hear that the silent K was missing

Bannasidhe

ninja900 wrote: »

Nicker. You obviously weren't listening hard enough to hear that the silent K was missing

I was too discombobulated by the colourful and picturesque street vendors constant refrain of loudly proclaimed references -in public (:eek:) - to what my mother had always called panties to pay careful attention to the finer points of their charmingly ethnic and idiosyncratic pronunciation.

Innit.

Hotblack Desiato

I always thought panties was an Americanism.. down with this sort of thing I say :pac:

Worztron

MrPudding

magicbastarder

ninja900 wrote: »

Nicker. You obviously weren't listening hard enough to hear that the silent K was missing

it's usually not pluralised with an S, isn't it? i.e. it's '40 nicker', rather than '40 nickers'.

Hotblack Desiato

Yeah, like the aul' Dubbelin' "ten powend" was. With 'euro' being officially allowed as the plural of 'euro' it's just not the same any more (although the BBC stubbornly insist on 'euros'. Then again, they're always writing about some place called the 'Irish Republic' wherever that is.)

MrPudding

ninja900 wrote: »

Yeah, like the aul' Dubbelin' "ten powend" was. With 'euro' being officially allowed as the plural of 'euro' it's just not the same any more (although the BBC stubbornly insist on 'euros'. Then again, they're always writing about some place called the 'Irish Republic' wherever that is.)

I read somewhere, way back when, the euros is the plural and the idea that the plural of euro is euro is actually incorrect. Will try to to find something about it later.

MrP

Hotblack Desiato

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_issues_concerning_the_euro#English

It was originally 'euro' and 'cent' officially, so that was what Department of Finance here used, and that took off in common usage here (and many people said 'pound' for plural anyway)

The EU now officially recommends 'euros' and 'cents' in translating into English, but both forms are allowed.




w00t 5000 posts :pac:

recedite

ninja900 wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_issues_concerning_the_euro#English
The EU now officially recommends 'euros' and 'cents' in translating into English, but both forms are allowed.

I am uneasy at being told how to speak my native tongue by a guy in Brussels attached to The Directorate General For Translation.
On the other hand, I also had this "dispute" with an English guy while on holiday in Spain, who was insisting that I should use an s plural with the local currency. And this from a guy who couldn't tell the denominations of the coins unless he held them individually in front of his nose. I settled it by taking out a €20 note and asking him to show me the "s" on it.

Hotblack Desiato

recedite wrote: »

I am uneasy at being told how to speak my native tongue by a guy in Brussels attached to The Directorate General For Translation.

Relax, you're not, it's guidance for translators. It bears no relation to Hiberno-English as she is spoke

wp_rathead

Nodin

Pherekydes

Wife swapping?

Where do I sign up? :pac:

CramCycle

Already posted in the cycling forum but I passed by the protest today, in fact had some fun by pointing out real life when he blah blah blah.

Anyway, cycling home from town, turning right with a green light, parents with big pro LIFE t shirts and ballons, all walking their kids through moving traffic or out in front of moving traffic.

IRONY - never fully grasped the concept until today.

Hotblack Desiato

Pherekydes wrote: »

Wife swapping?

Where do I sign up? :pac:

http://comeheretome.com/2012/07/29/una-bean-mhic-mhathuna-40-years-of-reactionary-politics/

Una is probably best known for her classic one-liner in July 1996 at the referendum count of the Divorce referendum. During the heated post-voting atmosphere, she shouted at the victorious campaigners: “G’way ye wife-swapping sodomites“.

They still walk among us.

Nodin

ninja900 wrote: »

http://comeheretome.com/2012/07/29/una-bean-mhic-mhathuna-40-years-of-reactionary-politics/



They still walk among us.

....her legacy lives on.....

In February 1992, Youth Defence was founded in Una’s family home by her daughter Niamh and a number of other young pro-life activists.

Worztron

Its laughable that people still support the catholic cult.

Not G.R

Stolen from a sig from another site;

And the Lord said unto John, "Come forth and receive eternal life." But John came fifth and won a toaster.

e_e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1yOckwMm_k

Lingua Franca

Not G.R wrote: »

Stolen from a sig from another site;

And the Lord said unto John, "Come forth and receive eternal life." But John came fifth and won a toaster.

The whole of The Old Testament According to Spike Milligan is written like this.



CHAPTER 1


THE CREATION ACCORDING TO THE TRADE UNIONS


In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.


And darkness was upon the face of the deep; this was due to a malfunction at the Lots Road Power Station.


And God said, Let there be light; and there was light, but Eastern Electricity Board said that He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.


And God saw the light and it was good; He saw the quarterly bill and that was not good.


And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and so passed his G C S E.


And God said, Let there be a firmament and God called the firmament heaven, Freephone 999.


And God said, Let the waters be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear, and in London it went on the market at six hundred pounds a square foot.


And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, and the earth brought forth grass and the Rastafarians smoked it.


And God said, Let there be lights in heaven to give light to the earth, and it was so, except over England where there was heavy cloud and snow on high ground.


And God said, Let the seas bring forth that that hath life, flooding the market with fish fingers, fish-burgers and grade three salmon.


And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the sea, and let fowl multiply on earth where Prince Charles and Prince Philip would shoot them.


And God said, Let the earth bring forth cattle and creeping things, and there came cows, and the BBC Board of Governors.


And God said, Let us make man in our own image, but woe many came out like Spitting Image.


And He said, Let man have dominion over fish, fowl, cattle and every creepy thing that creepeth upon the earth.


And God said, Behold, I have given you the first of free yielding seed, to you this shall be meat, but to the EC it will be Beef Mountain.

...etc

Brian Shanahan

Bannasidhe wrote: »

No! :eek:

Oh, Primitive and Outmoded Concept on a Crutch, YES!

I have had personal experience of going to school in Nicker. I once ran away from the then principal because I thought he was Saint Nick.

Worztron

Nolars

Worztron

Worztron

Penn

No wonder she risked eating the forbidden fruit. I bet it was right after that.