My dear paypil
it has been quite an eternity since I poshted on the blog, so I've decided to return to it once more, by way of making use of time that should be spent writing amazing essays, working on those wonderous things they call lesson plans or procrastinating.
Another reason I am taking pen to paper, or rather keyboard to the screen is that a dear friend of mine has joined the masses leaving our dear isle and is off working on his tan for the next year in Australia. In order to keep him updated on the craic at home I'll be posting more entries and also to ensure that he doesn't forget to return home, I endeavour to drive him daft with the thoughts of beautiful floury spuds. Before his departure rumours abounded that there were no spuds in Ausralia, only sweet potatoes. I can only imagine the craic you'd have soaking up your shtew with 'swate' spuds.
For those of you reading my blog for the first time, do not be alarmed. The unusual spelling of certain words and the addition of extra letters such as 'h' are intentional and should you find yourself panicing over how best to pronounce them, just give it a bash, say like its spelt, giving the extra 'h's extra attention. Give it washkee as a fella says.
For those of you not quite up to speed with your Irish slang and colloquialisms I will provide a legend on the bottom of the post to explain certain words and phrases should the need arise, otherwise I will leave you to guess as best you can as to what I am referring to.
G'luck
Mayo Lady
Ledge.
Beraud/Ber'awd: abroad in a place, to be someplace else.
eg 'My friend is beraud in Australia' translates as 'My friend is abroad/over in Australia'.
G'luck: form of farewell in parts of Ireland, coming from the phrase 'good luck to you'. Usually you are in such a hurry to leave or for the other person to clear off from you that you find yourself rushing your words together to form g'luck.
Washkee: exact spelling is unknown, with too many variants in existence to decide on one. Basic meaning is to give something a go, to give it welly/socks, all you've got and other similar phrases. Pronounced 'wash-key'. Beautiful sound when heard correctly.
