khannie
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- Comment on The return of Trump means Britain must rethink its defence strategy – and role in the world 1 day ago:
Ireland did it in 2005. I don’t remember the cost being an issue at the time. I mean obviously it cost some non trivial amount but I don’t recall any Hullabaloo about it. Wikipedia page doesn’t mention the cost.
- Comment on I hate that that happens 2 weeks ago:
True enough but I feel like English has more quirks than other languages though I acknowledge that may be bias.
I used to have near fluent Irish way back when and I don’t recall any shenanigans like this (again I acknowledge I may not have been presented with them). I feel like most other languages have a more clearly defined set of pronunciation rules too.
Irish looks horrific (Siobhán is shiv-awn for example) but very very closely follows pronunciation rules so that pronunciation would be no surprise to a native reading it for the first time. English sure as fuck does not follow rules like that.
Near. Neat. Book. Boot. Etc.
(Some small subset of Irish folks do say “boo-k” though)
- Comment on I hate that that happens 2 weeks ago:
Perhaps. Regardless it’s outlandish abuse of the tongue IMO and definitely would benefit from the comma because nobody’s going to just bang out 4 had’s in a row in speech without a pause without a justifiable slap across the chops and possibly a challenge to a duel.
“But your honour, he said ‘had’ four times in the trot without pause”
“Case dismissed”
- Comment on I hate that that happens 2 weeks ago:
You’re welcome. :) Took me a minute tbh. Not sure if the wine I’ve had helped or hindered. It’s 2:30am here.
- Comment on I hate that that happens 2 weeks ago:
It needs a comma.
All the good faith I had had, had had no effect.
Essentially “all the food faith I previously had, didn’t have any effect”.
Good God English is an awful language.
- Comment on Lemmy's gaining popularity, so I thought new people should see this. 3 weeks ago:
There are about two people on here who wouldn’t say “fuck Henry Kissinger”.
What a massive load of shite. The fucking smell of boot polish off your breath is disgusting.
Jog on.
- Comment on North Korea claims more than a million people joined army this week 4 weeks ago:
Voluntold.
- Comment on US urges Israel to stop shooting at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon 5 weeks ago:
I think they can fire back if fired upon. The issue is probably one of escalation where they’re heavily outgunned.
There was an interview with the mother of one of the Irish contingent on the radio here the other day and she said they sat in their bunker for 26 hours straight.
- Comment on Apple told to pay back €13bn in tax by EU 2 months ago:
Well I am delighted. €13.1B + the 1.2 in interest represents what will be a bump of 16% of total tax revenue compared to 2023 (€88B total). There are lots of things that money can be used for.
- Comment on We Got You 2 months ago:
I heard about a guy once, who was a POW, and his friend wanted him to keep a watch for his son so he shoved it way up there.
The reference for the younger among us.
- Comment on Denmark is the 5th country to pass the #StopKillingGames EU threshold - 340K out of 1M signatures in total! 2 months ago:
Are you using a VPN maybe?
- Comment on How is Open Source developed paid? 2 months ago:
Our company paid a prominent open source driver writer for prioritisation of some work more than once. All the code was GPL.
I know it’s only one data point but it’s one way.
- Comment on How do people in this day in age become nazis/neonazies sexist or even incels when there is so much knowledge against it? Do they get anything out of being that way? 2 months ago:
Some days, I even think maybe I might be a good person too
You sound like a good person to me. That level of self reflection rarely / never leads to being a shithead in my experience.
Crazy story but a very interesting read. Thanks for sharing.
- Comment on When shitposting becomes constiposting 2 months ago:
The mods were actually very clear about it in the thread. Pinned comment.
- Comment on Do you skip Star Trek intros when streaming? 2 months ago:
It depends. I have a ritual of watching a Star Trek series start to finish with my kids when they’re around 10-12. Currently watching Voyager season 5 with my 10 year old and we do savour that intro occasionally but not always. I’d say maybe one in five times we’ll watch it.
It’s a long intro at nearly two minutes but it’s such a good one. Great music, great graphics, super setting.
- Comment on Lemmy being used as a source now 2 months ago:
Oooh, Netherlands and Denmark both over 90% now. We’re movin’!
- Comment on Quick Chat 3 months ago:
Serial killers everywhere taking note at the excitement levels in this thread.
- Comment on Quick Chat 3 months ago:
That’s fascinating. If you don’t mind me asking what percentage would you say were angry? And where were you knocking? (Approximately).
I worked in a call centre for a summer (no hard sell but it was an awful job) and location and politeness were directly correlated.
I’ve only had one JW call to my door. I’m atheist a long time now. Well over thirty years but we had a very nice interaction. He called back a second and third time, bless his heart.
- Comment on Feta in peril: Greece battles ‘goat plague’ threatening its white gold 3 months ago:
That’s an interesting one that I wouldn’t have thought of. I love hearing about different preservation methods.
- Comment on What would cause a person to speak in different accents randomly? 3 months ago:
I met a German girl at a hostel in Los Angeles once when I was young and her English was so perfect and her accent so thoroughly American that she had to show me her passport for me to believe she was German.
It was all fun. I had kinda forgotten about that little incident until this thread. :)
- Comment on YSK the full scope of the recent US presidential immunity decision 4 months ago:
My fear now is that if military leadership falls into the wrong hands
Rome intensifies
- Comment on CAM ON 4 months ago:
Sending this to my English brother in law in 3…2…1…
- Comment on Starship Noise Generator 4 months ago:
Magnificent. I have hum off and beeps off and love it.
- Comment on Just Plain Terrifying 4 months ago:
- Comment on Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? 4 months ago:
From the wiki page:
Ulster Says No was the name and slogan of a unionist mass protest campaign against the provisions of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement which gave the government of the Republic of Ireland an advisory role in the governance of Northern Ireland.
Page here if you want some more reading.
As I recall (and I was young at the time so this may be wrong) it got rolled out for various other stuff.
Catchy slogan in fairness.
- Comment on Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? 4 months ago:
Fear not…Brown soda bread is big here. Definitely my most consumed bread.
- Comment on Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? 4 months ago:
All these years later I can still hear his voice saying it.
- Comment on Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? 4 months ago:
😂
- Comment on Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? 4 months ago:
I believe Americans serve it on Paddy’s day and / or is seen as a stereotypically Irish meal over there. I do recall being asked over there if I ate it regularly.
As I said in another comment there my oul boy did actually really like it as a meal but I think it’s more a misunderstanding though it does have some weird historical roots.
- Comment on Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? 4 months ago:
Others have given you solid answers on why the chicken and watermelon thing was really stupid so I’ll try to answer from the Irish perspective on the second part of your question:
You can serve me corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s day as long as you’re not being a dick about it. I’d probably consider it a nice effort actually if I happened to be abroad on the day.
My dad used to love corned beef, cabbage and potatoes with parsley sauce. It’s a grand meal but not my thing.
If you were a unionist who served it to me in a leprechaun outfit I’d be inclined to tell you where to go though.
