Jonathan Harris is a story teller, but not in the traditional way. His stories are built from an amalgamation of other people’s stories, people from all around the world. He writes computer programmes that search the Internet for specific words and phrases that captures the world’s expression, and he turns it into art.
Jonathan believes that ... Read On
In Ireland, this one is the ultimate conversation stopper and is usually preceded by:
Ah sher…
A likely scenario would be: two or more people meeting in a casual setting, such as in the street, or a shop. After the usual pleasantries have been exchanged, someone will inevitably mention the recession or the weather or some other ... Read On
Last week, The Equality Authority of Ireland pursued a case on behalf of the National Women’s Council of Ireland against Portmarnock Golf Club to lift the ban on women becoming members of the club. I know very little about the law but it seemed obvious to me that their attempt would fail.
What I do know ... Read On
Ruud Udderhaaf thinks that the British government should start a campaign to stop the English from adding an ‘r’ to words ending in vowels, for example: ‘Barcelonar’, ‘Annar’ and ‘Emmar’.
Why do they do it? I wanted to find out for once and for all. So, I trawled around for a while, read a few articles ... Read On
This peculiarly Irish one covers everything and nothing at the same time.
I’m grand
..can have many hidden meanings. What it may mean to the speaker is,
Well, there’s a lot going on but nothing I want to discuss right now.
Whereas the recipient might infer,
Ask no more questions unless you have half a day to listen to me.
Or, ... Read On
