For focal sake
ByPreviously on le craic….
For Focal Sake – A 32 County Guide to Irish Slang. Hugh Jarce from slang.ie left a comment on the original post so I chanced my arm and sent him an email to see if there were a few promotional copies for the good readers of le craic.
Hugh duly obliged and has very kindly offered 3 copies of the book for any of ye that would like one. You know the drill by know – leave a little note with the words ‘wantsies’ in the comments and Hugh will dispatch one to you. (Update : All books gone now)
Do check out the website as well – slang.ie
Actually, Hugh turned out to be Cian Foley who put together the whole slang.ie website and then went ahead and compiled the book and got it out for sale into the shops.
My hat goes off to him – it’s a great achievement. I bought 2 copies of the book myself – one for me and one went to my Dad for Father’s Day (which he loves, and he doesn’t read books normally), so even if you don’t win a copy it’s well worth the €9.99 price (which includes p&p).
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13 Comments
June 18th, 2008 at 6:04 am
Oh, definitely that’s a wantsies!
June 18th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Wantsies please!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Very wantsies! Please!
June 18th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Paul, Eileen & Darren – 3 books on the way shortly. I’ll email ye later on to get postal addresses for Cian to send them out.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Woohoo! Cheers AJ, cheers Cian!
June 18th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
If only there were more hours in the day I’d love to take up Irish slang – as it is I am still trying to complete my studies of the colourful variety of mainland Europe’s invectives.
One of this household’s favourites used as a sort of shorthand is: “Meet the Fockers”(though for full impact it has to be pronounced like the Americans do in the film of the same title).
U
June 18th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
My slang usage almost solely consists of “yoke”.
…of course, my entire vocabulary almost solely consists of “yoke”.
June 18th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Thanks Guys!
June 18th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
That would be an etymological matter Ursula (think Father Jack delivering that line)
G’wan ye mad yoke ye B’dum B’dum!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Thanks AJ…
Glad you enjoyed it… makes all the late nights worthwhile.
I’ll be adding more and more updates to slang.ie soon e.g. comment functionality, intersection of slang terms, search facility, shop and a lot more…
The books are in the post!
Hugh Jarce
June 20th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Thanks a million AJ, the book arrived this morning, so I’m looking forward to getting stuck into it after work.
Cheers,
Paul.
June 20th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Likewise, mine has arrived and I’ve been reading it over lunch. Very funny stuff. A lot of fun. I can see this book doing the rounds among my friends. Or is that the paper equivalent of illegal file sharing? Nevermind – they can buy their own copies.
June 20th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
All thanks to Cian for being a sound bloke for responding to my cheeky email
Did either of you see the hidden message on the book cover. See if you can find it!