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Title: Why I Never Liked School, Office Cubicles or Suburbs
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URL Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craic
Published: May 21, 2006
Author: Bob Wallace
Post Date: 2006-05-21 16:34:03 by YertleTurtle
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Views: 109
Comments: 14
Crack (craic) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Several senses of the word crack are largely restricted to Irish English, Scottish English, or Northern English: gossip or news fun, enjoyment, or mischief; often in the context of drinking or music. In Ireland the spelling craic has become frequent for these senses. A related sense found more widely is "joke", as in "crack a joke" or "wisecrack". Craic The "news" sense originated in Scots and came to Ireland through the Ulster Scots language, where the "fun" sense developed. Now crack it is interpreted as a specifically and quintessentially Irish form of fun. The adoption of the Gaelic spelling craic has reinforced the sense that this is an independent word (homophone) rather than a separate sense of the original word (polysemy). Like many English words over the centuries, crack was borrowed into the Irish language with a Gaelicized spelling (craic). This was popularized in the catchphrase Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn ("We'll have music, chat and crack") used by Seán Bán Breathnach for his Irish-language chatshow, SBB ina Shuí, broadcast by RTÉ from 1976-83. It was also used on Irish-language hand-lettered signs displayed outside many pubs, and subsequently the Irish spelling was reborrowed for English-language signs and publications. Until the late 1980s this spelling was unknown in English: Barney Rush's 1960s song "The Crack was Ninety in the Isle of Man" uses the older spelling. It was great craic. What's the craic? How's the craic? Sure, it's good craic! She's great craic when she gets going. He's great craic when he has a few pints on him. The craic was mighty. Usage Examples of use would be a reply to the question, "How was your evening?" such as "Aye, it was good crack," which means "I had a good time". A person who is "good crack" is fun to be with. Crack is, by default, positive: "good crack", "great crack", "the crack was ninety" or "the crack was mighty". However, "bad crack" is also used occasionally. In Irish, "Bhí craic againn" is "We had a good time"; "Bhí an-chraic againn" is "We had a great time". The "news" sense of crack is used in the singular in Hiberno-English, although originally Scots used the plural: Scots: Gie's your cracks. Whit's aw the news in the toun? Hiberno-English: "What's the crack?" "Nothing much." Irish: "Cad é an craic leat?" ["What's new with you?"]
Poster Comment: I blame everything on my Scots/Irish ancestry.
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#1. To: YertleTurtle (#0)
Cad é an craic leat? ;)
Bhí an-chraic againn! All are welcome! Pray tell, what is your ancestry?
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
German/Welsh/English/Irish ;)
Now how did I know that? Me: Scots/Irish/Welsh/German/Cherokee. I also have a strong suspicion of what you were like as a teenager!
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
Me:
Scots/Irish/Welsh/German/Cherokee. I also have a strong suspicion of what
you were like as a teenager! AH...interesting.. of course
the best! ;) Hmm as a teenager?? Well.. gypsies, tramps and thieves playing
in my head right now..... ;)
I HATE Wikipedia THEY ARE PART OF THE BRAINWASH MACHINE SET UP BY THE EVIL-TRIBE
I spent my time partying, swimming, boating (with a Styrofoam sailboat called a Sea Snark), catching crawdads, going to bonfire parties, riding horses and minibikes, going to concerts, going camping, and crusing. And drinking in bars at 15. One of my friends in college, who's from a Chicago suburb, told me he spent his teenage years making popcorn with a friend and watching TV in his parents's basement. I was horrified when he told me that. He was once me he was eaten alive with envy how I spent my teenage years.
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
One of my friends in college, who's from a Chicago suburb, told me he spent his teenage years making popcorn with a friend and watching TV in his parents's basement. I was horrified when he told me that. He was once me he was eaten alive with envy how I spent my teenage years. Good memories huh?? And well I'll put it this way.. I wasnt sitting around eating 'popcorn'.. ;)
Somehow, I knew that.
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
Gosh .. a cub scout AND a psychic? ;)
I'm a good ol' multi-talented Southern/Celtic boy.
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
let the south rise again! ;)
I think I will *lay low* for awhile.....
HAHAHAHA!! :P
#2. To: Zipporah (#1)
Cad é an craic leat? ;)
#3. To: YertleTurtle (#2)
Pray tell, what is your ancestry?
#4. To: Zipporah (#3)
German/Welsh/English/Irish
#5. To: YertleTurtle (#4)
Now how did I know that?
#6. To: YertleTurtle (#0)
#7. To: Zipporah (#5)
Hmm as a teenager?? Well.. gypsies, tramps and theives playing in my head right now..... ;)
#8. To: YertleTurtle (#7)
I spent my time partying, swimming, boating (with a Styrofoam sailboat called a Sea Snark), catching crawdads, going to bonfire parties, riding horses and minibikes, going to concerts, going camping, and crusing. And drinking in bars at 15.
#9. To: Zipporah (#8)
Good memories huh?? And well I'll put it this way.. I wasnt sitting around eating 'popcorn'.. ;)
#10. To: YertleTurtle (#9)
Somehow, I knew that.
#11. To: Zipporah (#10)
Gosh .. a cub scout AND a psychic? ;)
#12. To: YertleTurtle (#11)
I'm a good ol' multi-talented Southern/Celtic boy.
#13. To: Zipporah (#12)
#14. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#13)
I think I will *lay low* for awhile.....
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