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5 kottke.org posts about Ireland

 

This article about tracing American slang words

This article about tracing American slang words to their Gaelic roots seemed interesting at first but by the end I was wondering what the odds were that so many slang words came from Ireland. By chance shortly after I finished the article, Grant Barrett emailed me a piece he wrote in response to the article and its subject, Daniel Cassidy.

Cassidy's theories are insubstantial, his evidence inconclusive, his conclusions unlikely, his Gaelic atrocious and even factitious, and his scholarship little better than speculation. In short, his book is preposterous.

By Jason Kottke  •  Nov 9, 2007  •  books   danielcassidy   grantbarrett   Ireland   language

Dingle's name change from its English name

Dingle's name change from its English name to the now-official Gaelic one (An Daingean) is messing with the Dingle brand...opponents to the change say that the tourists, upon which Dingle depends, are gonna get confused.

By Jason Kottke  •  Sep 6, 2005  •  Ireland   language   tourism

"Ireland today is the richest country in

"Ireland today is the richest country in the European Union after Luxembourg". Ireland "today has a per capita G.D.P. higher than that of Germany, France and Britain".

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 30, 2005  •  economics   eu   Europe   globalization   Ireland

A guide for the un-initated to buying

A guide for the un-initated to buying Guinness in an Irish pub.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 9, 2005  •  alcohol   beer   guinness   Ireland

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