Posted by: Eolaí on April 24th, 2007
Reading reports of soccer matches here in Missouri is as foreign to me as reading reports of American sports.
However with some translation I can get […]
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Posted by: Eolaí on April 23rd, 2007
In Saturday’s sunshine I was standing in the back garden watching a couple of things for about five minutes, or two hours - it’s hard […]
Posted by: Eolaí on April 11th, 2007
KC Irish Translation #2
Said in KC: I live in the suburbs, do you live in the city?
Meaning to Irish Person: I live in the suburbs, […]
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Posted by: Eolaí on April 4th, 2007
Here’s something I was going to do a list of, but I’ve decided to post them one at a time and then to release the […]
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Posted by: Eolaí on April 3rd, 2007
Dear Kansas City, the category I refer to as the celebration of the typically less-celebrated differences between Ireland and America has had the index order […]
Read: Little Differences: New to Old »
Posted by: Eolaí on April 3rd, 2007
Hosting Tourists
Before I moved to the US, hosting tourists in Ireland is something I did my fair share of. Actually I think I did more […]
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Posted by: Eolaí on March 29th, 2007
Camping Without a Tent
I’ve been invited to go camping here in the middle of America next month. I know what this means.
It doesn’t mean […]
Read: Ireland & USA Little Differences #21: Camping Without a Tent »
Posted by: Eolaí on March 27th, 2007
Several years ago I was fortunate to be at a small party in a house in Dublin. Or Galway. Or Antrim. Or somewhere where I […]
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Posted by: Eolaí on March 14th, 2007
I like groups. At school in Dublin the Brothers took us to see Lord of The Flies to show us that man was not meant […]
Posted by: Eolaí on February 15th, 2007
USA & Ireland Little Difference #20: Valentine’s Day
What’s wrong with America on Valentine’s Day, is what always reminds me of one of so many meetings […]
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Posted by: Eolaí on February 7th, 2007
Finding Money
You know that old joke? About the Irish man emigrating to America because he hears the streets there are paved with gold, and when […]
Posted by: Eolaí on January 30th, 2007
End Times
Fridges all over the middle of America have invitations clamped to them. And I’ll never get used to these invitations to social functions […]
Posted by: Eolaí on January 9th, 2007
A woman gave me her trolley at Aldi today. She wouldn’t take the quarter from me.
It occurred to me that so many people could […]
Read: Ireland & USA Little Differences # 17: Going Out The In-Door »
Posted by: Eolaí on January 3rd, 2007
A pasta story continues the series of the less celebrated differences between Ireland and the US. It’s one of those tiny things that hits you […]
Posted by: Eolaí on December 29th, 2006
Solving the World’s Problems.
I used to get my hair cut in Ringsend in Dublin. I would walk from where I worked in Ballsbridge, ignoring much […]
Read: Milk and Onions: USA & Ireland Little Differences #15 »
Posted by: Eolaí on December 24th, 2006
Lest their be any confusion regarding my posting on the differences experienced on Christmas Eve in Kansas City and in Dublin, I should stress that […]
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Posted by: Eolaí on December 24th, 2006
Christmas Eve in Dublin
I would leave most if not all present buying until Christmas Eve and then head into town for the present-buying blitz.
I might […]
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Posted by: Eolaí on December 19th, 2006
[NOTE: For Happy New Year in Irish, see HERE]
Merry Christmas
You may think that this is about the little difference between our two nations of ‘Merry […]
Read: USA & Ireland Little Differences #14: Merry Christmas »
Posted by: Eolaí on December 4th, 2006
Fun
Everything is quantifiable in America.
And everything has its place on a chart. You are not just a coach; you are the winningest coach. Or you […]
Posted by: Eolaí on December 1st, 2006
Midnight on New Year’s Eve
The only reason New Year’s Eve exists as a day of celebration is because it contains the last moments of the […]
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