Comments on: USA & Ireland: Little Difference #13

By: eolai

eolai — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:03:49 +0000

I’m not sure of what point you’re making Bill, nor of what irony you’re referring to.

“Craic” is a Gaelicisation of the English language word “crack”. The origin of that word “crack” is debateable; the Gaelicisation of it isn’t.

By: bill

bill — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:51:49 +0000

I love how the irish stole the term craic - debateable

but the english incorporated or invented words that are clearly french-german and many many other languages - like the celtic languages - african languages etc etc etc

the irony

By: eolai

eolai — Thu, 24 May 2007 04:41:30 +0000

Good stuff.

As well as the original link to the Wikipedia entry, a day after posting I then added the link to the entry on TheSession where the full quote was published. wikipedia does worry me, for even when it’s right it can change - it is a wiki after all.

By: Ellen K.

Ellen K. — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:55:13 +0000

Yes, I did noticed you’d quoted from the entry (from what it quoted). I didn’t actually pay attention to the link that I’m certain was there. But, being a perfectionist, I corrected myself anyway.

By: eolai

eolai — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:09:13 +0000

It’s good to have both I think, Ellen, so thanks for that. I had linked to the Wikipedia entry when referring to Vallely’s forum letter on the subject.

By: Ellen K.

Ellen K. — Tue, 22 May 2007 23:40:13 +0000

Oops… this was the link I meant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craic

By: eolai

eolai — Tue, 22 May 2007 00:44:46 +0000

Sorry for the delay on getting to this Conor - I felt it warranted a full post-entry rather than just a comment - which I had been planning for a long time anyhow - so I’ll post it in the morning.

UPDATE - Here it is: Craic or Crack and is it Irish?

By: Ellen K.

Ellen K. — Sat, 19 May 2007 05:52:17 +0000

Conor, I of course can’t tell you his source, but you might fine this informative: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/craic

By: Conor Reilly

Conor Reilly — Sat, 19 May 2007 02:17:29 +0000

I am curious about your sources in regards to ‘craic’ orginally being an English term. Where are you getting that from?

By: eolai

eolai — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:43:10 +0000

Sounds like you’re having too much fun there Kevin!

By: Kevin Kiley

Kevin Kiley — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:28:41 +0000

Thanks for that one, Eolai!
I really had fun reading that one!
Matter of fact… that has to be in my own TOP 5
“fun” blog posts and maybe even in the win, place,
or show category if I adjust my current TOP 10 to
not include the Arkansas Razorbacks team blog since
they just fell from the #3 team in the nation all the
poor way back down to #8… and McFadden didn’t
even get the MVP for the SEC championship game.
Unlike normal BLOG posts… the fun was there from
when I first arrived until I left so it really does need
to go “down in my book”. You know… that book that
all of us Americans have in our back pocket where we
write all the “winners” down so we can remember them.
“How fun” it must be to have the kind of insights you
(thankfullly) share. Keep ‘em coming at whatever miles
per hour you can muster!… but beware of falling off
the tops of buildings as you are measuring them.
Been there, done that… Ouch.
Yours…
Kevin