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Originally posted by RagnorakRag - gombeen is not the same as gobsh * te. It never meant that. It meant a sly, underhanded usurer type. Note previous posts. Use it correctly, or don't use it at all. Otherwise you'll look like an ignorant tw@t when you try to use it, and someone tells you you are using it wrong. A bit like now.
I never heard of spalpeen. Gombeen is a word I use quite a lot when I want to call a friend an idiot. I wouldn't normally postfix it with man, but it would normally be prefixed with a f in.
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Originally posted by sjegIf you thought that somebody was racist, would you act racist to show them up as the racist that you think they are?
Rag- stoop to my level for a moment- gombeen is not the same as gobsh * te. It never meant that. It meant a sly, underhanded usurer type. Note previous posts. Use it correctly, or don't use it at all. Otherwise you'll look like an ignorant tw@t when you try to use it, and someone tells you you are using it wrong. Like now.
Read my post and try to understand my point.
Re my "incorrect" use of gombeen. I'm lucky that I live in Kerry where there aren't pedantic irish literature students correcting everybody's use of their language, in relaxed exchanges amongst friends.
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Originally posted by NordlysIts ok. Thinking that somebody is weird for not playing football is reserved for the boys. Girls get to play with toy cookers, hoovers and irons. It's great.
That sounds terrible. And I used to like Ireland. 🙁
I think the interest in sport is due to the numerous excuses that it gives us to get pished.
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Originally posted by RagnorakYikes! Football suddenly starts to sound almost attractive. And I guess my brother was probably seen as weird for not playing football in Germany, too (although he would probably have been seen as weird anyway, even if he had played football).
Its ok. Thinking that somebody is weird for not playing football is reserved for the boys. Girls get to play with toy cookers, hoovers and irons.
Originally posted by RagnorakWhat's all this sinking to my level, then? I don't appreciate the accusations levelled against me (would you?), or you joining in with him over there at all. If you've got a case, stump up of shut up.
If you thought that somebody was racist, would you act racist to show them up as the racist that you think they are?
Read my post and try to understand my point.
Re my "incorrect" use of gombeen. I'm lucky that I live in Kerry where there aren't pedantic irish literature students correcting everybody's use of their language, in relaxed exchanges amongst friends.
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And it wasn't "incorrect", it was plainly wrong. I'm not a Gaelic student- I just thought every Irish bloke with a Leaving Cert. to his name would know that. It's not a pedantic point- it's just it was already mentioned, and while you assume you are on a higher plain, morally, I take it, it might be handy for someone to bring to your attention in the name of balance that you are clearly on a lower plain in other respects.
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Originally posted by sjegI think somebody has made racist comments against me and mine. I think this person is not a very nice person.
What's all this sinking to my level, then? I don't appreciate the accusations levelled against me (would you?), or you joining in with him over there at all. If you've got a case, stump up of shut up.
And it wasn't "incorrect", it was plainly wrong. I'm not a Gaelic student- I just thought every Irish bloke with a Leaving Cert. to his name would know that. ...[text shortened]... in the name of balance that you are clearly on a lower plain in other respects.
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If I also turn into a racist, is my behaviour not stooping to the racist's level? Would you not agree that people should try to rise above other people's offensiveness, rather than themselves becoming an offensive person. I never stated that I thought you were a racist. Read my comment again. You might notice that I was mostly against CFT's positions.
As for Gombeen, I gave my take on it. My grandfather always called me a gombeen when I messed around as a kid. Unfortunately, I neglected to check that my grandfathers usage was correct. I'm not too worried if I got the official usage slightly wrong, I decided not to choose the sterile style of google definitions, as I felt my personal experience of the word would be more interesting to Bosse, as I'm sure he has access to google himself and can research the raw definitions himself.
I read and post replies, as and when I find I have something to say, so I hadn't read your immensely interesting definition when I responded to Bosse's post.
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Originally posted by RagnorakSjeg loves pretending he's not a xenophobe.
I think somebody has made racist comments against me and mine. I think this person is not a very nice person.
If I also turn into a racist, is my behaviour not stooping to the racist's level? Would you not agree that people should try to rise above other people's offensiveness, rather than themselves becoming an offensive person. I never stated that I hadn't read your immensely interesting definition when I responded to Bosse's post.
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