On or around Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:42:22 +0100, Mother enlightened us thusly:
that is, of course, where the whole feedback thing falls down. The sort of arse who sells dodgy goods won't care about his own reputation and won't think twice about retaliating, which spoils your record. These days I'm very fussy about who I deal with on eBay.
No, leave him a positive and then call his local Trading Standards....
In Eire?
They get really pissed when you call it Eire...
On or around Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:22:57 +0100, Tim Hobbs enlightened us thusly:
what do they think it's called then?
Well, can't hurt I guess, ta.
Who do? Most of the new members I get from there put Eire on the application, so I dunno. Mind, I'm never very good at keeping up with the new terms. None of my West Indian friends would give room to any other term...
Ireland!
Only the ones that don't realise that =C9ire is the official name of the country.
On or around 1 Jul 2006 05:54:54 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com enlightened us thusly:
that's what I thought...
You speaka da Irish?
The English for the Irish word/name Éire is Ireland.
I don't know for sure (because it's the one place where I steer very clear of politics!) but I believe it is seen as meaning "the bit the Brits didn't nick off us'. There seems to be a desire to be Irish (regardless of 'Northern' or 'Republic of' prefixes), which Eire / Ulster doesn't sit well with.
Recently I've done lots of work in Enniskillen, Belfast, Co Mayo, Dublin and Co Cork and would be happy to emigrate to any of them... That said, most of the workforce seems to actually be Polish.
True, but no Irish person should feel offended at anyone's use of the word =C9ire. According to the Constitution, the name of the country is =C9ire, or in the English language, Ireland. So either is completely acceptable. =C9ire appears on all of the coins, stamps, Acts of Parliament, Presidential Seal, you name it.
On or around Sat, 01 Jul 2006 20:34:01 +0100, Tim Hobbs enlightened us thusly:
yer need a big salary in NI to pay for the insurance though.
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Ask the community — no account required