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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Shoeing the HUGE stallion Hessle | See how much of their Irish English you can understand.
Some years ago I was in the pub at the Chester Beatty Inn, Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland. I asked the bartender for advice on which Irish whiskeys I should try in the 2 drinks I was allowing myself. He got the Irish expert who spoke to me for 5 minutes and I understood less than one word in three. I was reduced to pointing to the bottles and making a "thumbs-up" gesture enquiringly to which he would give a thumbs down or not.
Thats the way for me too, little diff though. It was the intent to explore local brews at those little village pubs, right from the beginning everything changed for me, because the bartender suggested I try a pint of hard cider. Love at first sight. Never had a beer after that. Plus stopping at local farm stands they sometimes had a specialty friit cider of some sort, usually in unlabeled six packs. Pretty high gravity too, great with breads meats and cheeses we kept in our rental, to save on not eating out each day. One farm had this pear cider, the girl there called it peary, it was close to 18%, it was definitely 16+% abv. After chugging one bottle had to stop driving or end up in a wreck.
Translate to English please.
ReplyDeleteWasn't too hard following their slang, actually couple really nice fellows, little hamming it up for the camera, busting rachhoyhrrs balls
ReplyDeleteThat's not Irish - it's Northern English.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right! In another episode they reference the UK, which is not Ireland, and also mention a job in Yorkshire. Wild!
DeletePeople have trouble understanding that?
ReplyDeleteShoot, if I can understand a redneck from Tuscaloosa, I can understand this.
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Use close captions!
ReplyDeleteSome years ago I was in the pub at the Chester Beatty Inn, Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland. I asked the bartender for advice on which Irish whiskeys I should try in the 2 drinks I was allowing myself. He got the Irish expert who spoke to me for 5 minutes and I understood less than one word in three. I was reduced to pointing to the bottles and making a "thumbs-up" gesture enquiringly to which he would give a thumbs down or not.
ReplyDeleteThe whiskeys were outstanding.
Thats the way for me too, little diff though. It was the intent to explore local brews at those little village pubs, right from the beginning everything changed for me, because the bartender suggested I try a pint of hard cider. Love at first sight. Never had a beer after that. Plus stopping at local farm stands they sometimes had a specialty friit cider of some sort, usually in unlabeled six packs. Pretty high gravity too, great with breads meats and cheeses we kept in our rental, to save on not eating out each day. One farm had this pear cider, the girl there called it peary, it was close to 18%, it was definitely 16+% abv. After chugging one bottle had to stop driving or end up in a wreck.
DeleteNewcastle area is my guess. Watch “Vera” mysteries on Britbox. Sounds like these guys.
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