Just read your other post there and agree with you, however a lot of British people/companies refer to Ireland as Eire. However, I believe this is purely from ignorance (I have heard countless stories of British people not being aware we don't use sterling/love the Queen/aren't ruled from London etc..) rather than trying to sound lever/cultured/whatever... That was just something that popped into my head on reading your post - I know you didn't even mention it. You may not agree but it seems that racism/prejudice or maybe just misinformation in relation to Ireland/Irish history is rampant in the UK which is surprising considering our collective past (800 years of oppression etc...). British culture has such an effect on Ireland and it's possible to forget that this isn't always a reciprocal arrangement due to size differences.


The capitalisation thing was something i noticed while editing and I fired it in without much thought to be honest.

I get confused between Ulster Scots/Scots/Scots Gaelic/Scottish English myself (apologies if I used an incorrect or annoying term there).

In fairness, the term 'craic' in English has been around since the 70's according to wikipedia; and while it is hard to distinguish between bastardisation of language and evolution of language, I think craic is OK. Consider the term google (as a verb) - it's only a few years old yet is almost universally accepted as a legitimate term.

I wouldn't call myself a pedant but that post certainly read like I am one! It was pretty much a stream-of-conciousness rant rather than a part-by-part deconstruction of your post. I'd like to be pedantic but I know that I'd end up making some silly mistake and embarrassing myself...
(tubeman trousers, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 23:03, Reply)