Ireland and its Vocab

Hello blog world.

I think I deserve a shameful award for my lack of updates to the blog - though I must admit that I keep regular photo albums with lots of detail AND my supposedly nice Mac does NOT let me successfully post photos to this blog!

Anyway, over the February vacation, one of my destinations was Ireland and I must share with all of you some of the new vocabulary I learned:

"Grand" - used for fine or good - "I'm grand." "That's grand." The way Americans use "good" or the British use "brilliant."

"Shifting" - the Irish version of American "hooking up," with the same amount of flexibility, i.e. a kiss to all the way.

"Craic" (pronounced crack) - can be used in several ways - "What's the craic?" means "How are you? What's the 411?" and "Good craic" means to have a good time or an event was "good craic" because it was fun and exciting.

"Right" - said often at the end of sentences

"Afters" - dessert

If you want a rather in-depth list of Irish slang, check out this website.