tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post509085706684128895..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: a right donnybrookseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-75601372374560594212014-02-17T13:52:24.661-08:002014-02-17T13:52:24.661-08:00Here is something worth mentioning, it's fresh...Here is something worth mentioning, it's fresh and original: FAvorite Words .com... looking forward to see how this resource grows.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-7463720781420155182011-11-04T23:45:42.342-07:002011-11-04T23:45:42.342-07:00The Jilly Cooper book sounds like a fun read. And...The Jilly Cooper book sounds like a fun read. And that Stoker article looks right up the alley of this blogpost. Half of the bed and breakfast I stayed in in Dublin used to be his house, so I feel some affinity. The other half at one point had been the home of Lafcadio Hearn.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-914427752095197842011-11-04T02:21:16.073-07:002011-11-04T02:21:16.073-07:00Donnybrook Fair is explained in the .pdf link here...Donnybrook Fair is explained in the .pdf link here:<br /><br />"http://www.bramstokerestate.com/Book_Shelf.html"Photographe à Dublinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555993860377132435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-17258082821061322172011-11-04T02:15:43.182-07:002011-11-04T02:15:43.182-07:00Jilly Cooper wrote a book called "Class"...Jilly Cooper wrote a book called "Class" which explains the codes of the English very thoroughly. Her books are a good guide to London life.<br /><br />Riding to hounds features largely.Photographe à Dublinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555993860377132435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-50049888758286523312011-11-03T18:47:31.629-07:002011-11-03T18:47:31.629-07:00Adrian, it was probably the real life counterparts...Adrian, it was probably the real life counterparts of those characters who had something to do with getting the fair banned. Actually, it would be nice if it could come back. Maybe it's time for an Occupy Donnybrook movement.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-80547107659992456732011-11-03T18:46:06.674-07:002011-11-03T18:46:06.674-07:00Thanks for the Sloane Rangers link, Maria. I have ...Thanks for the Sloane Rangers link, Maria. I have heard of them before, but I really had no idea who they referred to. It seems sort of like what they used to call preppies here, except with titles.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-19614399003680225372011-11-03T14:54:13.572-07:002011-11-03T14:54:13.572-07:00Seana
They use this a lot in the Patrick O'Br...Seana<br /><br />They use this a lot in the Patrick O'Brian novels.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-41259767807936325322011-11-03T03:15:42.463-07:002011-11-03T03:15:42.463-07:00This is probably the best site for understanding c...This is probably the best site for understanding class in England:<br /><br />"http://fashionista.com/2011/04/a-not-so-serious-guide-to-sloane-ranger-style/"Tales from the Birch Wood.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15427603252937311851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-27467615117576236842011-11-03T02:48:49.104-07:002011-11-03T02:48:49.104-07:00"Posh" was a horribly fashionable word w..."Posh" was a horribly fashionable word when I was a child and was mostly used as a criticism. It was used to indicate that one was giving oneself airs.<br /><br />"Chic" is more neutral and probably a more up to date word to used.<br /><br />I always think of Sloane Rangers when "posh" is mentioned. Seriously scary...Photographe à Dublinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555993860377132435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-53397471885183542062011-11-02T23:04:07.585-07:002011-11-02T23:04:07.585-07:00Cool. It will be great to see him coming off a goo...Cool. It will be great to see him coming off a good year.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-42581431140913432612011-11-02T21:03:23.923-07:002011-11-02T21:03:23.923-07:00Off topic, I signed up for Crimefest today, andI s...Off topic, I signed up for Crimefest today, andI saw that our friend Declan Burke had signed up as well. It will be good to meet again, especially as we could not meet in New York recently. And here I had gone without shaving especially because I knew Arlene Hunt was going to be with the group.<br /> ======================<br />Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /><a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-535615544355800062011-11-02T21:00:20.364-07:002011-11-02T21:00:20.364-07:00Yeah, but I still am embarrassed by typos, and I d...Yeah, but I still am embarrassed by typos, and I don't think I can bring off the "frenzied burst of creativity" excuse.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-91597429870475000732011-11-02T20:51:12.638-07:002011-11-02T20:51:12.638-07:00Yeah, but I think you said once that blogs were ex...Yeah, but I think you said once that blogs were excused from you higher bar because they represent spontaneity or something like that.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-47762383449359306502011-11-02T20:47:39.408-07:002011-11-02T20:47:39.408-07:00I strive for more than mere comprehensibility, you...I strive for more than mere comprehensibility, young lady.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-12211593093290915462011-11-02T20:21:36.487-07:002011-11-02T20:21:36.487-07:00Thanks. I did understand it despite the typos, tho...Thanks. I did understand it despite the typos, though.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-73123256608105914192011-11-02T20:18:22.364-07:002011-11-02T20:18:22.364-07:00That's it: two typos. I'm reposting the co...That's it: <i>two</i> typos. I'm reposting the comment:<br /><br />I think <i>posh</i> is a posh usage in America.<br /><br />I most recently heard the word from an Englishwoman, though, who has the most beguiling accent I have ever heard in my life. "I couldn't speak posh if I wanted, to," she said.<br /><br />I later asked another English member of the party what accent she had, and he said it was a bit of Scouse, a bit of Irish, a bit of Northumbrian, and "a few other things."<br /><br /> ======================<br />Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /><a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-11027886652335225202011-11-02T20:15:53.146-07:002011-11-02T20:15:53.146-07:00Er, and just so you know, I recognize my typo: pos...Er, and just so you know, I recognize my typo: <i>post</i> for <i>posh</i> in the quotation.<br /><br /><i>Ritzy</i>, perhaps, or maybe <i>class(y)</i>.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-34986071571452956892011-11-02T20:13:04.802-07:002011-11-02T20:13:04.802-07:00Yeah, we use it here, but I can't think exactl...Yeah, we use it here, but I can't think exactly when. There's a tinge of the Anglophile in it, anyway. I don't know what our slang would be exactly, but at one point it might have been ritzy.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-12366636224778792232011-11-02T20:08:12.931-07:002011-11-02T20:08:12.931-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-45879751402749907502011-11-02T19:50:22.904-07:002011-11-02T19:50:22.904-07:00Posh isn't really American slang, although it ...Posh isn't really American slang, although it has crossed over here a bit. Thanks, Maria. I'll take a look.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-38187048803631176802011-11-02T11:42:12.975-07:002011-11-02T11:42:12.975-07:00The distinction between expensive and posh is usef...The distinction between expensive and posh is useful.<br />======================<br />Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /><a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-60282166718674101772011-11-02T11:19:25.270-07:002011-11-02T11:19:25.270-07:00Donnybrook is expensive rather than posh in my est...Donnybrook is expensive rather than posh in my estimation. I've written a short piece on my blog for you which might be of use.Photographe à Dublinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555993860377132435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-3448964434299826062011-11-01T20:54:04.130-07:002011-11-01T20:54:04.130-07:00Of course, we don't know that Donnybrook was e...Of course, we don't know that Donnybrook was ever the poor side of town, just that had a fair that got completely out of hand. <br /><br />Kind of like Santa Cruz on Halloween may some day prove. A lot of drunken revelry to be had here.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-76010837135241645302011-11-01T20:15:30.597-07:002011-11-01T20:15:30.597-07:00The old Donnybrook sounds like Ken Bruen’s “Stockw...The old Donnybrook sounds like Ken Bruen’s “Stockwell side [of London]. This is where they mug Rottweilers.”<br /><br />Hm, Wikipedia describes Stockwell thus:<br /><br /> "Once one of London's poorest neighbourhoods, it is now an up-and-coming area, owing to its close proximity to central London, excellent transport links, and diverse ethnic and cultural mix." <br /> ======================<br />Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /><a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-27396915958688777642011-11-01T16:12:09.400-07:002011-11-01T16:12:09.400-07:00Kathleen, are you headed there by any chance? My l...Kathleen, are you headed there by any chance? My landlady was just gone last week on a tour there, but I haven't heard anything.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.com