Spilosomalubs

Nature botherer, lagomorph aficionado

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@dootdootootdoot The nicest thing from Belin are their mini pizza flavoured crackers called Minizza.

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@aussieV8girl @SueRButterfly 82% butterfat is perfectly normal. Higher butterfat is a sign of quality, if you made your own it would be 82% or higher.

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@oengusthenerd @pl_european The vast majority of so-called Irish involved were anglo-irish (so already colonialists). The small minority of actual Irish were individuals acting on their own. Your logic is like saying, if some of the men from your country are rapists, all of them are.

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@Thomashornall @kaxigt People in Switzerland do the same thing, they go to their nearest bordering country to shop. But it's because of the prices rather than the choice/quality

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@fosandair Lots of native plants produce similar coloured dyes, including the very common gorse.

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@Leongbhailte @bilbosfootcomb You are assuming that it was carved in stone before something easier like wood. It's like looking for the oldest headstone in the country with roman alphabet and stating categorically that's when we started using roman alphabet

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@DrAllyLouks The Irish language does. Cumhra is the adj., cumhraigh the verb and cumhrán a noun.
It is used for some scented plants like sweet vernal grass.
So Scots gaelic probably also has a similar word.

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@shoei_kawasaki @FiredUpCoug You are right, frankfurters are made of pork. The Americans kept the German name but use other meats.

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@PythonCEstLaVie N'oublie pas la cendre

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@DrChrisCombs Is everybody forgetting that dog height is measured from their withers to the ground?

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@Tree_Folklore In Ireland and the UK we have a completely different relationship with robins than in many parts of continental Europe, as they used to eat them. For us they are friendly and gregarious, for them robins are wary and rarely seen.

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@Murray_Kinsella We were assigned an English ref for 3 matches, Holly was the only exception. All possible TMOs were English. How is this fair? There should be a maximum of one ref and TMO from competing countries.

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@UtdJack22 @Grassdia @theepicmap Irish is our first official language, English is the second.

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@butchstudies @superkeara The majority of Irish people have light coloured eyes. The most southerly part of Ireland is north of Calgary in Canada, the sun is rarely a factor.
But slagging someone is an expression of love and acceptance, it's a compliment.

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@IntuitiveLulu @Ringo26 It's an anglicised version of Ó Dubhruis, meaning dark wood

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@irish_learning @DerekHolly7 Pretty sure it's the same with Seoirse, the Irish for George. That it comes from the French Georges, which has a much softer g, rather than the English where the initial g sounds closer to a slender d in Irish.

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@michaelhills8 @ArtemisConsort The Irish word for cousin has the same root as the irish words for repugnant, forbidden, distaste, incest etc., so it makes no sense.

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@BruvverEccles @bacchusrights @owenbroadcast I never understood why people would say that they didn't like marzipan, until I realised that in other countries they don't put whiskey in it!!

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@BruvverEccles @bacchusrights @owenbroadcast Traditional Irish teacakes do have tea. The dried fruit (eg. raisins, sultanas) is soaked overnight in sweet tea to plump them up. Whiskey is also used for the same purpose in some Irish cakes.

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@lilyally98 @thedoctordarey Also it was only women (on servant's wages) who cooked for the elites in the past. When real money and prestige came along, men took over and forced women out. Same with fashion, female dressmakers versus male couturiers.