Why Can't We Have Skyscrapers in Ireland?
I miss the Melbourne skyline.
Any attempt to reach for the stars in Dublin has been subject to planning limits.
Why?
Any attempt to reach for the stars in Dublin has been subject to planning limits.
Why?
Labels: Dublin, Melbourne, skyscrapers
posted by Tales from the Birch Wood. at
09:37
11 Comments:
I thought that the stars in Ireland belonged to the Sidhe. No? ;)
That is the sort of question that reminds me I am a Norman, not a Celt.
Frankly, I don't know.
Hah!
Wikipedia will explain. :)
Thanks for the link.
I got the reference to the Sighe and my answer was intended as a (seemingly not very obvious) joke about the fact that my family came to Ireland with the Norman invasion and so I know nothing of the bizarre beliefs of the Celt.
Just goes to show all the sub-text that is missing when one tries to communicate on the Internet.
Here's hoping your preparations for your doctorate are going well.
Best regards.
Oh, I got the joke, which is why I said, "Hah!"
I only know of the bizarre beliefs 'cause I've been exposed to fantasy-fiction which is, of course, infatuated with the mythology of the Celts.
This gets better.
"Hah!", in my book, is an expression of one-upmanhip, as when one wins at cards.
Oh, dear. Divided by a common language, I see.
I meant "hah" as in "laughing at your joke, hahahahahah"
I'm always amazed at the linguistic differences between the various communities who "speak English."
How would one signal "friendly laughter at a shared joke" in your parlance?
As you put it... Ha!Ha!
(Too many ha!ha!s look like hypo-mania.)
Without the exclamation marks, it would probably be interpreted as a ditch... which is linked to the suprised sound a French person is supposed to have made when presented with this English folly.
And certainly is is a miracle that anybody in the Anglophone world manages to communicate, as you say.
At this point it sounds as if "LOL" would be more appropriate!
TYVM.
PWND to you.
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