tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post8774523363298750816..comments2023-10-19T22:49:15.517+01:00Comments on Ulster's Doomed!: Oorsels AlaneHorsemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16655806346968204169noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-86364182108951125922009-10-15T14:03:23.136+00:002009-10-15T14:03:23.136+00:00In this part of Antrim it is oorsels - wursels sho...In this part of Antrim it is oorsels - wursels shows to much gaelic influences frae uppity taigs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-57819325999836467262009-10-13T15:45:50.852+00:002009-10-13T15:45:50.852+00:00Horseman,
They seem to be unable to align themselv...Horseman,<br />They seem to be unable to align themselves even with UNCUNF or the TUV (Trenchant Unyielding Viciousness) given your earlier blog on Fermanagh ST.<br />And I thought it was only republicans for whom the 1st item on the agenda was the split.......<br />Perhaps they should have a chat with Martin and Gerry on how to lead a party (Witness the petulance of Gregory and Wee Willie at the end of Hilarys speech yesterday)bangordubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143383902510299554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-75424369546019171652009-10-13T15:11:33.426+00:002009-10-13T15:11:33.426+00:00Nordie Northsider,
I hadn't a notion what it ...<b>Nordie Northsider</b>,<br /><br />I hadn't a notion what it was in pure Ulster-Scots (that hamely tongue died out in my family a few generations back), and I have no U-S dictionary, so I cheated and used a 'scots' dictionary, hoping that it wouldn't be too wrong. That why I said "the Scots for Sinn Féin" rather than the U-S for Sinn Féin.<br /><br />Since virtually no-one speaks U-S, and there are no standardisations AFAIK, I can claim that 'my' version is correct in my parish!Horsemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-91006568394893000482009-10-13T14:37:37.889+00:002009-10-13T14:37:37.889+00:00Actually Horseman, you could be stirring up dialec...Actually Horseman, you could be stirring up dialect wars among Ulster-Scots speakers who would perfer 'Jist Wurseles'.Nordie Northsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-56034519319163528072009-10-13T14:30:29.272+00:002009-10-13T14:30:29.272+00:00Nordie Northsider,
I agree about the meaning of s...<b>Nordie Northsider</b>,<br /><br />I agree about the meaning of sinn féin, of course, but the incorrect translation works better (in a poetic licence sort of way) than the real one.<br /><br />On the other hand, I probably could have worked in some kind of oblique reference to the OO if I'd settled for the simpler "Oorsels".<br /><br />;-)Horsemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-5852128071050349682009-10-13T14:23:51.366+00:002009-10-13T14:23:51.366+00:00Interesting Nordie:
I had always thought it meant...Interesting Nordie:<br /><br />I had always thought it meant "we ourselves"?<br /><br />Same with "An Phoblacht", a lot of people think this means "Republican News", but I thought it meant "The Republic"?<br /><br />Both these names turn up regularly in TV quizzes.Watchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-72930990167065747462009-10-13T11:31:36.506+00:002009-10-13T11:31:36.506+00:00Sinn Féin doesn't mean 'Ourselves Alone...Sinn Féin doesn't mean 'Ourselves Alone'. It simply means 'ourselves' - a reflection of the ideas of self-suffciency adhered to by Griffiths and other founders. If you want 'Ourselves Alone' it would have to be 'Sinn Féin Amháin'.Nordie Northsidernoreply@blogger.com