Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Aidan Kehoe Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:07:31 +0000 Message-ID: <87ikakwfnw.fsf@parhasard.net> References: <10ojmjv$2ashr$1@dont-email.me> <10pfhm2$aqf5$1@dont-email.me> <10pg2u5$f0nq$5@dont-email.me> <1rs7tqn.ajozxp1gi29boN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10phnao$113u1$6@dont-email.me> <1rsaf5i.1nrmqo3vtna18N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsaj4d.rtb8ajbdoy69N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <22g39mxn5k.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10pr2kf$1al9$1@dont-email.me> <10pthim$re0c$7@dont-email.me> <874im4ygvb.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pvpnr$1l7lq$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="546824"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) XEmacs/21.5-b36 (Linux-aarch64) Cancel-Lock: sha1:W7QYUKt8jZZpYQIkUIVAzi+CmsM= sha1:ScHnWwqc+FN5Qy9VoVs83LMjnJA= X-User-ID: eJwNysERADAEBMCacIRyEPovIZn9roqR9YGpQfervULwSaz7MJLPRVCIpFlUO1e3blL/v/MAIHwRnQ== Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83955 alt.usage.english:1140739 Ar an cúigiú lá is fiche de mí Márta, scríobh Ross Clark: > On 25/03/2026 11:58 a.m., Aidan Kehoe wrote: > > > > Ar an ceathrú lá is fiche de mí Márta, scríobh rbowman: > > > > > On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:21:42 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > > > > > > > It would have been like offering all the 'Irish' community in the USA a > > > > nice piece of land in the Congo to fuck off to. > > > > > > That wouldn't have went well. Southie (South Boston) is an Irish conclave > > > that was extremely upset about forced busing. > > > > Hahah, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a conclave. > > > > > I used to hang out in a Irish mafia bar that ran a book. It was interesting > > > watching the patrons cheering on the basketball team they had money on while > > > making sid comments about the jigs on the teams. > > > > I imagine you meant “side” comments, but “jigs”? “Nigs” maybe? Not that I’ve > > come across that. > > > > Jig, zig, jigg n. 1. [derog.] A Negro... (from 1940-) > also jigaboo, zigaboo... > (Wentworth & Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang, 1960) Thanks Ross, thanks Tony, thanks Rich! -- ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out / How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’ (C. Moore)