Comments on: A Quickie: Big Words and Irish Orals. http://leaving-cert.net/a-quickie-big-words-and-irish-orals/ A story of students lives during leaving cert year Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:17:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jennie http://leaving-cert.net/a-quickie-big-words-and-irish-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-4539 Jennie Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:23:16 +0000 http://leaving-cert.net/?p=652#comment-4539 Just urban dictionary'd munging. Liam, I will never sleep soundly again. (I'll be too busy in graveyards in the dead of night. yeow!) Just urban dictionary’d munging.
Liam, I will never sleep soundly again.

(I’ll be too busy in graveyards in the dead of night. yeow!)

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]]> By: Jennie http://leaving-cert.net/a-quickie-big-words-and-irish-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-4538 Jennie Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:22:04 +0000 http://leaving-cert.net/?p=652#comment-4538 Y'know those packets of sugar with Irish phrases on the back? "Gem" or something... Well, earlier I read one which translated as "He would take the legs from beneath a chicken" or something. It means, He talks a lot. Absolutely hilarious. Can't remember the Irish version, I'll put it on my to-do list. Y’know those packets of sugar with Irish phrases on the back? “Gem” or something…
Well, earlier I read one which translated as “He would take the legs from beneath a chicken” or something. It means, He talks a lot.

Absolutely hilarious. Can’t remember the Irish version, I’ll put it on my to-do list.

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]]> By: Fad http://leaving-cert.net/a-quickie-big-words-and-irish-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-4451 Fad Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:01:19 +0000 http://leaving-cert.net/?p=652#comment-4451 Liam, I presume your referring to munting......... Jennie-Irish starts on monday up here, I think wordplay in any oral exam would go down pretty well, Just need context and something to say now :( The one idiom you should have used "Chomh leamh le uisce portaigh-As insipid as bog water" Oh Irish, will you ever fail me?" Liam, I presume your referring to munting………

Jennie-Irish starts on monday up here, I think wordplay in any oral exam would go down pretty well, Just need context and something to say now :(

The one idiom you should have used “Chomh leamh le uisce portaigh-As insipid as bog water” Oh Irish, will you ever fail me?”

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]]> By: Liam http://leaving-cert.net/a-quickie-big-words-and-irish-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-4442 Liam Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:23:00 +0000 http://leaving-cert.net/?p=652#comment-4442 Urban dictionary has scarred me for life. I will always feel the vomit in the back of my throat when the word "mungeing" comes to mind. Go on. Search it. You know you want to... Urban dictionary has scarred me for life. I will always feel the vomit in the back of my throat when the word “mungeing” comes to mind.

Go on. Search it. You know you want to…

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]]> By: Jennie http://leaving-cert.net/a-quickie-big-words-and-irish-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-4414 Jennie Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:47:37 +0000 http://leaving-cert.net/?p=652#comment-4414 Grace: Urban dictionary? Aha! A Jennie is, apparently, "Someone with sexy hips, an amazing voice, big boobs, and is all round Sexy", for example, She is TOTALLY Jennie. Sounds about right. It's also "A girl that works in a shop and is very lazy ", which is.... half right :P Owen: It could be a lot worse.... at least you didn't reply "is maith liom madra" or something completely unrelated! Marie: Ah, now, I'm not the only girl in an all boys school. I'm one of about 10. 100:1 ratio. Ka-ching. Aha. (It's an all boy's school but they allow females to repeat there. Very complex stuff!) Fad: Oh, a-ha, if only I'd seen that comment earlier! I could've prepared! There's still time for the French ones though- shall we? johnathan ross: nm, nm. (I feel uncomfortable when randommers with fake email addresses leave abbreviated words as comments..) Aoife: Ah, I can relate to the nerves beforehand and that feeling of "sure, thare was nothing to worry about!" after - you're really not alone there! Nice blog you've got going there by the way, nice to see we're not the only ones banging on about the LC. Emerald: There was a man and woman in my school too- was half hoping for the man, thinking, y'know, "Bheadh mé in ann súgán a dhéanamh de", but glad I got the woman in the end- sure I can charm anyone- and she was asking the difficult questions I yearn for! I got told a story of an examiner who was in a school in my part of the country 2 years ago who was stopping the tape mid-oral exam and telling people to stop saying off learned off stuff. *shudders* That would NOT be cool. Anyway, that was a lot of replying. *pats self on back* Grace: Urban dictionary? Aha! A Jennie is, apparently, “Someone with sexy hips, an amazing voice, big boobs, and is all round Sexy”, for example, She is TOTALLY Jennie.
Sounds about right.
It’s also “A girl that works in a shop and is very lazy “, which is…. half right :P

Owen: It could be a lot worse…. at least you didn’t reply “is maith liom madra” or something completely unrelated!

Marie: Ah, now, I’m not the only girl in an all boys school. I’m one of about 10. 100:1 ratio. Ka-ching. Aha. (It’s an all boy’s school but they allow females to repeat there. Very complex stuff!)

Fad: Oh, a-ha, if only I’d seen that comment earlier! I could’ve prepared! There’s still time for the French ones though- shall we?

johnathan ross: nm, nm.
(I feel uncomfortable when randommers with fake email addresses leave abbreviated words as comments..)

Aoife: Ah, I can relate to the nerves beforehand and that feeling of “sure, thare was nothing to worry about!” after – you’re really not alone there!
Nice blog you’ve got going there by the way, nice to see we’re not the only ones banging on about the LC.

Emerald: There was a man and woman in my school too- was half hoping for the man, thinking, y’know, “Bheadh mé in ann súgán a dhéanamh de”, but glad I got the woman in the end- sure I can charm anyone- and she was asking the difficult questions I yearn for!
I got told a story of an examiner who was in a school in my part of the country 2 years ago who was stopping the tape mid-oral exam and telling people to stop saying off learned off stuff. *shudders* That would NOT be cool.

Anyway, that was a lot of replying.
*pats self on back*

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]]> By: Emerald http://leaving-cert.net/a-quickie-big-words-and-irish-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-4355 Emerald Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:13:04 +0000 http://leaving-cert.net/?p=652#comment-4355 Had it yesterday. Guy was really sound, which helped dimish the disappointment of not getting the hot chick... Speaking of the hot chick (the second examiner), rumour has it that at one point, she actually stopped the tape with one guy and TOLD him what to say IN ENGLISH. All they really want to do is help out. What's wrong with "Overhead door. "? Had it yesterday. Guy was really sound, which helped dimish the disappointment of not getting the hot chick…

Speaking of the hot chick (the second examiner), rumour has it that at one point, she actually stopped the tape with one guy and TOLD him what to say IN ENGLISH. All they really want to do is help out.

What’s wrong with “Overhead door. “?

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]]> By: Aoife http://leaving-cert.net/a-quickie-big-words-and-irish-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-4328 Aoife Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:05:13 +0000 http://leaving-cert.net/?p=652#comment-4328 I had mine on Monday, and was a bag or nerves. We had the lovliest examiner ever though, and afterwards I felt silly for being nervous at all! I was asked odd, but not unanswerable questions. I think it went well! I'm sure you'll be fine! Good luck on Thursday! I had mine on Monday, and was a bag or nerves. We had the lovliest examiner ever though, and afterwards I felt silly for being nervous at all! I was asked odd, but not unanswerable questions. I think it went well!
I’m sure you’ll be fine! Good luck on Thursday!

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]]> By: johnathan ross http://leaving-cert.net/a-quickie-big-words-and-irish-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-4324 johnathan ross Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:00:16 +0000 http://leaving-cert.net/?p=652#comment-4324 sup sup

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]]> By: Fad http://leaving-cert.net/a-quickie-big-words-and-irish-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-4316 Fad Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:41:27 +0000 http://leaving-cert.net/?p=652#comment-4316 Spoonerism as Gaeilge, would the examiner be prepared for some word play? :P Spoonerism as Gaeilge, would the examiner be prepared for some word play? :P

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]]> By: Marie http://leaving-cert.net/a-quickie-big-words-and-irish-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-4314 Marie Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:34:13 +0000 http://leaving-cert.net/?p=652#comment-4314 I have my oral on Thursday too! Kinda looking forward to just getting it done at this stage! The best thing about spoonerisms is that they are named after Mr Spooner, college lecturer who always made them in his lectures. Sigh, what a name and what a name! Curiously awakened, only girl in boys school? Hefty travel distances...? Hmmm! I have my oral on Thursday too! Kinda looking forward to just getting it done at this stage!

The best thing about spoonerisms is that they are named after Mr Spooner, college lecturer who always made them in his lectures. Sigh, what a name and what a name!

Curiously awakened, only girl in boys school? Hefty travel distances…? Hmmm!

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