Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.szaf.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Aidan Kehoe Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: George Orwell died (21-1-1950) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:39:59 +0100 Lines: 22 Message-ID: <874j7ouxsg.fsf@parhasard.net> References: <87a5ozuj2z.fsf@parhasard.net> <875xznufak.fsf@parhasard.net> <87ed6tue7g.fsf@parhasard.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net h3+6RJTXUSupL/8lYEpzeA4PfywJD1sQXqhD6guwRKz/BTvns2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:26jMyYOF6S+XS1Q2fkurx3TxXLQ= sha1:jbMbSC62pwNcuT26QVIBc1i8bT0= sha256:uZvc7ZPqiyv9XkHZffa5HfFX3DwPrwvXlf09+yPTCWY= User-Agent: Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) XEmacs/21.5-b35 (Linux-aarch64) Bytes: 1696 Ar an triú lá déag de mí Lúnasa, scríobh LionelEdwards: > [...] Irish music is loved the world over. This is one of our favourites in > this group, played on a traditional Irish bouzouki: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OALDX4kcjuI Wow, Paul Brady in his twenties! Great song that I hadn’t seen, thanks for that. > This is my personal favourite: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4v6aNjGFFk My go-to example in explaining liver disease to people was always George Best; I suppose I should switch to Shane as the more cautionary tale. -- ‘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)