*hug*

I lied to my boyfriend when I was 16, saying I couldn't come see him as my grandmother had died when in fact I didn't want to come see him as we had agreed to have sex for the first time that weekend and I was scared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsUo-Y…Are you Irish? Because we Irish people do that abroad ALL THE TIME. Generally people ask for you do speak Irish, do some Irish dancing or do "something Irish", and drunk-brain thinks faking being able to dance the Siege of Ennis is a brilliant idea.

Nine years.

Yours is a great answer - as you say, not funny, but i imagine it resonates with a lot of people. I cannot recommend this book enough:

It was my first V-day alone in a decade too, high five! My breakup happened 11 months ago though, so this was the last of the major milestones (both birthdays, christmas, new years, anniversary) to get through. I'm so happy to be free.

Interesting question: Have you lived with someone before marriage before and would not do it again?

Yeah, when I was in school I had a friend with achondroplasia who had this done over the space of a few years. It was horrible, she was in constant pain. Her legs were broken in several places and were pinned in place, she was in a wheelchair for years. Even now, her leg bones are weaker than most other people's.…

Internalised classism then? I think North Dublin accents are fine, but I find South County Dublin drawls difficult to bear. I suspect that might be reverse snobbery though.

Garage

Brilliant. I wouldn't mind, but Munster, Donegal and Connemara Irish are incredibly different too. I remember the Irish aural exam:

Newfies sound EXACTLY like people from the Irish border counties - Monaghan, Cavan etc. It's very strange!

Glacier

Which Irish accent are you thinking of?

"Oh, I just assumed it was Canadian because it wasn't loud and annoying like most American accents."

To quote someone upthread who is far more loquacious than myself:

North or South? My vote is for the North Walian accent.

As a European person working with technological health companies across the world, I will never endorse a US-based company's product to be used here in Europe due to their weak data protection legislation. The Safe Harbour legislation between the EU and the US has been under review for years, and the current…

I LOVE that entire album, and I love her voice on it. The Windfall and that song that channelled that Yeats poem (can't remember the name) are superb.

Thank you for your apology on behalf of your people, I graciously accept.