Ireland quotes and aphorisms
I know where I’m going I know who’s going with me I know who I love And the devil knows who I’ll marry. Traditional Irish folk song (Judy Collins) (Ireland quotes and …
Irish quotes and aphorisms
Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards, I take the air there willingly, perhaps more willingly than elsewhere, when take the air I must. (Irish quotes and aphorisms) Samuel Beckett …
Irish proverbs and sayings
Irish proverbs and sayings, a very complete collection of words of wisdom. The Irish are known for their humor, wit, and strong character. There have been several notable Irish writers and authors …
American English
We really have everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. Oscar Wilde The King’s English is not the King’s. It’s a joint stock company, and Americans own most of …
Celtic Languages
Celtic Languages, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages, a short description of their origin, of their classifications, diffusions and culture. A society that has no respect, no regard for its bards, …
Irish modern history
Irish modern history and the character of the people who live in Ireland, the Emerald Isle. At the start of the 19th century, Irish soldiers formed a considerable proportion of the British …
American slang Part 2
The counters merely say that the person is rejected – he does not belong to the group. In uttering the counter we don’t care what the person is; we are pledging our …
American slang Part 1
American slang is the body of words and expressions frequently used by or intelligible to a rather large portion of the general American public, but not accepted as good, formal usage by …
The language of Slang
The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the individual to ask himself: Is my reaction individual, or am …
Literary theory
Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Reception Theory, Structuralism and Semiotics, Post-Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, New Criticism, Pragmatism, Deconstruction Theory, Political criticism, Pluralism, and so on… The problem with literary theory is that it can neither beat nor …
George Orwell Thoughts
The majority of pacifists either belong to obscure religious sects or are simply humanitarians who object to taking life and prefer not to follow their thoughts beyond that point. But there is …
Why I write
If you can feel that staying human is worthwhile, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them. George Orwell What I have most wanted to do throughout the past …