I gambled today. Don't freak out. It is legal and it was a fundraiser for a boys football (soccer) team. Gambling is not taboo here, in fact it is a social event. There were five year old boys yelling obscenities with their ticket in hand. The Irish seem to be blatant swearers. This is no joke! I was riding the bus today and two older ladies were swearing up a storm, like true pirates. It was a wee bit (Irish way of saying "little") creepy.
There are all different ways of betting in Irish greyhound racing. The popular way is "To Win", that means a person picks a dog that they think will win first place. The hardest one to win is the "6 Jackpot". To win this you have to nominate at least one dog to win first place in 6 of the races. Betting minimum is only 2 euro. I gambled on 5 of the eleven dogs. The dogs names were as follows: Georgies Lass, Florida Dynamite, Becky Mc, Jamaican Star and Imp Prince (by far the most ridiculous name).
Check out the video of Donal's technical difficulties with my camera.
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so who were we looking at during the video? nice to hear your voice and not just read it! so would you say they use swearing the same way we do or is it slightly different in their use to convey what it is they're trying to get across?
regardless keep us posted on what you're learning about and have some fricken fun will ya!
Laine! It was so nice to see your face, too bad my computer doesn't have sound. Did you win anything on your bets? Too bad Jack doesn't live in Ireland---he'd love to have free swearin'!
The Santa man is unidentified. The blond hair boy is Peter O'Mathuna and his two friends on his soccer team. Swearing is used more lighthearted here.
No I did not win anything... Peter won 45 euros! Last year Conor (his brother) won 75. I am glad Jack does not live in Ireland.
I hope Amy doesn't read about you attending these greyhound races. She might lecture you. It is part of the culture, I'm sure.
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