27-03-2012, 09:40 AM
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By the way we can be followed on twitter @IrelandAbuSong
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Ah! fer feck's sake. Aren't all soccer songs pretty brutal. Nothing wrong with "Ireland Abú"
27-03-2012, 10:42 AM
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Little pointless point of interest. Listened to a lecture by an American philosopher as part of my University work, Hubert Dreyfus. He claimed that Olé is actually a shift in the pronounciation of "Allah". Arabic was once the main language on the iberian peninsula. According to Dreyfus it was customary to use the chant when a Dancer's performance had become so other-wordly and awesome that people believed that God herself had taken over their body.
Saying something like that could probably get you and your family beheaded these days.
27-03-2012, 06:05 PM
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Thought it was a case of intellectual aerobics alright but never saw that side of it...
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Saying something like that could probably get you and your family beheaded these days.
27-03-2012, 06:40 PM
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Isn't Eire the Anglicised version of Eireann?
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We have a saying in the ambulance services, if you're doing a task and it doesn't work, then change something. Don't keep failing repeatedly.
27-03-2012, 10:33 PM
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Abu make padlocks .
27-03-2012, 11:09 PM
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Isn't Eire the Anglicised version of Eireann?
No.
28-03-2012, 12:18 PM
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Not sure about that...I thought it was some sort of conjugation or Eire or something, another reason to stick with Ireland Abú, less confusing
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Isn't Eire the Anglicised version of Eireann?
28-03-2012, 12:19 PM
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Bet they're the best at it
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Abu make padlocks .
28-03-2012, 12:47 PM
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No.
I'm pretty sure it was shortened because it didn't scan well in English.
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We have a saying in the ambulance services, if you're doing a task and it doesn't work, then change something. Don't keep failing repeatedly.
29-03-2012, 08:45 AM
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Well if you ever do find out the real/definitive reason I'd love to hear what it is...
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I'm pretty sure it was shortened because it didn't scan well in English.
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