Words, Words, Words (Eighth Edition)

Sadly, these posts will not see a ninth edition, and I will be bringing home the bad habit of listening to others for my own vindictive amusement. However, there have been benefits to keeping up the "Words, Words, Words" all through my Irish stay.

First and, as always, most importantly, there is my own amusement. As with the entire blog venture, nothing written here was meant at all for anyone else, and can only satisfy me. Second, there is the heightened feeling created from engaging with everything I have heard (whether odd or astounding). Lastly, there is witnessing the spoken Irish wit. If I had ignored that feature, I would have lost the constant humor occurring all around me.

This last list is lengthy; in between exams, internal death, and planes, I haven't posted in a while. Bear with me.

"May we be gathered in the nets of God." - monument to fishermen lost at sea, Howth.

"Will I scoff this down right now? Yes." - girl referring to a box of chocolates, Howth.

"Please treat this grand old lady with some respect." - sign for the six-ton Mons Meg cannon, Edinburgh Castle.

"No bailing out on me now." - man after his girlfriend accepted his proposal on Queen Street, Edinburgh.

"Pickerings at the Old Royal Dick." - restaurant advertisement, Edinburgh.

"Elephant House, birthplace of Harry Potter." - strategic rebranding of an Edinburgh cafe.

"I feel like we've all had that experience. Losing our innocence." - girl on bus in Dublin.

"My hair looks like I've been stuck in an electric socket. Like, bing!" - girl on campus.

"Probably the best beer in the world." - risky Carlsberg advertisement in Dublin, home of Guinness.

"All you do in primary school science is light bulbs." - man boasting about the cream of the crop, Oxford.

"It'll be romantic, give me head lice in Paris." - girl to her boyfriend, Oxford.

"I'm stealing your daughter, for the Kingdom of Canada." - polite Canadian boyfriend breaking the news to an old British couple.

"Dear Traveler, how was your toilet experience?" - sign outside the bathrooms of Brussels Airport.

"Dermot turned a lesbian woman bi." - man on Nassau Street, Dublin.