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FROM THE PAPERS - THE WORD 'LANGER' HAS BEEN BLEEPED FROM A RADIO AD - IS IT AN OFFENSIVE TERM?
FROM THE PAPERS - IT'S HALF TERM NEXT WEEK BUT HOLIDAYS WILL COST YOU MORE - ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT TAKING YOUR CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL FOR HOLIDAYS?
A NEW POLL HAS GIVEN THE TOP TEN MOST UPLIFTING SONGS
'LANGER' AND OTHER SLANG
SANDRA FROM CORK EXPLAINED THE USES OF THE WORD LANGER AND IN WHICH CONTEXT IT SHOULD BE USED
NOIRIN - IS FROM TIPPERARY AND NOW LIVING IN CORK - SHE SAID THAT IT IS CONSIDERED A BAD WORD IN TIPPERARY AS WELL - SHE WAS SHOCKED THAT IT WAS IN THE AD
LAOISE - SAID THAT LANGER ALSO MEANS TO BE REALLY DRUNK
JACQUI - SAID THAT THEY ALSO USE THE WORD IN LIMERICK - AND IT IS GENERALLY ONLY USED FOR A MAN
ELIZABETH - SAID THAT SHE GREW UP IN CORK AND WOULD NEVER HAVE HEARD IT BUT TO REFER TO SOMEONE AS DRUNK
PADDY - THINKS THAT 'LANGER' IS A LOVELY WORD - IT DEPENDS ON THE CONTEXT YOU USE
MARTINA - HEARD KATHRYN THOMAS SAYING 'BOLLOCKING' ON TELEVISION THE OTHER NIGHT
JILL - SAID THAT SHE IS FROM WEXFORD AND HAD NEVER BEFORE HEARD THE EXPRESSION 'IN THE HORRORS' UNTIL THE OTHER DAY WHEN HER FRIEND FROM DUBLIN SAID IT - SHE THOUGHT IT MEANT TO BE DRUNK
TRACEY - FROM TRALEE WAS CALLED 'MASSIVE' BY A GUY IN A CLUB IN CORK - HE TOLD HER IT WAS A COMPLIMENT BUT SHE WAS SHOCKED
AINE - CAME ON TO EXPLAIN THAT IN CORK MASSIVE MEANS BEAUTIFUL
ANOTHER TRACEY EXPLAINED THAT THE TERM 'JACKEEN' CAME FROM WHEN QUEEN VICTORIA VISITED IRELAND AND SOME IRISH PEOPLE WERE HANGING OUT UNION JACKS
TAKING KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL
MARIE - CHANGED HER HOLIDAY DATES TO SCHOOL TERM TIME AND WAS ABLE TO SAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
ANOTHER MARIE - CALLED TO SAY THAT SHE DOES IT AND FEELS THAT IS AN EDUCATION IN ITSELF FOR THE CHILDREN TO TRAVEL
GER - HAS DONE IT EVERY YEAR WITH HIS CHILDREN EXCEPT WHEN THEY ARE IN EXAM YEARS
MARY - IS A SINGLE MOTHER OF 4 CHILDREN AND THE ONLY WAY SHE CAN AFFORD TO GO ON A BREAK WITH HER CHILDREN IS TO GO DURING SCHOOL TIME
REPORT IN THE PAPERS TODAY THAT €5 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO CLEANING UP GHOST ESTATES
SEAMUS - SAID THAT THERE IS A VERY BAD ABANDONED BUILDING SITE NEAR HIM IN CARRICKMACROSS WHERE THERE HAD BEEN PLANS FOR APARTMENTS AND A NEW SHOPPING CENTRE
THE WINNER OF A TRIP TO SICILY WAS NICOLA COMMINS FROM LOUTH
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