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Post by flossieskid on May 21, 2022 4:57:17 GMT -5
Oops! Obviously, did not mean “geology” rather “genealogy”. Proofreading at 3am is NOT recommended. Sorry!
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Post by goodnight on May 21, 2022 11:56:43 GMT -5
flossieskid There was the final episode of season 7 where they had a Walton's Mountain Founders Day*. Since this was during Olivia's first absence, Mary Ellen filled in for her on the ladies committee. Both Corabeth** and the Baldwin ladies were saying individually that the Godseys and the Baldwins were the first settlers.But Grandma had Rome Walton's journal that said Rome and his family were already there when the first Baldwin arrived (with a jug of the Recipe). And the first Godsey came even later. *The one where Jason played his senior composition Appalachian Portrait.**I thought it was funny that Corabeth was pushing only for Ike's family to be the first settlers when she herself was a Walton by birth. John's second cousin I think.
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Post by dayton3 on May 21, 2022 14:25:55 GMT -5
This thread reminds me of when my wife and I went to our apartment for the first time after our wedding.
My wife weighed a lot more than me back then, so I carried her over the threshhold
Piggyback.
Needless to say that isn't something my wife wants to repeat.
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Post by patriciaanne on May 22, 2022 15:19:56 GMT -5
flossieskid Tracey, I do hope you get to see Derry! I was there in 1995. That was my first trip to Ireland and I went with my parents. It was a big trip that had been organized by a group my father belonged to. We spent the first week in the tour and the second week visiting relatives on my mother's side. I think I mentioned this before, but if you can find the time, I hope you will watch Derry Girls on Netflix. Maybe it's just me, but I find it hysterically funny. The writing is first rate but the actors and the characters -- just fabulous! And you will get to see the scenery of your father's birthplace. My deep Irish rebel roots prevent me from referring to it as anything but Derry. 😉☘️ 🇮🇪
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Post by flossieskid on May 23, 2022 18:07:26 GMT -5
PatriciaAnne: thanks for the reminder about “Derry Girls” on Netflix. I had forgotten about your wonderful critique of the show many months ago. I have been trying to catch up on ALL the episodes of The Waltons now that I have every single show taped by my cousin. But, I will have to find the time to watch a show about Derry.
The son of one of the Executive Producers of The Waltons just got his Irish passport, although he was born in the US. Evidently, his wife’s mother was born in Ireland and since the wife got an Irish passport, her husband and kids got theirs, as well.
As I mentioned, I love Ireland beyond words! One of my good friends was born and raised in Dublin and she taught me how to say the sign of the cross in Gaelic. That was a big hit with the nuns in all the Catholic schools I attended. I was glad it impressed someone, because the sign of the cross doesn’t come up much in daily conversation!!! Since that time, I have learned about 20 words in Gaelic.
I read that Jon Walmsey was born in England and now has returned to the UK to live along with his wife. The article stated he LOVED England because he and his wife live a simpler life, he is not recognized as much (perhaps his grey hair and wrinkles have added to his “cover”!) and, most of all, he gets to perform his music whenever he wants. I also wonder if he ever became a U.S. citizen? Not sure how dual citizenship works.
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Post by carol on May 24, 2022 0:39:30 GMT -5
PatriciaAnne: thanks for the reminder about “Derry Girls” on Netflix. I had forgotten about your wonderful critique of the show many months ago. I have been trying to catch up on ALL the episodes of The Waltons now that I have every single show taped by my cousin. But, I will have to find the time to watch a show about Derry. The son of one of the Executive Producers of The Waltons just got his Irish passport, although he was born in the US. Evidently, his wife’s mother was born in Ireland and since the wife got an Irish passport, her husband and kids got theirs, as well. As I mentioned, I love Ireland beyond words! One of my good friends was born and raised in Dublin and she taught me how to say the sign of the cross in Gaelic. That was a big hit with the nuns in all the Catholic schools I attended. I was glad it impressed someone, because the sign of the cross doesn’t come up much in daily conversation!!! Since that time, I have learned about 20 words in Gaelic. I read that Jon Walmsey was born in England and now has returned to the UK to live along with his wife. The article stated he LOVED England because he and his wife live a simpler life, he is not recognized as much (perhaps his grey hair and wrinkles have added to his “cover”!) and, most of all, he gets to perform his music whenever he wants. I also wonder if he ever became a U.S. citizen? Not sure how dual citizenship works. Jon Walmsley was born in Lancashire England. He was the voice of Christopher Robin in the Disney short Winnie The Pooh And The Blustery Day. My husband was born and raised in Manchester England. He came to the US permanently in 1998 and we were married in 1999. He becaame a US citizen in 2005. He was only able to keep his dual citizenship until his British passport expired in 2008.
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Post by goodnight on May 24, 2022 8:25:50 GMT -5
As I mentioned, I love Ireland beyond words! One of my good friends was born and raised in Dublin and she taught me how to say the sign of the cross in Gaelic. That was a big hit with the nuns in all the Catholic schools I attended. I was glad it impressed someone, because the sign of the cross doesn’t come up much in daily conversation!!! Since that time, I have learned about 20 words in Gaelic. Is Gaelic really hard to pronounce?
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Post by flossieskid on May 25, 2022 6:27:38 GMT -5
Carol, thanks for the full bio on Jon Walmsley and I apologize for misspelling his name. I should know better.
To Goodnight: YES, Gaelic is VERY hard to pronounce! I learned this the hard way traveling to a small county within Dublin. My family and I were going to visit a friend in a place called “Dun Leery”. At least that is the way it was pronounced. So, we are traveling there by train and kept looking for the name of our stop. Everything was “Dun” something. Our friend told us it was about a 20 minute train ride to the beautiful seaside city of Dun Leery.
After about 30 minutes, my husband said “Dun Leery doesn’t seem to be coming up anytime soon according to the train stops listed on the signs.” A passenger in the next row up from ours turned toward us and saw our concern that we somehow missed our stop. He said, in his delightful Irish brogue: “ Are you meanin’ to go to Dun Leery did I hear ya say?” “Yes” we replied. “Can you tell us how long it will be to Dun Leery?” He chuckled and told us, “Ah, but Dun Leery is 4 stops BEHIND us! Ya missed it!” We expressed our total shock and said none of the signs for the train’s posted destinations said “Dun Leery”.
With a twinkle in his eye (that I swear each person in Ireland gets along with their birth certificate!) he said, “That’s because you folks are lookin’ for something spelled like “Dun Leery” sounds. But in Ireland, things are not spelled the way you Americans think they would be. The stop you are looking for is “Dun Laoghaire.” WHAT?!? We asked how in the world does ANYONE get “Leery” out of a word spelled “Laoghaire?!?” We thought that was a city called “Dun Layo-ga-hairy” NOT “Dun Leery”. No wonder we missed the stop!! We were told that was how things were written centuries ago and pronounced in the Gaelic language, even today.
We thanked him for his language lesson and for keeping his probable distain for dumb Americans to himself! I felt guilty for not checking on how the place we were going to visit was spelled, because I knew a lot of things sound differently in Gaelic. Although, I will NEVER understand how my daughter’s friend (who is VERY Irish) spells her name: Siobhan and pronounces it “Sha-von.” Go figure!! I remember thinking: having to tell everyone my name is “Tracey with an ‘e’” suddenly didn’t seem that big of a deal!!
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Post by goodnight on May 25, 2022 9:48:55 GMT -5
flossieskid Thanks for answering about the pronouncing of Gaelic words and names. And I knew about how Siobhan was pronounced "Shavon". This reminds me about a sci-fi book I was reading once, the author had a first name with a Welsh spelling Dafydd. But I think in the foreword to one of his books, he said it was pronounced Daveth. Or the actor Ioan Grufudd. I've heard that it's pronounced Griffith. I'm a Tracy as well, although without the "E". My name is spelled like the male version of Tracy. Many times in the male I get stuff addressed to Mr. Tracy Wood.
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Post by patriciaanne on May 26, 2022 9:53:11 GMT -5
flossieskid Oh Tracey, Gaelic is something else! When I went to Ireland for my honeymoon in 1996, we travelled all over the country. As you know, Gaelic is particularly predominant in the west of Ireland. All of these signs -- street names, shop names, etc. were in a foreign language and as my husband was driving around, I would amuse myself trying to figure out how to pronounce them. (After your story, I see it was woefully hopeless.) So we come across yet another sign and I'm trying to work it out in my brain. "Mac-hin," "Mac-Hine," "Mac-hin-ery." And then it hit me -- the sign was in English and it said "machinery." 🤦🤦🤦
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Post by mallenstreak on Sept 19, 2022 15:10:00 GMT -5
It is interesting that vow-renewals are often a plot point on TV shows. Gilmore Girls comes to mind, as they had one as well. I've only been married a couple of years, but my husband and I plan on doing it at every five-year anniversary. No big ordeal, just hire someone in another city to officiate, ordained or not, and do a personal exchange of vows for just each other. We married later in life, and our wedding was very intimate, and we want to celebrate every five years with a special tradition for just the two of us. That said, the renewal thing is big on The Real Housewives cities, and most of them get divorced after a renewal!
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