Quote from: Rory on September 08, 2021, 10:55:10 PMMy main concern is that we're accepting of the word 'disinterested' when we mean 'uninterested'.Ha, that annoys me too.See also 'journeyman' used incorrectly to describe a player who has played for lots of clubs.And don't even get me started on the American use of 'momentarily'.
My main concern is that we're accepting of the word 'disinterested' when we mean 'uninterested'.
Wasn't there a good few Spanish sailors washed up after the Armada got blown slightly off course?
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on September 09, 2021, 11:49:21 AMMy family history is all Irish. My brother did one of those DNA tests to see what his ancient history was. He's (relatively) dark-skinned with brown eyes (the rest of us are pale with blue eyes) so he thought he might have some Spanish or even Middle-Eastern heritage. Irish. All Irish.Ah OK. You are just a miserable git then. My dad's great grandparents moved to Nottingham from Ireland. Absolutely failed to find out anything about them. I don't know whether it's because their names get spelt wildly differently on the few records I can find, they have reasonably common names and they have no dates of birth or because the lives of poor Irish people didn't get recorded in any meaningful way back then. It could also be because I'm rubbish at looking. Shame, as it would be interesting to find out about their life in Ireland.
My family history is all Irish. My brother did one of those DNA tests to see what his ancient history was. He's (relatively) dark-skinned with brown eyes (the rest of us are pale with blue eyes) so he thought he might have some Spanish or even Middle-Eastern heritage. Irish. All Irish.
Bloody Beaker people.
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on September 09, 2021, 11:49:21 AMMy family history is all Irish. My brother did one of those DNA tests to see what his ancient history was. He's (relatively) dark-skinned with brown eyes (the rest of us are pale with blue eyes) so he thought he might have some Spanish or even Middle-Eastern heritage. Irish. All Irish.My Dad got one of those DNA tests for his 80th. It came back 96% Irish, 3% Eastern European, 1% Basque but given our family's lived in the same spot in Roscommon since the 1600s I didn't expect anything too exotic.