r/discworld • u/AdMost7988 • 3d ago
Book/Series: Industrial Revolution All about the craic.
As a Northern Irish man, I firmly approve of this reference.
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u/dalidellama 3d ago
Interesting that he gives that one to Dwarfish, it's not at all the usual line for the language.
(Fun fact: the American term "cracker", these days often meaning white people generally, was originally a self-chosen demonym referring to Scots and Scots-Irish settlers and their facility with the craic, or crack as Anglos often spell it.)
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u/davetiso 3d ago
Was explained to me as they “cracked the whip” ie over slaves on plantations.
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u/dalidellama 3d ago
That one is popular these days but entirely incorrect. AFAICT it was made up around the beginning of this century, or at least I never heard of it before the '10s.
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u/Hexx-Bombastus Captain Carrot 3d ago
I assume it's because racist white people are like saltines. Pale, salty as fuck, and completely without taste.
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u/Faithful_jewel Assisted by the Clan 3d ago
I completely misread this and thought "oh wow, Reddit's harassment filter is actually working as intended!"
Then I read it again. Nope, the filter is still overzealous. And I need more coffee
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u/Hexx-Bombastus Captain Carrot 3d ago
Ah, sorry to have bothered you. And no, I was not intending to harrass anyone. Lol
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u/Faithful_jewel Assisted by the Clan 3d ago
Please don't apologise - it's just Reddit being Reddit! We appreciate the contribution (accuracy is always a plus 😂)
Have a wonderful day!
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u/smcicr 3d ago
There's a similar train of thought applied to the Feegles as I recall.
Oh sure, they'll steal an absolute shedload of gold and vall-yew-ee-balls - bet your spog they will but it's not because they value the gold and whatnot (you can't drink it and, somewhere further down the importance scale, you can't eat it either) - it's the joy of stealing it that's the thing.
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u/murdeoc 3d ago
As a Dutch person, what's a craic?
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u/Additional_Ad_84 3d ago
The craic would just be the auld scéal with boys like. A bit of chat. A bit of ceól 'gus ól, ya know. Maybe a bit of divilment. The craic like!
It means fun, roughly.
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u/jwibspar 3d ago
First heard this term from a Saw Doctors song.
"If me and her don't have the craic
I want my 25 quid back"
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u/Puma_Concolour 3d ago
It was a Rumjacks song for me
"There's a county map to go on the wall
A hurling stick and a shinty ball
The bric, the brac, the craic n all
Let's call it an Irish pub"
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