Wondrous Words Wednesday

Wondrous Words Wednesday is hosted by Bermudaonion’s Weblog. Kathy says: “Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading.”

Rick Steves includes a list of Irish-Yankee Vocabulary near the back of Rick Steves’ Ireland. Here are the words that seem most vital to our travel (keeping in mind that my husband gets hives if he eats red meat).

banger: sausage

black pudding: sausage made from pig’s blood

casualty: emergency room

first floor: second floor (one floor above ground)

gammon: ham

Garda: police

guards: police (Garda)

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Wondrous Words Wednesday — 8 Comments

Lily on February 1, 2012 at 10:47 am said:

And we call black pudding, “blood sausage” — my granny being Irish, I guess they Americanized it!

Conversely, “white pudding” on your morning fry up is “plain pork sausage” but expect PLAIN to be emphasized, with little of the savory spices we eat in the Midwest.

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Margot on February 1, 2012 at 11:45 am said:

Interesting words Joy. I knew banger because my sister-in-law in from northern England. Her specialty is bangers and mash. That’s a sausage and mashed potato dish that is super good.

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Martha @ Hey, I want to read that on February 1, 2012 at 11:52 am said:

Thanks to tons of Irish friends I think I knew all of these. A first for me. All great words.

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Suko on February 1, 2012 at 1:40 pm said:

Fun post of words from Ireland!!

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bermudaonion (Kathy) on February 1, 2012 at 7:07 pm said:

The French call the second floor the first floor too. They call the first floor the ground floor. Thanks for the playing along!

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Louise on February 2, 2012 at 12:53 am said:

How exciting to be planning a trip to Ireland! Gammon isn’t exactly equivalent to ham. Gammon is sold raw, and needs to be cooked. It’s not terribly common here in Australia, but I bought some a few years ago, and cooked it up. It was delicious. I knew all your words today, familiar to Aussies. I must say the first floor thing, made me do a double take. We would use the Irish meaning too..

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Belle Wong on February 2, 2012 at 3:09 pm said:

For some reason, I always thought “bangers” meant peas! Good to know what bangers and mash really is – sausage and potatoes makes a lot more sense as an entree than peas and potatoes …

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Rhapsodyinbook on February 5, 2012 at 7:33 am said:

We have this book too because we are planning a trip there in June. And I am already anticipating that, unlike most trips we take, I will be *losing* weight on this one! LOL

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