Ahhhhh, Thomas; you are so right…“Rhoot bheer” is correct.
Fred Mills said:Well Padre, let's wait and see what comments we get from the "Upside-Downers". :D
Ahhhhh, Thomas; you are so right...."Rhoot bheer" is correct.
Tom Ruby said:
I think that would be "rhoot bheer."Today’s “Word a day” ( http://www.wordsmith.org ) seems appropriate here:
shebeen (shuh-BEEN) noun
An unlicensed drinking establishment.
[From Irish sibin, diminutive of seibe (mug/mugful). The word is popular in the south of Africa and in Scotland and Ireland.]
Tom - the word is certainly well-known in The Republic of South Africa [RSA], but less well-known in other parts of the south of Africa where there was no Anglo/Irish input. Remember that there are quite a few countries in the south of Africa where Portuguese and French were the colonials.
It is a well-known word in the Republic of Ireland, but much less so in Ulster, which has a lot less input from native Irish-speakers, indeed, if at all.
I have never heard the word used in Scotland, a place I know well, and a close friend who lives in the Hebrides [a Gaelic-speaking area], has only ever read the word in books about Ireland. Less than 1.2% of the population of Scotland speaks Gaelic, BTW. That’s less than 58,000 men, women and children, BTW.
tac
Oregon redneck definition:
shebeen (shuh-BEEN)
Free beer, you shuh-been there.
Nuthin’ like a good Inglish edjykashun! And beer makes ya very fluid.
Dear All,
Thought I’d follow up on a few things.
In the list of people above whose work I admired, I mentioned “Phil”.
I meant Phil Creer, who wrote the Tonail Ridge Saga, built some very nice outside frame boxcars from GR plans and posted their pictures on the web. (Actually, they looked great, and I had to complement him.) In my opinion, he writes in the style of Sam Clemens.
I tried to keep low key in my correspondence with Phil, lest I end up as a shady character in the next chapter of his book.
Fr. Fred seems to relish his role, though.
Since finding LSC, I have learned of Phil Dippel, of Phil’s Narrow Gauge. His kits (as finished by Bruce, for example) are beautifully detailed. (Museum quality, perhaps?) Nice work, PNG !
More later.
Sincerely,
Joe Satnik