Just back from Ireland and once again had a great time with the friendly laid-back locals. This time we were in the Galway area and a lovely village called Ballyvaughan. One of the charms of the Irish is their way of talking, such as this response to being asked the quickest way to a particular place: "Are you driving or walking?" "Driving" "That'll be the quickest way then."
On this visit, we enjoyed some wonderfully 'Irish' conversations. Like the newsagent who explained the morning papers "could be here in 2 minutes, they could be here in 2o minutes, all I can tell you is- they will be here." One wonderful example of the Irish thought process was in an advertising slogan outside a newly built estate on the outskirts of Dublin: "If you lived here, you'd be home by now." So true. Like any great slogan, I can't get it out of my head. Brilliant.
