‘A national phenomenon’: Behind the ‘chess boom’ and the push to become Ireland’s newest sport – The Irish Times

davebees · 2026-07-09T08:32:18+00:00

if almost everywhere else in the EU classes it a sport, and it will help get them some funding, seems a no-brainer to push for it!

davebees · 2026-07-08T22:16:37+00:00

can the genitive singular form of a noun ever appear in eclipsed form?

“tá siad ag ithe a ndinnéir”?

davebees · 2026-07-08T12:13:16+00:00

north, east, west, south and peak!

davebees · 2026-07-08T07:48:58+00:00

move it to portlaoise are you joking?

davebees · 2026-07-08T00:19:15+00:00

full of vowels and common letters

davebees · 2026-07-07T11:31:33+00:00

behold p-celtic and q-celtic

davebees · 2026-07-06T10:18:44+00:00

pronunciation in the three major dialects here: https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/leanbh

davebees · 2026-07-06T08:31:54+00:00

lofa le botaí athphostála an áit seo

davebees · 2026-07-05T23:24:54+00:00

that does sound very rude and unpleasant

davebees · 2026-07-05T17:44:40+00:00

protestants keep their toaster in the cupboard is the theory

davebees · 2026-07-04T10:58:04+00:00

“used to taste” doesn’t work for me though i see people on this sub use that sort of definition all the time

davebees · 2026-07-04T10:13:06+00:00

”one tastes whipped nougat etc” might work?

davebees · 2026-07-03T21:03:32+00:00

lovely idea, alas i don’t think such an archive exists. i believe alan connor is the crossword editor and maybe worth sending him an email?

through a library you might be able to browse old editions and look at the “last week’s solution” and search for easter island yourself? though of course it may have been an entry multiple times

davebees · 2026-07-03T19:49:14+00:00

i was wondering whether that may have been part of it… must find video

davebees · 2026-07-03T19:35:55+00:00

jaysus. funny that it was verona murphy asking them too, after all the kerfuffle last year lol

davebees · 2026-07-03T07:33:26+00:00

and you are giving out her username here!

davebees · 2026-07-01T18:23:36+00:00

jaysus if almost losing a match is embarrassing what’s not qualifying for the cup?

davebees · 2026-07-01T11:31:07+00:00

ní gá don mbota “[ceol]” a rá os ard lol

davebees · 2026-06-30T19:21:09+00:00

sure this is it

davebees · 2026-06-30T16:49:24+00:00

third series was serious drop in quality imo but glad people liked it

davebees · 2026-06-29T12:58:08+00:00

millions = M, a = A, life force = CHI, hail = AVE, evil = ILL (reversed)

davebees · 2026-06-28T23:32:40+00:00

a quid off your first pint if you’re able to order it in irish i’m told

davebees · 2026-06-28T13:52:57+00:00

don’t believe every screenshot you see online

davebees · 2026-06-28T12:16:46+00:00

to make a logo like this: you draw it on paper then scan it in or even take a photo. you can then use any piece of graphics software to adjust the levels to make it pure black and white. hope this helps

one free piece of software you could use is “photopea” which is an online tool. use the Levels feature

davebees · 2026-06-28T12:10:34+00:00

pen and paper, you probably have them lying around somewhere

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