tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post3714538805282048681..comments2024-03-13T11:18:13.252+00:00Comments on The Beer Nut: Marks, but few sparksThe Beer Nuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-31077093842403830772007-10-23T12:15:00.000+01:002007-10-23T12:15:00.000+01:00It is pretty straightforward, if not very intuitiv...It is pretty straightforward, if not very intuitive. "The Irish Republic" was a short-lived entity of dubious legality, declared by the rebels in 1916 but never really actualised politically. Independent Ireland was called "The Irish Free State" to begin with, and then just "Ireland" after it became a republic. "The Republic of Ireland" is the state's official description, and hence what the soccer team play as, but it is bizarrely not synonymous with "The Irish Republic".<BR/><BR/>While "Éire", being Irish for "Ireland", is the real name of the country, its use in an English language context is incongruous, and also usually ungrammatical as "Éire" is the nominative case, whereas a line like "Brewed in Ireland" would use the dative (I think), which is "Éirinn".<BR/><BR/>Where beer and politics and grammar meet, there will you find me.<BR/><BR/>Totally agree about the price of the stout, mind.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-89638783627008842542007-10-23T11:58:00.000+01:002007-10-23T11:58:00.000+01:00I used to have an Irish colleague (actually she wa...I used to have an Irish colleague (actually she was more than a colleague for a while) who once went absolutely spare at me for referring to Ireland as "the Irish Republic". It seems the whole national nomenclature issue is a thorny one.<BR/><BR/>The M&S Irish Stout is cracking - just too expensive at £2.20 here in the UK.Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-9493778594199425702007-10-19T14:12:00.000+01:002007-10-19T14:12:00.000+01:00Would have been more authentic if they'd spelled i...Would have been more authentic if they'd spelled it correctly (Éire), but then you wouldn't want it looking scarily foreign, I suppose.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-31141768459218341792007-10-19T13:48:00.000+01:002007-10-19T13:48:00.000+01:00It sounds better. Rest assured, they have tested t...It sounds better. Rest assured, they have tested this with a consumer panel, and they thought Eire had a more authentic feeling.Knut Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330987617984777530noreply@blogger.com