| Gotta larf, incha ? 20:18 - Feb 4 with 2112 views | colinallcars |
Tesco have put bilingual signs in their Cornwall shops but put up Welsh rather than Cornish.
Wonder what they'd put up in Shepherds Bush ? Rosie Lee for tea ? Any more ? |  | | |  |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 20:47 - Feb 4 with 1987 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Brilliant!!
They have history with this. They built a supermarket beside Shannon Airport in Co. Clare in the nineties. Knowing that Tesco are not liked in Ireland (we don't mind Marks & Sparks, but Tesco have always struggled), and trying to be Oirish (a huge mistake for companies coming to Ireland) they decided that they'd go full paddywhackery, have green signs, and print all the signs in Irish.
Not even bilingual.
Just in Irish.
IWhat they didn't realise was that Shannon is a New Town, and has a huge population who'd moved from the Six Counties, who back then had no formal access to the Irish.
They'd decided to go Oirish-Tesco, oirishtesco.ie with every single sign in Irish in the one town in Ireland that had hardly any Irish speakers.
I was working on a road job nearby, went in there on their first day, and laughed myself silly. All the other customers were too. You've no idea how funny it was, and the Nordies were in stitches. And took the píss relentlessly - "ere yooo, is this pasta gluten-free, or wha?"
The signs lasted a week. |  |
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| Gotta larf, incha ? on 20:57 - Feb 4 with 1946 views | Noelmc |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 20:47 - Feb 4 by BrianMcCarthy |
Brilliant!!
They have history with this. They built a supermarket beside Shannon Airport in Co. Clare in the nineties. Knowing that Tesco are not liked in Ireland (we don't mind Marks & Sparks, but Tesco have always struggled), and trying to be Oirish (a huge mistake for companies coming to Ireland) they decided that they'd go full paddywhackery, have green signs, and print all the signs in Irish.
Not even bilingual.
Just in Irish.
IWhat they didn't realise was that Shannon is a New Town, and has a huge population who'd moved from the Six Counties, who back then had no formal access to the Irish.
They'd decided to go Oirish-Tesco, oirishtesco.ie with every single sign in Irish in the one town in Ireland that had hardly any Irish speakers.
I was working on a road job nearby, went in there on their first day, and laughed myself silly. All the other customers were too. You've no idea how funny it was, and the Nordies were in stitches. And took the píss relentlessly - "ere yooo, is this pasta gluten-free, or wha?"
The signs lasted a week. |
Great story Brian.  |  | | |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 22:03 - Feb 4 with 1790 views | Boston |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 20:47 - Feb 4 by BrianMcCarthy |
Brilliant!!
They have history with this. They built a supermarket beside Shannon Airport in Co. Clare in the nineties. Knowing that Tesco are not liked in Ireland (we don't mind Marks & Sparks, but Tesco have always struggled), and trying to be Oirish (a huge mistake for companies coming to Ireland) they decided that they'd go full paddywhackery, have green signs, and print all the signs in Irish.
Not even bilingual.
Just in Irish.
IWhat they didn't realise was that Shannon is a New Town, and has a huge population who'd moved from the Six Counties, who back then had no formal access to the Irish.
They'd decided to go Oirish-Tesco, oirishtesco.ie with every single sign in Irish in the one town in Ireland that had hardly any Irish speakers.
I was working on a road job nearby, went in there on their first day, and laughed myself silly. All the other customers were too. You've no idea how funny it was, and the Nordies were in stitches. And took the píss relentlessly - "ere yooo, is this pasta gluten-free, or wha?"
The signs lasted a week. |
Tesco is big in Waterford City. Three supermarkets I think. |  |
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| Gotta larf, incha ? on 22:24 - Feb 4 with 1737 views | 222gers |
I'd go into a S Bush Tesco and say 'ullo darlin, I'll 'ave a packet o' free bilnd mice and some rockin' 'orse to go wiv it. |  | | |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 02:33 - Feb 5 with 1542 views | Boston |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 22:24 - Feb 4 by 222gers |
I'd go into a S Bush Tesco and say 'ullo darlin, I'll 'ave a packet o' free bilnd mice and some rockin' 'orse to go wiv it. |
There goes the pony in your sky rocket. | |
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| Gotta larf, incha ? (n/t) on 02:35 - Feb 5 with 1540 views | Boston |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 22:24 - Feb 4 by 222gers |
I'd go into a S Bush Tesco and say 'ullo darlin, I'll 'ave a packet o' free bilnd mice and some rockin' 'orse to go wiv it. |
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| Gotta larf, incha ? on 06:06 - Feb 5 with 1452 views | SydneyRs |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 22:03 - Feb 4 by Boston |
Tesco is big in Waterford City. Three supermarkets I think. |
There's a big one in my Mum's home town of Swinford in Mayo. | | | |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 07:26 - Feb 5 with 1380 views | PlanetHonneywood |
Mae pob cymorth bach yn helpu, as they say in Cardiff and seemingly, in St. Ives too! |  |
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| Gotta larf, incha ? on 11:32 - Feb 5 with 1173 views | robith |
One of my best mates was in the Marines, and his favourite training exercise was counter acting a Cornish independence insurgency |  | | |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 15:40 - Feb 5 with 1057 views | Hayesender |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 20:47 - Feb 4 by BrianMcCarthy |
Brilliant!!
They have history with this. They built a supermarket beside Shannon Airport in Co. Clare in the nineties. Knowing that Tesco are not liked in Ireland (we don't mind Marks & Sparks, but Tesco have always struggled), and trying to be Oirish (a huge mistake for companies coming to Ireland) they decided that they'd go full paddywhackery, have green signs, and print all the signs in Irish.
Not even bilingual.
Just in Irish.
IWhat they didn't realise was that Shannon is a New Town, and has a huge population who'd moved from the Six Counties, who back then had no formal access to the Irish.
They'd decided to go Oirish-Tesco, oirishtesco.ie with every single sign in Irish in the one town in Ireland that had hardly any Irish speakers.
I was working on a road job nearby, went in there on their first day, and laughed myself silly. All the other customers were too. You've no idea how funny it was, and the Nordies were in stitches. And took the píss relentlessly - "ere yooo, is this pasta gluten-free, or wha?"
The signs lasted a week. |
Do they still have Superquinn over there Brian? Last time I went back to visit my mums town, I was gutted it had gone [Post edited 5 Feb 15:40]
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| Gotta larf, incha ? on 21:00 - Feb 5 with 938 views | scot1963 |
No-one I know in this part of the world (Penzance) speaks (or knows) any Cornish at all so they could have got away with it  . In fact I have picked up more Welsh words from my travels up that way to see Blob than any Cornish - merched, allanfa, dim parcio, sgorio. |  | | |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 21:09 - Feb 5 with 920 views | hubble |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 21:00 - Feb 5 by scot1963 |
No-one I know in this part of the world (Penzance) speaks (or knows) any Cornish at all so they could have got away with it . In fact I have picked up more Welsh words from my travels up that way to see Blob than any Cornish - merched, allanfa, dim parcio, sgorio. |
I know Penzance so well I could probably draw a map from memory, I spend at least 4 weeks a year there. A few local Cornish words I picked up down there: Perranuthnoe - fair enough now. Ludgvan Beethoven - after the great man.. Madron - after a Kray twin.... and so on... |  |
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| Gotta larf, incha ? on 21:32 - Feb 5 with 882 views | colinallcars |
I had a mate in Badger's Cross, so went there quite a bit. He hated the local beer - Tinners, but I quite liked it.
Loved getting the bus to the seafront pub in Mousehole.
My mate lives in France now, so haven't been in a while. | | | |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 21:32 - Feb 5 with 882 views | scot1963 |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 21:09 - Feb 5 by hubble |
I know Penzance so well I could probably draw a map from memory, I spend at least 4 weeks a year there. A few local Cornish words I picked up down there: Perranuthnoe - fair enough now. Ludgvan Beethoven - after the great man.. Madron - after a Kray twin.... and so on... |
Pop into Iceland and say hello next time. I've met somebody who posts on here as they were shopping one day and I happened to be talking about Adomah to someone else. Someone has been through wearing a QPR shit but local t-shirt. There's quite a few QPR supporters here - the jewellers in Causewayhead are 3 generations (at least); and the spud guy who used to be at the top of town to name just a couple. | | | |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 22:05 - Feb 5 with 841 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 15:40 - Feb 5 by Hayesender |
Do they still have Superquinn over there Brian? Last time I went back to visit my mums town, I was gutted it had gone [Post edited 5 Feb 15:40]
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All gone, Hayes.
Wemt bankrupt. | |
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| Gotta larf, incha ? on 22:14 - Feb 5 with 821 views | Myke |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 06:06 - Feb 5 by SydneyRs |
There's a big one in my Mum's home town of Swinford in Mayo. |
Yep I live about 6 miles from Swinford. I think Brian meant in the early days there was a lot of resistance to Tesco and other such British ‘invasions’ of our ‘culture’ and ‘heritage’ Nowadays we are much more cosmopolitan and do all our shopping in Lidl! | | | |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 22:28 - Feb 5 with 787 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 22:14 - Feb 5 by Myke |
Yep I live about 6 miles from Swinford. I think Brian meant in the early days there was a lot of resistance to Tesco and other such British ‘invasions’ of our ‘culture’ and ‘heritage’ Nowadays we are much more cosmopolitan and do all our shopping in Lidl! |
No, I didn't mean it was a Nationality thing, Myke.
They're still not that popular, at least not in Cork.
They're not the best employers, it is alleged. Other criticisms are not backing enough local/Irish producers, and lying about the origin of certain goods. No idea if those criticisms are valid as I haven't used them in many years.
Aldi and Lidl are flying down here, and Dunnes and SuperValu remain popular. | |
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| Gotta larf, incha ? on 22:29 - Feb 5 with 778 views | CiderwithRsie |
| Gotta larf, incha ? on 11:32 - Feb 5 by robith |
One of my best mates was in the Marines, and his favourite training exercise was counter acting a Cornish independence insurgency |
Did it involve putting the cream on scones first and then watching the Cornish freedom fighters combust? | | | |
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