corrections dept.

[waider]

Since I don't have an account on Metafilter, I can't comment on this front-page post on Irish sports. I would like to point out to the author that the GAA is not the collection of sports, it is the organising body that runs them. As you'd guess if you followed the link, where you'd learn that it stands for Gaelic Athletic Association. It is entirely up to the curious to figure out why it is that an association devoted to Irish sports is better known and indeed registered on the Intarweb under its English acronym, rather than the Gaelic one which belongs to a construction company (physical construction as opposed to "This Website Is Unfinished Because I Got BoredUnder Construction", although coincidentally enough that's exactly what's on the CLG site).

Were I to be more pedantic I'd point out that "playing hurling" is redundant, as "hurling" is itself the verb indicating the act of playing the game. But I'm not, so I won't.

Comments

[zadcat.livejournal.com]

I could put this up for you.

Considering it's nearly Patty's Day and all.

[zadcat.livejournal.com]

Did put it up. Had to omit the strikethrough joke, as that markup's disallowed.

[waider.livejournal.com]

For which you received:

zadcat, you couldn't've just lent your apparently destitute friend five bucks? Sheesh.

It's great commentary like that that made me balk at the $5 when I went to register on the site last night. Plus the fact that the poster of this gem goes on to praise the layout of the links in the original post. Seriously.

[waider.livejournal.com]

That is to say, of course, thanks for posting anyway.

[zadcat.livejournal.com]

:)