LOL, reminds me of giving my mate's dad a lift home a few years ago. Dad proceeds to tell me that his other son was dating a loier in his heavy Irish brogue. He then went on to clarify "not a loier like, who tells lies... I mean a loier who deals wit dem legal tings an dat!" Classic. RIP Tommy x
Origin: The term emerged in Middle English (c. 1350–1400) as lawyere.
Components: It combines the Germanic root law (from Old Norse lag, meaning "something laid down") with the agent suffix -ier (from Old French), denoting "one who practices law."
Linguistic Path: The construction reflects the hybrid nature of English following the Norman Conquest, blending Germanic substantive roots with French grammatical structures.
“Lawyer” Irish Context
While the word lawyer itself is not Irish, Ireland has a distinct native legal tradition with its own terminology:
Brehon: The historical Irish term for a judge or arbitrator in the ancient Brehon Law system. It derives from the Old Irish brithem (judge), related to breth (judgment).
Modern Irish: The contemporary Irish word for lawyer is dlíodóir (from dlí, meaning "law"), which is a native formation and not the source of the English word.
LOL, reminds me of giving my mate's dad a lift home a few years ago. Dad proceeds to tell me that his other son was dating a loier in his heavy Irish brogue. He then went on to clarify "not a loier like, who tells lies... I mean a loier who deals wit dem legal tings an dat!" Classic. RIP Tommy x
Funny :)
If that wasn’t set up then that was really very good improv
It wasn’t set up
The “Backyard” is slap, bang in the middle of Londonistan. How many Muslims were in the audience? Just asking!!
No idea
Barrister is Barr Barr Barrick language legalese with Omeron
Love the crowd work.
I love this! And London. So much. Wrote about it just yesterday, too! https://substack.com/home/post/p-167930273?source=queue
Nice!
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I don't generally like crowd work. Better to just tell some jokes imo.
When one is compering, as I was, that is what one must do ...
Not accurate, but funny.
“Lawyer” Primary Etymology
Origin: The term emerged in Middle English (c. 1350–1400) as lawyere.
Components: It combines the Germanic root law (from Old Norse lag, meaning "something laid down") with the agent suffix -ier (from Old French), denoting "one who practices law."
Linguistic Path: The construction reflects the hybrid nature of English following the Norman Conquest, blending Germanic substantive roots with French grammatical structures.
“Lawyer” Irish Context
While the word lawyer itself is not Irish, Ireland has a distinct native legal tradition with its own terminology:
Brehon: The historical Irish term for a judge or arbitrator in the ancient Brehon Law system. It derives from the Old Irish brithem (judge), related to breth (judgment).
Modern Irish: The contemporary Irish word for lawyer is dlíodóir (from dlí, meaning "law"), which is a native formation and not the source of the English word.
Ideologies are death knell of all culture and civilizations. It is the birth of division and fanaticism.
This joke is so old my parents told it me in 1965.
“I have an unusual double life as financial writer and comedian”
Are your recommendations funny too?