Comments on: Tread Softly, For you Tread on my Tackies http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/ Recycling Cultural Waste Since 2005... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Trish http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-1001100 Trish Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:06:53 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-1001100 Why are tackies frwoned upon in Ireland and forebidden to be worn in the pubs in Dublin? Why are tackies frwoned upon in Ireland and forebidden to be worn in the pubs in Dublin?

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-76897 fústar Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:11:36 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-76897 Hi Ciaran, Thanks for the inside info. I think you're probably right regarding the direction in which the word originally travelled. The Boer War/Soldier theory is an interesting one - and probably the best explanation I've heard thus far. Still, you'd wonder why it hasn't spread further if that's the case... Hi Ciaran,

Thanks for the inside info. I think you’re probably right regarding the direction in which the word originally travelled. The Boer War/Soldier theory is an interesting one – and probably the best explanation I’ve heard thus far.

Still, you’d wonder why it hasn’t spread further if that’s the case…

]]> By: Ciaran Madden http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-76893 Ciaran Madden Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:25:09 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-76893 Being from Limerick and living in Cape Town, I've thought about this before. To be specific, Takkies is actually an Afrikaans term over here. It can be modern AirJordan sort of things or the old sand shoes, known as desert boots in Limerick. My bet this that the word arose here in South Africa and was carried back to Limerick by the British Army troops that were used in the Boer War. Oh yeah, Shebeen is another good Irish word used everywhere in SA.. Being from Limerick and living in Cape Town, I’ve thought about this before. To be specific, Takkies is actually an Afrikaans term over here. It can be modern AirJordan sort of things or the old sand shoes, known as desert boots in Limerick. My bet this that the word arose here in South Africa and was carried back to Limerick by the British Army troops that were used in the Boer War.

Oh yeah, Shebeen is another good Irish word used everywhere in SA..

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-44133 fústar Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:28:54 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-44133 Ah I care not for "dobbers" Bock, as I was never a marbles man. Ah I care not for “dobbers” Bock, as I was never a marbles man.

]]> By: Bock the Robber http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-44035 Bock the Robber Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:46:40 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-44035 Not all good news fústar, I'm afraid. It looks like dobbers are gone. Not all good news fústar, I’m afraid.

It looks like dobbers are gone.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-44018 fústar Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:02:29 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-44018 Good on you, Bock. Nice to know I've got someone with access to the collective mind of "The Youth of Limerick". I may be calling on your services again. Good on you, Bock.

Nice to know I’ve got someone with access to the collective mind of “The Youth of Limerick”.

I may be calling on your services again.

]]> By: Bock the Robber http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-44014 Bock the Robber Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:41:47 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-44014 Right. I asked The Youth of Limerick, and it seems tackies are alive and well. Everybody uses the word. Great news. Right. I asked The Youth of Limerick, and it seems tackies are alive and well. Everybody uses the word.

Great news.

]]> By: Bock the Robber http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-44013 Bock the Robber Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:36:55 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-44013 I'll ask The Youth of Limerick and get back to you. I’ll ask The Youth of Limerick and get back to you.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-43948 fústar Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:00:03 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-43948 Do "young people" (teenagers and below) even use the term any more I wonder, Bock? Regardless, I think it's fair to say its usage here is fairly well-established and certainly nothing novel. If anything it's old hat now. I emailed Diarmaid O Muirithe to see if he felt like chipping in so perhaps we may yet have an answer. Do “young people” (teenagers and below) even use the term any more I wonder, Bock? Regardless, I think it’s fair to say its usage here is fairly well-established and certainly nothing novel. If anything it’s old hat now. I emailed Diarmaid O Muirithe to see if he felt like chipping in so perhaps we may yet have an answer.

]]> By: Bock the Robber http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-43947 Bock the Robber Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-43947 It existed here long before the 70s. In fact, by the 70s it was beginning to lose currency a little bit. It existed here long before the 70s.

In fact, by the 70s it was beginning to lose currency a little bit.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-43896 fústar Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:48:19 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-43896 groengoen, Thanks for that. As I said above I had suspected that the word originated in South Africa and (somehow) made its way here. Still, I'm not sure if you're right in suggesting that the Irish use of it only began in the 70s. I was born in the early/mid 70s and my parents had been using it before me. I think (must ask them) that they too probably used it to refer to tennis shoes or some other proto-sneaker before it took on the specific meaning it now has. Not knowing how old you are it's hard to decide whether or not you were the original importer (!) but unless you are (or were) resident in the Limerick area it doesn't really explain the geographical specificity of the term's usage here. groengoen,

Thanks for that. As I said above I had suspected that the word originated in South Africa and (somehow) made its way here. Still, I’m not sure if you’re right in suggesting that the Irish use of it only began in the 70s. I was born in the early/mid 70s and my parents had been using it before me. I think (must ask them) that they too probably used it to refer to tennis shoes or some other proto-sneaker before it took on the specific meaning it now has.

Not knowing how old you are it’s hard to decide whether or not you were the original importer (!) but unless you are (or were) resident in the Limerick area it doesn’t really explain the geographical specificity of the term’s usage here.

]]> By: groengoen http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-43882 groengoen Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:23:44 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-43882 p.s. it was probably me who brought the word over p.s. it was probably me who brought the word over

]]> By: groengoen http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-43879 groengoen Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:22:34 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-43879 The word tackie has been in common use in South Africa forever. I was born there and we always called them tackies since 1950's, which was before the running shoe and it was applied to tennis shoes, which were the only form of running shoe available. As you say, it evolved into another word for tyre. This could have been because Africans would often cut up old tyres to make sandals for themselves. The Irish version is a johnny-come-lately, which only began in the 70's. The word tackie has been in common use in South Africa forever. I was born there and we always called them tackies since 1950′s, which was before the running shoe and it was applied to tennis shoes, which were the only form of running shoe available. As you say, it evolved into another word for tyre. This could have been because Africans would often cut up old tyres to make sandals for themselves. The Irish version is a johnny-come-lately, which only began in the 70′s.

]]> By: foolhardy http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-43666 foolhardy Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:18:47 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-43666 copernicus, nope, it was my Ma. She won too. My Dad never stood a chance. copernicus,
nope, it was my Ma. She won too. My Dad never stood a chance.

]]> By: copernicus http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/07/194/comment-page-1/#comment-43569 copernicus Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:25:08 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/07/194/#comment-43569 Foolhardy, you're a genius - if you started that fight... Which I suspect you did. Of course, that begs the question of who finished it. i'd love to be off my tits enough to really, really need a 50:50. Foolhardy, you’re a genius – if you started that fight…

Which I suspect you did. Of course, that begs the question of who finished it.

i’d love to be off my tits enough to really, really need a 50:50.

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