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Bumfketeer	Post subject: There will always be an Ireland, STAT Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 4:46 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	Quick..help me...<p>I am about to have a dispute with a rim editor who is going to claim that Ireland is called the old sod, and I see a reference for that in New World. I have always seen it as the Ould Sod and am going to ship it that way.<p>Of course, it should be changed to Ireland. But, letting the "writer's voice" prevail, what do y'all think: Ould Sod or old sod? Old sod sounds to me like leftovers at a grass farm.
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arb	Post subject: Re: There will always be an Ireland, STAT Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 5:20 pm
Joined: Sun Jan 19, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 14	A Nexis search shows a mix, with "old sod" used the most, followed by "auld sod," then "ould sod."<p>Then there was this, in the Albany Times Union a few years ago:<p>THEY SEEK ROOTS IN THE `AULD SOD' 03/15/1998 Page: F2 Adoptees from Ireland struggle to find families because of lack of records<p>SAN FRANCISCO -- Every day, Larry Petre watched the car drive past his office window with a striking, redheaded boy strapped in the seat next to his mother.
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: There will always be an Ireland, STAT Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 5:25 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	No one asked me in particular, but I say "auld" should be limited to "lang syne." Why bother calling Ireland any kind of sod--ould, old or auld?<p>And tell the rimrat to pipe down.
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Re: There will always be an Ireland, STAT Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 5:41 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	I agree....thanks, Phil. And after reviewing the videotape, I took the goddam thing out.<p>[ July 19, 2003: Message edited by: Bumfketeer ]</p>
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