Esempio storico di “nozioni”, un irlandese diventa uno scrittore e la sua famiglia reagisce di conseguenza

I’m not sure I’ve ever read something I can relate to so little before.

Ah the notions fella is back at it again! This, in my opinion isn’t notions. Notions are more “delusions of grandeur ” you’ll get there eventually

Ps: you were very rude in the comments of your last notions post and then ya disappeared. Too good for us? Very notiony

How is describing oppressive attitudes notions?

Tangently. I met an author who recently published a book. At a party and someone said, “I read a review of your recent book. It got glowing praise, fair play.”

Making conversation, I asked him about it, and he declined to tell me anything. I asked him for the name of the book, so maybe I could read it myself, and he said, I will give you my own name, and you can go research my work if you like. At this point, I flat out asked him if he just did not like me (we just met), and did not want me to read his book. He said “No, I just don’t want to talk about my book.” He did this in full scope of others listening. Basically put me down as some pleb more or less asking for his autograph at a party.

Later, he talked about his book to other people.

No idea why, but that has stuck in my head for such a long time. Actual first instance of either 1. ironically, being judged (like a book from its cover), or 2. a man with serious notions.

I don’t know if you understand the word notions, this seems to be more of an unsupportive family situation.

Reminds me of an aul lad who used to run cattle to the mart for us. He’d often relate how he knew a lad who’d acted in a play that was put on locally. According to this old bollocks, it went to his head and he was never right after.

I’m in agreement with a lot of the comments here, though. I wouldn’t call that notions. I’d class it as classic Irish spite, Brinsley McNamara-ish cunt country people with too much time on their hands and with fuck all interesting going on in their lives, so they spice it up by gossiping about someone and running them down because they had the audacity to try for a less mundane existence.

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