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Ricky Gervais used the word 'craic' incorrectly on Twitter and Irish people were quick to correct him
RICKY GERVAIS BROUGHT his Humanity World Tour to Dublin’s 3Arena last night.
And it’s safe to say it went down *very* well with the Irish crowd:
But it was his introductory tweet flying over to Dublin that afternoon that caused a ripple of reaction on Twitter thanks to a very subtle phrasing error
@rickygervais @rickygervais
Yes:
Immediately Irish people were politely pointing out that “a craic” sounds mad
@richiecaulfield @richiecaulfield
THE craic is an important distinction here
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As a nation, we are at our best when correcting people’s slang.
There were blunt replies:
Deep, important questions:
And cheerful grammar lessons for the comedian:
The word craic was drafted into excellent references from The Office
@adameighty6 @adameighty6
And from now on Irish people will be capitalising THE in all mentions of craic with Ricky
That little slang mishap didn’t stop anyone enjoying the show though
9000 people were packed in to the 3Arena to see him
And he was delighted with how it went down – calling it the “best gig of the tour”
He definitely had a craic, anyway.
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