The Craic Experiment

The purpose of this experiment is to document the reactions of my American friends and family to 'craic.' As you can imagine it's had mixed results. My friend, Erica, was slightly concerned for my mental and physical health and was worried about the type of friends I'd made since she left Glasgow in December. After I offered an explanataion she still was not impressed and it's not likely that she'll be incorporating 'craic' into her vocabulary.

On the other hand, my little sister, Christie, has fully embraced 'the craic.' Her summer job is as a receptionist at a hotel. The other night she was checking in a guy who was obviously not American, so her co-worker asked him where he was from. It turns out that he is from Northern Ireland. Christie proceeded to ask him 'what's the craic?' As you can imagine, the guy was pretty impressed to hear such a phrase so far from home. I guess he and my sister exchanged the craic for a few minutes before he finally went to his room. I think she was pretty proud of herself for knowing some European slang.