Having endured an intense few months of media coverage regarding our countries financial affairs I am still confused. What is the correct pronunciation of the word ‘Finance’?
Is it FY-Nance or FIN-Ance?
Ironically its root comes from the Latin and old French ‘Fine’ or ‘Finer’ meaning to end. Used to describe the paying off of a debt thus rendering it finished but more popularly it is understood to mean resource management , usually money. If only either of these definitions were true in our case.
Apart from the correct phonetics of one of the most common words in our vocabulary at present, the question is, who will put an end to our despair? Who will veni, vidi, vici?
Without prejudice, I wish the parties and independents every success. As a citizen I embrace the lines ‘Soldiers are we, whose lives are pledged to Ireland’. Let us hope that this is a brand new start and that our national passion is not aimsir caite.
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