It may sound like an emasculated Aussie trying to get his larynx around "skiving", but really there should be no confusion over "skoving" - it's an exclusively Cork preserve, practised and perfected by Corkonians. "Skoving," explains veteran skover Vincent Godsil, "is going for a brisk walk but then stopping off and taking time to appreciate the beauty and talk to the people - it's as much about taking in the atmosphere of a place as it is about going for a walk."
And Vincent should know. After all, he's clocked up somewhere close to 100,000 miles in his 50 years of skoving - not just on his native Leeside, but all over the 32 counties and abroad. In fact, Vincent has done enough skoving to write a book.
And that's just what he's done with his recently-launched Walks Around Cork - a project he began four years ago with his good friend from An Oige, the late John Morrish. Following John's death, he completed the book late last year with John's brother, Noel.
Vincent grew up on Lancaster Quay on the Western Road in Cork - near the "Hook & Eye" of Muskerry Tram fame - and was given an early introduction to skoving by his late father, Timothy, who used to bring the family on Sunday treks.
That early introduction to skoving nurtured an enviable stamina which stood Vincent in good stead when he began cycling to All-Irelands - "7 1/2 hours up and 7 1/2 hours back".Oige in the 1940s.
Over five decades of skoving have gone into the book. He includes many skoves around the city and suburbs, including ones in Blackpool, Mahon, Rochestown and his personal favourite, Sunday's Well, where "you get a marvellously panoramic view of the city".
"Kevin Corcoran wrote a lovely book of Kerry walks and this is an attempt to write a complementary volume for Cork city and its surrounds," says Vincent.
The book - which is published by Collins Press - also includes some fine pencil sketches by Vincent.