Statements (67)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:language
gptkb:dialect |
| gptkbp:hasFeature |
unique vocabulary
distinctive pronunciation distinctive grammar use of 'your man' or 'your one' for referring to people use of 'acting the maggot' meaning 'messing around' use of 'culchie' meaning 'person from rural Ireland' use of 'after' perfect construction use of 'banjaxed' meaning 'broken' use of 'bold' meaning 'naughty' use of 'cat' meaning 'terrible' use of 'cop on' meaning 'common sense' use of 'craic' meaning 'fun' or 'news' use of 'deadly' meaning 'excellent' use of 'eejit' meaning 'idiot' use of 'feck' as a mild expletive use of 'gaff' meaning 'house' use of 'gas' meaning 'funny' use of 'giving out' meaning 'scolding' use of 'gobshite' meaning 'foolish person' use of 'grand' meaning 'fine' or 'okay' use of 'lash' meaning 'to rain heavily' use of 'manky' meaning 'dirty' use of 'messages' meaning 'groceries' use of 'press' for 'cupboard' use of 'press' meaning 'cupboard' use of 'quare' meaning 'very' use of 'savage' meaning 'excellent' use of 'scarlet' meaning 'embarrassed' use of 'shift' meaning 'kiss' use of 'sound' meaning 'nice' or 'good' use of 'sure look it' as a filler phrase use of 'sure' as discourse marker use of 'ye' for plural 'you' use of 'yer man' or 'yer wan' for 'that man/woman' use of 'yoke' meaning 'thing' use of 'grand stretch' referring to longer daylight |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Hiberno-English
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:British_English
gptkb:Irish_language |
| gptkbp:ISO639-3 |
eng
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| gptkbp:languageFamily |
gptkb:Anglic
gptkb:Germanic gptkb:Indo-European gptkb:West_Germanic gptkb:Anglo-Frisian English |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
use of double negatives
distinctive use of prepositions substrate influence from Irish Gaelic use of 'after' perfect (e.g., 'I'm after eating') use of 'amn't' as contraction for 'am not' use of 'for to' infinitive construction use of 'it is' clefting use of 'let you' imperative construction use of 'so' as a sentence closer use of 'sure and' construction use of 'sure' as a sentence opener use of 'will' and 'would' for habitual aspect use of habitual 'do be' |
| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkb:Republic_of_Ireland |
| gptkbp:spokenIn |
gptkb:Ireland
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| gptkbp:writingSystem |
gptkb:Latin_script
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Irish_Americans
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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