A Conversation for Dublin English
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djryan Started conversation Jun 16, 2000
Another phrase that might be missing is amn't or amint.
"Amn't I talking to ye enough? Stop complainin'"
Always gets the English when they come over first.
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Is mise Duncan Posted Jun 19, 2000
This is actually worthy of its own little section, I think.
There's also phrases such as "Sure you're not", "You know yourself" etc...
Also - example: An English teacher is touring Dublin doing lectures on negatives and positives and he says "There are examples in English where a double negative can be negative, and examples where a double negative can be positive but there is no example of a double positive being negative"
From the back of the hall comes the comment - "Yeah, right!"
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Wicked_Witch_of_the_West_Coast Posted Nov 28, 2005
We use that in Glasgow as well - mind you, there's a large Irish community in Glasgow, so it's not surprising!
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