A Conversation for Talking Point: Slang

Fermanagh slang

Post 1

Anna Siren- the heathen of the deep, according to iTunes...

Is where I'm from. Dear god...

read (said as in the colour red) up- tidy up

kip- untidy (ie. "me room is a feckin' kip!), or means to sleep (ie. "Anywhere good to kip for a while?")

yer one- the person there whose name i do not know/can't say

yonder- over there somewhere

lock of (locka) minutes- in a while (a Fermanagh "while" could be anything between a few minutes to a few hours)

knackered- tired, wrecked

There's more. Google Hiberno English phrases and you'll find 'em.


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