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Dublinese
The particular mix of profanity, comedic metaphors and local slang words and phrases which make up the lingua franca in Dublin, Eire.
'What's de story, Anto? Where would yeh be goin' an no bell on yeh bike?'
'Off to the chipper I am for the whole caboosh, Robbo.'
'Will ye no be coming for a pint?'
'Havn't got a baldy. Me mot's tol' me I'm off the drink.'
'Ah, ya big long drink of water! Come on, jus' fer one.'
'She's an eye like a stinkin' eel. Robbo.'
Two passers-by overhear this conversation and one says to the other, 'What are they talking about?'
'They are talking Dublinese.' says the other.
'Off to the chipper I am for the whole caboosh, Robbo.'
'Will ye no be coming for a pint?'
'Havn't got a baldy. Me mot's tol' me I'm off the drink.'
'Ah, ya big long drink of water! Come on, jus' fer one.'
'She's an eye like a stinkin' eel. Robbo.'
Two passers-by overhear this conversation and one says to the other, 'What are they talking about?'
'They are talking Dublinese.' says the other.
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Dublinese
The language that many people in dublin speak. It involves putting -o as a suffix to names or sometimes words, and shortening certain words, and also pronouncing 'th' as 't' or 'd'. Usually spoken while wearing adidas clothing, or in a caravan.
Robbo:'Hey dere deco, gi's one of dem crackores'
(Translation: Hello there, Declan. Can I have one of those crackers?)
Deco:'Sure ting, Robbo. Try one of dem tings out, deyr'e wicko!
(Tranlation: Sure thing, Robert. Try one of those things out, they're wicked!
-Average use of Dublinese
(Translation: Hello there, Declan. Can I have one of those crackers?)
Deco:'Sure ting, Robbo. Try one of dem tings out, deyr'e wicko!
(Tranlation: Sure thing, Robert. Try one of those things out, they're wicked!
-Average use of Dublinese
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Fleg
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.
The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.
The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.
The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
Skeef
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
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