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zero_hope · 2011-11-26 23:58:37

Why do Irish people always say you're after X or I'm after X to describe and activity that has happened? It sounds very strange? I'm after posting a thread on After Hours

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Why do Irish people always say you're after X or I'm after X to describe and activity that has happened? It sounds very strange? I'm after posting a thread on After Hours

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#2 27-11-2011 1:00am

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Shaddupayaface:p

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#3 27-11-2011 1:00am

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"S" and "E" broken on their keyboards?

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#4 27-11-2011 1:02am

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zero_hope wrote: »

Why do Irish people always say you're after X or I'm after X to describe and activity that has happened? It sounds very strange? I'm after posting a thread on After Hours

Your post is strange, and you said after

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#5 27-11-2011 1:03am

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im just gona give my bacardi bottle a big cuddle

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#6 27-11-2011 1:06am

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zero_hope wrote: »

Why do Irish people always say you're after X or I'm after X to describe and activity that has happened? It sounds very strange? I'm after posting a thread on After Hours

It's a direct translation from the irish language. An irish person would say for example I am only after coming in, and englishman would say I've just come in and wouldn't have a fucking clue what we are on about.

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#7 27-11-2011 1:08am

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Sky King wrote: »

It's a direct translation from the irish language. An irish person would say for example I am only after coming in, and englishman would say I've just come in and wouldn't have a fucking clue what we are on about.

Ya beat me to it!

Tá mé tar éis é a dheanamh.... I'm after doing it.

I think it'd be a shame if we lost those quirks of the language.

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#8 27-11-2011 1:08am

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what you mean? like " im after riding your ma" or im after riding your miss's? that?

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#9 27-11-2011 1:10am

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HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I think it'd be a shame if we lost those quirks of the language.

Agreed. I lived with Amercians though and got used to speaking properly as a result becuuse they couldn't understand me otherwise... one would be astounded to know just how many of those little quirks we have. It's a whole other dialect really.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English

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#10 27-11-2011 1:12am

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We also say " do be " a lot. Like I do be knackered at the end of the day, or more appropriatley for this forum " I do be knackered after ridin yer ma "

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#11 27-11-2011 1:12am

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Sky King wrote: »

It's a direct translation from the irish language. An irish person would say for example I am only after coming in, and englishman would say I've just come in and wouldn't have a fucking clue what we are on about.

That's really interesting.

Are there any books about how we Irish folk speak English influenced by our original tongue.

I have no Irish unfortunately.

Born in Norn Iron (no Irish taught in primary school) moved to south - too far behind kinda thing.

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#12 27-11-2011 1:13am

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or i think it's quite nice how older generations say with instead of for... like i've been riding yore ma with years

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#13 27-11-2011 1:16am

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Chuck Stone wrote: »

Are there any books about how we Irish folk speak English influenced by our original tongue..

I find it very interesting as well. Loads of info on that wikipedia page if you check that out. Only books I am aware of are the crappy slang ones.

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#14 27-11-2011 1:19am

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Sky King wrote: »

I find it very interesting as well. Loads of info on that wikipedia page if you check that out. Only books I am aware of are the crappy slang ones.

Was just reading it. Fascinating stuff. First reference looks like it's a book on Hiberno-English.

Will investigate further whit less drink in the belly.

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#15 27-11-2011 1:38am

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Sky King wrote: »

[...]lived with Amercians [...]got used to speaking properly as a result. [...]

Heh.

I get jokes.

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I hate when people add something along the lines of:

"so i am" at the end of a sentence. :mad:

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#17 27-11-2011 2:17am

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I hate when people add something along the lines of:

"so i am" at the end of a sentence. :mad:

So do I, so I do.

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#18 27-11-2011 2:18am

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Sky King wrote: »

Agreed. I lived with Amercians though and got used to speaking properly as a result becuuse they couldn't understand me otherwise... one would be astounded to know just how many of those little quirks we have. It's a whole other dialect really.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English

BS. Irish people have always sold out all throughout time. They've traded their language and sovereignty to the Zionists.

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#19 27-11-2011 2:57am

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W77 wrote: »

BS. Irish people have always sold out all throughout time. They've traded their language and sovereignty to the Zionists.

Zionists? Give me a break. Are you sure its not the reptilians or other things whih youve seen on a biased documentary and taken as fact

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#20 27-11-2011 1:04pm

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BS. Irish people have always sold out all throughout time.

Buh? All I am saying is that around Americans, I had to make a conscious effort to speak more clearly so that they could understand me. Don't know how that's "selling out".

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#21 27-11-2011 1:10pm

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Yep, there was a big scuffle in a bar one time and I asked an English guy "What's after happening?" He didn't understand me.

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#22 27-11-2011 1:11pm

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It's Hiberno-English ya bollix.

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#23 27-11-2011 1:13pm

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Sky King wrote: »

BS. Irish people have always sold out all throughout time.

Buh? All I am saying is that around Americans, I had to make a conscious effort to speak more clearly so that they could understand me. Don't know how that's "selling out".

Take no notice of the nutter.

I wonder will there be any mention from him of liberal Irish sheeple?

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#24 27-11-2011 2:28pm

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English

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