Irrational HatredPeople who say "less" when they mean "fewer" ought to be turned into soup, the soup fed to baboons and the baboons fired into an active volcano. What has you grinding your teeth with rage, and why?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 14:36)
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What if said people are Irish?(
The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 17:50,
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I came here to say just thatIt's a Hiberno-English trait that comes from the way the Irish language uses verbs. How we use English with habits from Irish really interests me and it's kind of a heritage. Things like "could of", "would of", I agree with but I like the quirks a bit of the aul gaeilge brings on the language.
Ooh, I've only just found out from the wiki page on Hiberno-English that I can explain "giving out" to someone as telling off.. Give out seems to be a direct translation from Irish but I could never think of another way to say it in English other than shouting at him.
In fairness there's a bunch of loanwords like smithereens and craic, brogues, banshee, hooligan and slapper - the last two I hear more of from UK tv than I do here, actually.
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