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Re: "I'm after ..." (Re: Maybe Spam? "Sorunsuz Yathamanýn Kefyi .. .")

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 28, 2004, 6:07
Joe wrote:

> Keith Gaughan wrote: > >> >> Well, there's one glaring one that shows that I'm from around the >> border, and that is the use of the tag statement "so X >> do/am/will/have/would/etc.". You should be more than familar with >> that one from Father Ted. For shame, and you having lived there too! >>
Talking about dialectisms - the most prominent one I remember in Leitrim (dunno about the rest of Ireland) is the use of 'lookit!' instead of 'look at that!'.

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