Re: "lookit!" (was Re: "I'm after ..." (Re: Maybe Spam? "Sorunsuz Yathamanýn Kefyi .. ."))
| From: | Carol Anne Buckley <cbuckley@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 29, 2004, 17:10 |
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Wow, I grew up in Boston (MA, USA) in an Irish neighborhood, and I thought
*everyone* said "lookit"--until reading this email just now!
C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Bennett" <paul-bennett@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 12:53 PM
Subject: "lookit!" (was Re: "I'm after ..." (Re: Maybe Spam? "Sorunsuz
Yathamanýn Kefyi .. ."))
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:07:31 +0100, Joe <joe@...> wrote:
>
> > 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!'.
>
> AIUI, that's /'5@ki\t/ and not /lU:kIt/ (barring mis-hearing), and IIRC
> it's pan-Irish.
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> Paul