"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.




Paul

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