Every country has it's quirky way with words. Australia is known for it's 'crikey, blimey, strewth' etc, but Ireland has some quaint turns of phrase too.
There are the often heard 'Thanks a million' or 'that's grand' One you hear on the TV a lot from newsreaders after an ad break is 'you're very welcome back'.
When talking to someone about an acquaintance you will often hear them refered to as 'your man' or 'your wan' (woman).
One of my friends has a classic expression when she is worried 'I'm in bits', she'll say!
Parents are often referred to as 'your mammy and Da'
Probably the one I found the most amusing is when ending a phone conversation the person will say in rapid fire 'bye, bye, byebye, bye....' even as they are hanging up the phone.
Ah that's the craic!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
The end of autumn
Autumn has gone. The last batches of leaves fell early December, the sun still shone and there wasn't too much rain, but the winds got stronger, the frosts arrived and the days kept shrinking - sunrise is now 8.35am and sunset is 4.06pm.
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