"No problem" or how to avoid saying "Fadhb ar bith*"

Braoin · **Joined:** Sat 17 Sep 2011 11:52 pm **Posts:** 460

An Cionnfhaolach wrote:

Breandán wrote:

I figure if it is in Dinneen then it is well-established by now.

Incidentally, some of these phrases and interjections came from Latin equivalents and others have equivalents in a range of unrelated languages, so if they are not exactly "universal", they are at least widespread in their commonality.

In English, or any modern language, young people try new things and many come and go as fads, but good teachers usually resist many of the more recent developments in the language until their usage proves to be established.

I think so too.

Interestingly, here are some phrases from the Cork Irish website that some might think are pure Béarlachas but have been used by reputable native Irish speakers.

http://corkirish.wordpress.com/idioms-t ... ish-idiom/ (a lot of people may have seen this before)

Not surprising when bilingualism is the norm and code-switching is common.

Cian

Had a look through those. Some of those are so familiar. Perhaps béarlachas... or just maybe the béarlóirí went and stole them from us...

Jay Bee · **Joined:** Tue 15 Nov 2011 7:35 am **Posts:** 1098

Well think of the thousands of English cognitive verbs that are covered by phrasal verbs, and they tend to be very metaphoric, utilize semantic frames, and are periphrastic (having the time of one's life, going on about, come to terms with) and I think this class of verbal idea is very much underplayed, and I think for a high functioning bi-lingual, they would be very liable to jump codes.

Here is a sample:

Quote:

bliss out, block, block off, block out the news, blot * out, blow someone away [lit/fig], blow off steam, blow someone off, blow up, bludgeon, bluff * into doing something, blunder through (*), blurt out, bogged down in, boil over, boil with anger, bolster, bolt on someone,

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