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...Lonely Planet for honesty, history, irreverence and budget.' --Esquire
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This book presents the history of Irish English language and culture. It includes clever pointers on common misunderstandings and the quirks of Irish English. A guide to the subtleties of Irish slang and jargon, it features terms for food and drink, and sports and entertainment; humorous and quirky expressions; a useful Gaelic section; and, a useful and easy-to-use lexicon index.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This had me giggle and reading pieces out to my husband who almost tore it out of my hands to read. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to see the reality of Irish modern Language and culture and Irish English. Although it does miss out on some things for a small book it does capture a lot of Ireland and the Irish. It was interesting to see how sometimes those phrases I take for granted are actually Irishisms.
It has a little bit with the Irish Language but most of the book is actually about English as spoken in Ireland. Most of the Irish/Gaeilge in the book is actually useful conversational Irish.
I would recommend this book to writers looking to capture modern Ireland and Irish people.
It has a little bit with the Irish Language but most of the book is actually about English as spoken in Ireland. Most of the Irish/Gaeilge in the book is actually useful conversational Irish.
I would recommend this book to writers looking to capture modern Ireland and Irish people.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Don't judge this book by its title
9 Dec 2007
Format:Paperback
Caveat lector. Let the reader beware. Not the book you may be looking for.
One reviewer correctly diminishes this little guide for its lack (about ten pages) of attention to the Irish language itself (see my Listmania "Learning Irish Gaelic" for 39 other resources). The other reviewer celebrates how this pocket guidebook gave so much space to the Irish culture, largely through its Hibernicisms rendering into English often many terms and ideas derived directly from the Irish Gaelic. I therefore balance the one-star with the five-star ratings. It's not the book you might expect from the misleading title, but I did find, if you can put up with the relentlessly snarky tone adopted by so many of the Lonely Planet writers when telling us foreigners about how the natives are laughing at us, an array of witticisms and invective that no other printed source could likely provide for the non-linguist...and the clueless or the un-hip reader. Don't know exactly how useful this'd prove for many, but surely it'll lead to surprise or unexpected reactions from any Irish person you corner with these colorful and off-color effusions.
However, every culture should have its own book of such insider codes to turn the tables on each other in our global village, when tourists visit our own hometowns. Fair play to ye/yiz, as the Irish'd say themselves.
One reviewer correctly diminishes this little guide for its lack (about ten pages) of attention to the Irish language itself (see my Listmania "Learning Irish Gaelic" for 39 other resources). The other reviewer celebrates how this pocket guidebook gave so much space to the Irish culture, largely through its Hibernicisms rendering into English often many terms and ideas derived directly from the Irish Gaelic. I therefore balance the one-star with the five-star ratings. It's not the book you might expect from the misleading title, but I did find, if you can put up with the relentlessly snarky tone adopted by so many of the Lonely Planet writers when telling us foreigners about how the natives are laughing at us, an array of witticisms and invective that no other printed source could likely provide for the non-linguist...and the clueless or the un-hip reader. Don't know exactly how useful this'd prove for many, but surely it'll lead to surprise or unexpected reactions from any Irish person you corner with these colorful and off-color effusions.
However, every culture should have its own book of such insider codes to turn the tables on each other in our global village, when tourists visit our own hometowns. Fair play to ye/yiz, as the Irish'd say themselves.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Amusing look at Irishness
5 Oct 2007
Format:Paperback
This had me giggle and reading pieces out to my husband who almost tore it out of my hands to read. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to see the reality of Irish modern Language and culture and Irish English. Although it does miss out on some things for a small book it does capture a lot of Ireland and the Irish. It was interesting to see how sometimes those phrases I take for granted are actually Irishisms.
It has a little bit with the Irish Language but most of the book is actually about English as spoken in Ireland. Most of the Irish/Gaeilge in the book is actually useful conversational Irish.
I would recommend this book to writers looking to capture modern Ireland and Irish people.
It has a little bit with the Irish Language but most of the book is actually about English as spoken in Ireland. Most of the Irish/Gaeilge in the book is actually useful conversational Irish.
I would recommend this book to writers looking to capture modern Ireland and Irish people.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Misleading and full of errors
31 Aug 2007
Format:Paperback
Judging by the title of this book, you would expect it to be about the Irish language. It's not. Only a meager 14 pages of the book deal with the irish language, and these fourteen pages are filled with errors. You'll find errors in the pronunciation, errors in the grammar and errors in the vocabulary.
If you're interested in the Irish language, I recommend you to have a look at a course such as Learning Irish or other books on the Irish language that keep the promise expressed in the title. This book certainly doesn't.
If you're interested in the Irish language, I recommend you to have a look at a course such as Learning Irish or other books on the Irish language that keep the promise expressed in the title. This book certainly doesn't.
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