Author : Seán Beecher
Publisher :
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 35,80 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
This is a collection of those words, not usually found in dictionaries, but which give colour, vigour, and individuality to a language. Each word is explained, examples of usage are given, and their derivations are traced.
Author : Bernard Share
Publisher : Gill
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
Are you a holy terror? Are you a go-boy? Could you live on the skin of a rasher? Or are you so hungry that you eat a farmer's arse through a hedge? When you're on the razz, do you get so buckled, crippled and scuttered that you can't get your back outa the scratcher in the morning? Never mind the answers: if you understand the questions you are in Slanguage country. If you don't, you need to be. This is the dictionary that glosses the words that real Irish people use in the streets each day, every day. Slang is elusive. Some words and phrases are always there. Others slip in and out of usage according to the whims of fashion. This expanded edition of the standard dictionary of Irish slang includes many entries not in the 1997 edition. It has dropped a few that have fallen out of favour and has revised others. In all, this edition is 25 per cent longer than its predecessor. It will confirm Bernard Share's invaluable book in its position as the major work of its kind, combining scholarship and a keen sense of fun. "Slanguage" does justice to it by taking it seriously, but not too seriously.
Author : Seán Beecher
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Cork (Ireland)
ISBN :
Author : Morty McCarthy
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 34,59 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Author : Daniel Cassidy
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,84 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : 9781904859604
Cassidy presents a history of the Irish influence on American slang in a colourful romp through the slums, the gangs of New York and the elaborate scams of grifters and con men, their secret language owing much to the Irish Gaelic imported with many thousands of immigrants. With chapters on How the Irish Invented Poker and How the Irish Invented Jazz, Cassidy stakes a claim for the Irishness of American English. Includes a preface by Peter Quinn and an Irish - American Vernacular Dictionary.
Author : Seán McMahon
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 867 pages
File Size : 10,13 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780304363346
A brand-new 'Brewer's' dedicated to the 'phrase and fable' of the emerald isle.
Author : Kay Muhr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 2365 pages
File Size : 42,29 MB
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 019252478X
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland contains more than 3,800 entries covering the majority of family names that are established and current in Ireland, both in the Republic and in Northern Ireland. It establishes reliable and accurate explanations of historical origins (including etymologies) and provides variant spellings for each name as well as its geographical distribution, and, where relevant, genealogical and bibliographical notes for family names that have more than 100 bearers in the 1911 census of Ireland. Of particular value are the lists of early bearers of family names, extracted from sources ranging from the medieval period to the nineteenth century, providing for the first time, the evidence on which many surname explanations are based, as well as interesting personal names, locations and often occupations of potential family forbears. This unique Dictionary will be of the greatest interest not only to those interested in Irish history, students of the Irish language, genealogists, and geneticists, but also to the general public, both in Ireland and in the Irish diaspora in North America, Australia, and elsewhere.
Author : Captain Francis Grose
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,49 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1797203436
A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is a profane guide to the slang from the backstreets and taverns of 18th-century London. This slang dictionary gathers the most amusing and useful terms from English history and helpfully presents them to be used in the conversations of our modern day. Originally published in 1785, the Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue was one of the first lexicons of English slang, compiled by a militia captain who collected the terms he overheard on his late-night excursions to London's slums, dockyards, and taverns. Now the legacy lives on in this colorful pocket dictionary. • Learn the origin of phrases like "birthday suit" and discover slang lost to time. • An unexpected marriage of lowbrow humor and highbrow wit Discover long lost antique slang and curse words and learn how to incorporate them into modern conversation. A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is perfect for enlivening contemporary conversation with historical phrases; it includes a topical list of words for money, drunkenness, the amorous congress, male and female naughty bits, and so on. • A funny book for wordplay, language, swearing, and insult fans, as well as fans of British humor and culture • Perfect for those who loved How to Speak Brit: The Quintessential Guide to the King's English, Cockney Slang, and Other Flummoxing British Phrases by Christopher J. Moore; Knickers in a Twist: A Dictionary of British Slang by Jonathan Bernstein; and The Official Dictionary of Sarcasm by James Napoli
Author : Garry Bannister
Publisher : DICTIONARY
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 22,68 MB
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : English language
ISBN : 9781848405202
Danger: This book contains adult language and may offend your sense of good taste. Do you want to find out what the gaeilgeoir means when he/she uses the Irish words for "nerdy," "well-hung," "effing and blinding," "slimeball," or "drop-dead-gorgeous"? It's all there, with numerous entries under the letters C and F. Already a cult hit, Kiss My... will appeal to the Irish-language student and the open-minded traveler alike.
Author : Patrick Weston Joyce
Publisher : London Longmans, Green 1910.
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 1910
Category : English language
ISBN :
