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Preferably from Cork, Ireland.

2007-01-06 17:56:18 · 3 answers · asked by thru_irish_eyes105 1 in Society & Culture Languages

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a "langer" is a layabout, a "cabòg" is an ignorant fool, and apart from that we don't have "slang": we have a dialect.

2007-01-06 20:02:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There are quite a few sites devoted to Cork slang and I've listed some of them for you.

Everyday English and Slang in Ireland
A full A - Z of slang sayings in Ireland.

The following is from the same site
"SIGNS YOU'VE BEEN IN CORK TOO LONG

1. You say "I'm Grand, like" all the time.
2. You think Murphy's is 'savage'.
3. You think of Murphy's as if it is the sixth food group.
4. You say "Are you Grand?" all the time.
5. You say "Tis grand, like?" all the time.
6. You say "That'd be grand, like" all the time.
7. You take 4 hours to get home on a Saturday night and think nothing of it.
8. You don't eat anything cold, uncooked or not resembling meat, bread or potatoes.
9. You say "Your man" followed by 'boiy' all the time.
10. You say "Your woman" followed by 'boiy' all the time.
11. You say "Tis grand that your man asked if i'm grand, like, boiy" all the time.
12. You find yourself still living with family and having dinners cooked for you by someone's mammy.
13. You talk about 'dinners' and 'mammys'."

The Dictionary of Cork Slang

THE IMPROVED CORK SLANG

Cork Slang

The Cork Dictionary & Dialect Guide

Murphy's Cork Talk (with sound bytes)
Complete(ish) dictionary of Cork-speak

2007-01-07 12:04:46 · answer #2 · answered by alpha 7 · 1 0

sorry i dont know any

2007-01-06 18:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by Tara 6 · 0 1

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