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Co-ordinating Conjunctions The co-ordinating conjunctions 'agus' ('and') and 'acht' ('but') can be used in Irish in contexts which would be impossible in English. 'And' can imply that two events occur simultaneously: Chonaic me e agus e ag teacht abhaile. literally means 'saw 1 him and him at go (going) home' but implies 'I saw him when he was going home'. 'But' can be used to emphasise a phrase or clause: Map 4: Approximate Boundaries of English Dialects Ulster Scots NN Northern Hiberno-English SS Southern Hiberno- English Irish and Irish Englishes 29 Nil mach agam acht amhciin.
Dubhairt, go direach. Racaidh, Ie cuidiu an Ri. (Came, surely) (Said, straightly) (Will + go, with help of the King) would have felt the need of rhythmic and semantic equivalents. In phatic utterances too, preferred rhythms resemble those used in Irish: An' how's the form? Cad e mar ata til? x/xl x/xxix An' are you rightly, the day? An bhfuil tu go maith, indiu? xxx/x, x/ x/xx/,xI Am bravely now. Go maith anois. x/xx x/xx 40 THE LANGUAGE OF IRISH LITERATURE In vocabulary, Irish-derived words and Irish-influenced meanings occur: 'banshee' (fairy woman) 'boxty' (mess, poor food) 'bum min' (boasting) 'care' (family) 'destroyed' (spoiled) 'drowned' (very wet) Themins wasn't Devlin to their own name. and it is probably true to say that non-standard features are tolerated higher up the social ladder than in other parts of the British Isles. I have, for example, recorded teachers in relaxed circumstances saying: Thon owl eejit would'nt a knew right from wrong. She seen you comin'. ) Them youngsters has no manners. Linguistic performance is strictly monitored, however, on formal occasions, often resulting in such hypercorrections as: 'daws' (does [in the north]) 'garding' (garden) joog' (jug) 'quinn' (queen) 'have saw' (have seen) 'have did' (have done) Characteristics of Hiberno-English As well as varieties of Planter English, we also find forms of English which can be comprehended by the term 'HibernoEnglish' (HE).