Irish Slang

Annoying.

be quiet, shut up, nonsense

doing anything as fast as you can

go away and leave me alone

an undetermined amount, several, a few e.g "Hi Boy, give us a wheen o' them biscuits over to go with me tay(tea), would ye"

Pronounced "like"

Generally used needlessly in a sentence, generally at the end.

Example

"That was great crack like"

"Did you honestly do that like?"

great, excellent, trustworthy e.g. "you'll have no problems with yer man....he's a hunnerd percent so he is"

A place where very few return from

e.g. "he's living back ahond the font, stay aware from there!"

So am are = So I am

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