Irelanddoes be
verb, phrase · Regional · duz BEE
Marks something as habitual rather than momentary: 'he does be working late' means he works late as a rule. 'He's working late' would mean tonight only.
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Ireland
Irish Slang for Filler Words
10 Irish slang terms for filler words, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
The small words that hold speech together: hedges, tags, intensifiers and pause-fillers. Almost invisible to native speakers and almost impossible for learners.
fair play to ya
phrase, interjection · Colloquial · fair PLAY ta ya
Well done; credit where it's due. Used for an effort that took nerve, decency or persistence rather than for talent.
giving out
phrase, verb · Colloquial · GIV-in OUT
Complaining, or telling someone off at length. 'Giving out to' someone is scolding them; 'giving out about' something is grumbling.
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like
adverb · Colloquial · LOIKE in Cork and Limerick
Sentence-final tag, heaviest in Cork, Limerick and the north: 'it was freezing, like'. It marks the statement as explanation or mild protest, and is a different word from the American mid-sentence 'like'.
so
adverb · Colloquial · SOH, unstressed at the end of the sentence
Sentence-final particle meaning 'in that case' or 'then'. 'I'll see you Tuesday so.' It closes an arrangement and signals the conversation is finished.
sure
adverb, interjection · Colloquial · SHUR, unstressed
A sentence opener that softens whatever follows into something obvious and agreed: 'sure it's grand', 'sure you may as well'. It is not agreement and does not mean 'certainly'.
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to be after doing something
idiom, phrase · Colloquial · AF-ter
To have just done something. 'I'm after eating' means I have just eaten — present tense in form, recent past in meaning.
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wee
adjective · Regional · WEE
Small — but in the north of Ireland it is attached to almost any noun regardless of size, as a marker of friendliness. A wee bill, a wee minute, a wee lorry.
what's the story
phrase · Informal · wots the STOR-ee
What's happening; how are you. A greeting between people who already know each other, expecting 'not much' rather than actual news.
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yer man
noun, phrase · Colloquial · yer MAN
That man; the man we both know about but are not naming. The female form is 'yer wan'.
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