English As We Speak It in Ireland. P. W. Joyce

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       P. W. Joyce

      English As We Speak It in Ireland

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664624017

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       ENGLISH AS WE SPEAK IT IN IRELAND.

       CHAPTER I.

       CHAPTER II.

       CHAPTER III.

       CHAPTER IV.

       CHAPTER V.

       CHAPTER VI.

       CHAPTER VII.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       CHAPTER IX.

       CHAPTER X.

       CHAPTER XI.

       CHAPTER XII.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PERSONS

       W O R K S

       P. W. JOYCE, M.A., LL.D., T.C.D.; M.R.I.A.

       A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND,

       A SMALLER SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND.

       THE STORY OF ANCIENT IRISH CIVILISATION.

       A SHORT HISTORY OF IRELAND

       A CHILD'S HISTORY OF IRELAND,

       OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF IRELAND

       A CONCISE HISTORY OF IRELAND

       THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF IRISH NAMES OF PLACES.

       IRISH LOCAL NAMES EXPLAINED.

       OLD CELTIC ROMANCES.

       A GRAMMAR OF THE IRISH LANGUAGE.

       A READING BOOK IN IRISH HISTORY.

       ANCIENT IRISH MUSIC,

       IRISH MUSIC AND SONG.

       IRISH PEASANT SONGS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

       A HAND-BOOK OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND METHODS OF TEACHING.

       BALLADS OF IRISH CHIVALRY

       OLD IRISH FOLK MUSIC AND SONGS.

       ENGLISH AS WE SPEAK IT IN IRELAND.

       Notes

PREFACE.

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      This book deals with the Dialect of the English Language that is spoken in Ireland.

      As the Life of a people—according to our motto—is pictured in their speech, our picture ought to be a good one, for two languages were concerned in it—Irish and English. The part played by each will be found specially set forth in Chapters IV and VII; and in farther detail throughout the whole book.

      The articles and pamphlets that have already appeared on this interesting subject—which are described below—are all short. Some are full of keen observation; but very many are mere lists of dialectical words with their meanings. Here for the first time—in this little volume of mine—our Anglo-Irish Dialect is subjected to detailed analysis and systematic classification.

      I have been collecting materials for this book for more than twenty years; not indeed by way of constant work, but off and on as detailed below. The sources from which these materials were directly derived are mainly the following.

      First.—My own memory is a storehouse both of idiom and vocabulary; for the good reason that from childhood to early manhood I spoke—like those among whom I lived—the rich dialect of Limerick and Cork—and indeed to some extent speak it still in the colloquial language of everyday life.

      I have also drawn pretty largely on our Anglo-Irish Folk Songs of which I have a great collection, partly in my memory and partly on printed sheets; for they often faithfully reflect our Dialect.

      Second.—Eighteen years ago (1892) I wrote a short letter which was inserted in nearly all the Irish newspapers and in very many of those published outside Ireland, announcing my intention to write a book on Anglo-Irish Dialect, and asking for collections of dialectical words and phrases. In response to this I received a very large number of communications from all parts of Ireland, as well as from outside Ireland, even from America, Australia, and