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    The Irish speak a unique dialect of English called Hiberno-English or Irish-English that is influenced by the Irish language. While English is now the primary language, Irish-English still incorporates aspects of Irish grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. For example, the present perfect tense is often replaced with "after" and "th" sounds are pronounced as "tuh/duh." Additionally, some archaic English words are preserved and other words like "grand" and "fierce" take on new meanings. Overall, the Irish dialect provides a glimpse at the blending of English and Irish linguistic traditions.

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    The Irish speak a unique dialect of English called Hiberno-English or Irish-English that is influenced by the Irish language. While English is now the primary language, Irish-English still incorporates aspects of Irish grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. For example, the present perfect tense is often replaced with "after" and "th" sounds are pronounced as "tuh/duh." Additionally, some archaic English words are preserved and other words like "grand" and "fierce" take on new meanings. Overall, the Irish dialect provides a glimpse at the blending of English and Irish linguistic traditions.

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    The Irish speak a unique dialect of English called Hiberno-English or Irish-English that is influenced by the Irish language. While English is now the primary language, Irish-English still incorporates aspects of Irish grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. For example, the present perfect tense is often replaced with "after" and "th" sounds are pronounced as "tuh/duh." Additionally, some archaic English words are preserved and other words like "grand" and "fierce" take on new meanings. Overall, the Irish dialect provides a glimpse at the blending of English and Irish linguistic traditions.

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    The Irish speak a unique dialect of English called Hiberno-English or Irish-English that is influenced by the Irish language. While English is now the primary language, Irish-English still incorporates aspects of Irish grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. For example, the present perfect tense is often replaced with "after" and "th" sounds are pronounced as "tuh/duh." Additionally, some archaic English words are preserved and other words like "grand" and "fierce" take on new meanings. Overall, the Irish dialect provides a glimpse at the blending of English and Irish linguistic traditions.

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    The passage discusses how the Irish dialect called Hiberno-English or Irish-English is influenced by both the Irish language and archaic forms of English.

    The Irish dialect is influenced by Irish grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary. For example, it does not use the present perfect tense in the same way and pronounces 'th' sounds differently.

    Examples given include using 'after' instead of present perfect and pronouncing 'then' as 'den'. Irish words like 'sláinte' and 'slán' are also sometimes used.

    'It's Grand': How the Irish Speak

    English
    8

    Advanced
    Language & Education
    Exercise 1
    Vocabulary
    archaic
    Adjective
    ɑːrˈkeɪɪk
    very old
    The archaic language Shakespeare sometimes used in his plays can be hard
    to understand.

    dialect
    Noun
    ˈdaɪəˌlɛkt
    a form of a language that people from a particular region or group speak
    People in this village speak a dialect of German.

    rule
    Noun
    rul
    power over a country, a people, etc
    China regained control of Hong Kong in 1997, after 156 years of British rule.

    decline
    Verb
    dɪˌklaɪn
    to decrease in size, amount, etc.
    The president's popularity has been declining since last year.

    fierce
    Adjective
    fiːrs
    having or showing intense aggression, power, etc.
    The meeting suddenly turned into a fierce argument.
    Exercise 2
    Article
    'It's Grand': How the Irish Speak English
    Visitors to Ireland often notice that the local people have a unique — and at
    times confusing — way of speaking English.

    The Irish speak a dialect that's called Irish-English or Hiberno-English. The


    second one comes from the word "Hibernia," which is what the Romans called
    Ireland.

    The Irish dialect is influenced by a second language: Gaeilge or just "Irish."

    Up until the mid-1800s, Irish was commonly spoken in Ireland. Under British
    rule, use of the language declined, while English grew.

    The Republic of Ireland is now an independent country that lists Irish as an


    official language. But according to a European Commission survey, around
    93% of Irish people say English is their first language, while less than 3% say
    Irish is.

    However, Hiberno-English still takes a lot of grammar, pronunciation and


    vocabulary from Irish.

    For example, there's no present perfect tense — like "have done" — in the Irish
    language. So a sentence like "I've eaten my dinner" is often said as "I'm after
    eating my dinner," with "after" being used to show that it happened in the
    recent past.

    It's also common for Irish people to pronounce "th" as a "tuh" or "duh" sound,
    changing words like "then" into "den" or "thick" into "tick." This may be because
    Irish doesn't have the English "th" sound.

    English speakers in Ireland often include a cúpla focal, meaning a couple of


    Irish words, in whatever they're saying. People might say sláinte (slawn-cha)
    instead of "cheers" or slán (slawn) instead of "goodbye."

    But there's more to Hiberno-English than just mixing English with Irish. The
    dialect has kept some archaic English words that have disappeared
    elsewhere. One example is the word "ye" for "you."
    There are also words that the Irish use in a totally unique way. Take the word
    "grand," which usually means "large and impressive" in English. When the Irish
    say it, they just mean "good" or "okay."

    Another example of this is using "fierce" to mean "very," which gives us the
    surprising description of calm weather as being "fierce mild."

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