{"id":733,"date":"2016-08-17T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T11:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2016.belfast.wordcamp.org\/?p=733"},"modified":"2016-08-17T11:29:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T11:29:02","slug":"norn-irish-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belfast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/norn-irish-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Norn Irish English"},"content":{"rendered":"

To our friends at the WordCamp RI and in relation to their funny post “Rhode Island English<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Hello Rhode Island,<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great to hear from you! In Belfast, we might say \u2018Bout ye? (What about you = How are you?). Ah sure it\u2019s grand that we\u2019re having our events on the same day and you\u2019re only just down the road from us!<\/p>\n

Yes, we\u2019ve learned to use the remote for our tellies because as the folk in Belfast might say it\u2019s \u2018Ded Haundy\u2019 (dead handy) and saves you from having to \u2018skite\u2019 across the living room!<\/p>\n

If our RI friends come to NI and someone asks them if they want a poke or a 99, don\u2019t be worried they are just being friendly and offering you an ice cream. And your cabinet sounds a lot like our Ice drink!<\/p>\n

Here in NI, lunch time is dinner time and dinner time is dinner time… unless you\u2019re a bit posh (or a news anchor) and then it\u2019s \u2018tea time\u2019. Of course, you shouldn\u2019t take all we say quite literally. \u2018There I was sitting in the middle of me dinner and he came through the door!\u2019 And champ isn\u2019t the winner of a boxing match, it\u2019s actually mashed potatoes with a little milk and scallions (spring onions) and your \u2018mate\u2019(meat) isn\u2019t a friend, it\u2019s your lunch! And after dinner every Irish man wants his mammy to make him a mug of tay (tea)!<\/p>\n

Maybe after dinner \u2018yer mate\u2019 (no not your lunch, your buddy) might call around your house and enquire \u201cFancy a dander up the town for wee a quick half?.. \u2018mon\u201d (would you like to accompany me into the city centre for a drink?) .. of course, a visit to the pub for a quick \u2018halfun\u2019 (measure of spirits) or half pint is NEVER quick! But you find yourself a little short of funds, so you might want to go to the \u2018Cash machine\u2019 or \u2018Drink Link\u2019 (ATM!) for some \u2018reddies\u2019! Then afterwards a visit to the Chip shop or Chippie for a nice fish supper… that\u2019s battered fried fish and chips.. yes, we know you have that too, but chips here are proper thick chips and not French fries! Or a visit to the \u2018Chinese\u2019 for a Chinese takeaway (which still can come with chips!). And by the way if you want chips (US chips) then you\u2019ll need to ask for a packet of crisps otherwise they\u2019ll send you to the chippie!<\/p>\n

Northern Ireland (known lovingly as \u2018Norn Iron\u2019 or the \u2018Province\u2019 to its residents) is a wonderful wee place full of craic. No, not the illegal drug kind; Craic here means fun or having a good time. People you might bump into might ask you \u2018What\u2019s the craic?\u2019 meaning what\u2019s new with you or how are you doing?<\/p>\n

So, in conclusion, we in Belfast hope the craic will be mighty in Rhode Island at WordCamp RI and that the crowds don\u2019t \u2018chicken out\u2019 on you on the 30th September \/ 1st October. Keep her lit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To our friends at the WordCamp RI and in relation to their funny post “Rhode Island English” Hello Rhode Island, It\u2019s great to hear from you! In Belfast, we might say \u2018Bout ye? (What about you = How are you?). … Continue reading Norn Irish English<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8478688,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7yIwE-bP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belfast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belfast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belfast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belfast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8478688"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belfast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/belfast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":743,"href":"https:\/\/belfast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belfast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belfast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belfast.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}