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- proper noun
English as spoken and written inIreland , especially when referring to words and phrases peculiar to the Irish, whether they are of native or foreign origin.
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Examples
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That's a shame, as it's one of the nicest distinguishing features of Hiberno-English, to my mind.
On aren't I DC 2009
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Our Hiberno-English literature is almost entirely the creation of this century.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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Elizabeth's era, began to extend its influence at home and abroad, a school of Hiberno-English writers appeared, both numerous and distinguished.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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Elizabeth's era, began to extend its influence at home and abroad, a school of Hiberno-English writers appeared, both numerous and distinguished.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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Our Hiberno-English literature is almost entirely the creation of this century.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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In modern Hiberno-English (English as spoken in Ireland), some words ending in T, such as "right" or "cat", have become spirantized.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] SamuelC 2010
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In modern Hiberno-English (English as spoken in Ireland), some words ending in T, such as "right" or "cat", have become spirantized.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] SamuelC 2010
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However, adding an Hiberno-English emphatic tag (eg. 'so she does'; 'so it was') to the end of a declarative will repeat the Subject as a pronoun without affecting word-order or changing the polarity of the original.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows geniusroi 2010
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However, adding an Hiberno-English emphatic tag (eg. 'so she does'; 'so it was') to the end of a declarative will repeat the Subject as a pronoun without affecting word-order or changing the polarity of the original.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows geniusroi 2010
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A selection of the poets in the book were sampled from the Cork 2005 Translation Series - 13 European Poets translated into English by 13 Irish poets working in Hiberno-English, not American English.
PoetryFoundation.org 2009
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