I recently got a message from Cheapdiva at Cottage Living telling me that when she was in Ireland and she loved the way we did not pronounce our "th" in words. It's true -we don't - at least not in Dublin. She said she used to go into the pub every day from three to four just to ask people the time every few minutes, just to hear them say ..."It's tree turty tree"
So let's have a little fun. Here we go...
Dublineese 101. Repeat after me...deez dat dem and doze. Very good -you have mastered: These That Them and Those. The trick is not to stick your tongue out between your teet every time you want to say a "th" word. Sticking your tongue out is very rude anyway and I tink de rest of de world should give it up . Nutting can stop you now!
Here's a little story I wrote meself (we also have changed my to me) in me native Dublineese. (wit deepest apologies to de English nation whose native language was hurt during de making of dis story)
...Once upon a time der were tree trees in a ticket of woods. Two trees were quite tick and the udder, turd tree was tin. One day dey decided to go for a walk (HUH??) It happened like dis...one tree said to the udder two trees "Now don't be lookin' at me in dat tone of voice! But I tink I'm after gettin' worms!"
"Ahh sufferin' heart!" said the tin tree and the udder tick tree said "Sure dat's only wojis - let's get ou'ra here"
So dey uprooted demselves and off dey went saying "If we stay here any longer widout moving we'll all get roomatizzim (or should dat be room-attic fever?")
...to be continued as I have only taut up a beginning, it has no middle or end which does not matter as it has no rhyme or reason eeder!
Happy St Patrick's Day from White O'Morn Cottage and De Old Schoolhouse
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