6 MIN · Module

Your Man, Your One and The Lads

Learn how common Irish English expressions refer to people in everyday conversation, and use context to work out who a speaker means.

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Certificate in Irish English Communication· 9 credits to certificate

When your man is not your man

Imagine that someone points across a cafe and says Your man over there has my chair. You may wonder why the speaker is calling a stranger your man. Perhaps you have never seen him before. In Irish English, your man can be an informal way of referring to a male person when the listener can work out who is meant.…

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