Extraneous words by City / County

[seafoid]

Sure in Connacht

I think like is everywhere

[tc_manchester]

In Newbridge in Kildare they don't like to use the definitive article - they 'go to gym' not 'go to the gym' - I don't know if this quirk goes as far as Naas

[Rossfan]

Can someone please  explain the yerra thing?

Is it  just Kerry?

No..Mayo/Galway/Roscommon general whest Ireland also have "ara". Cork men use "era"

What does  it mean though?

In  what context is it used?

Can be a lot of things...
Ara will ya stop
Ara I'm not going to that oul match
Ara now...he's not great (someone in hospital)

Kerry yerra is a sort of a poor mouth cutehoor thing that everyone sees through.

[Milltown Row2]

Here bes me

You know  (infuriates me)

As I was saying (most of the time they never said it in the first place)

Like

I think we all have those space fillers at times to gather what we want to say but need that moment to think of it, so  stick a filler in to allow the brain to word it better..

[Shamrock Shore]

I hate "and, shur, like the fella sez......."

[lurganblue]

Dungiven - sur
Lurgan - Sa

Is this a new thing in Lurgan? Can't say I've ever heard it.

I remember a lot of "bie" as in "boy"

You serious sa?

But yes,bai is also common.

"No baw" is spread over a wide area

[seafoid]

Lookit is Connacht afaik although I have heard it in Munster.
There is also Shur lookit

Would you shtop is Galway

[Eamonnca1]

Here bes me

You know  (infuriates me)

As I was saying (most of the time they never said it in the first place)

Like

I think we all have those space fillers at times to gather what we want to say but need that moment to think of it, so  stick a filler in to allow the brain to word it better..

Ever go to Toastmasters? It's great training for kicking filler words out of your public speaking.

We do fillers because people in 2-way conversation interrupt each other all the time. An "um" tells them to hold their fire while you're still thinking of the next word. Public speaking is 1-way, so nobody's going to interrupt you. You can just pause while you think of the next word, but after lifetime of 2-way conversation the filler words can be a hard habit to break.

[Eamonnca1]

Dungiven - sur
Lurgan - Sa

Is this a new thing in Lurgan? Can't say I've ever heard it.

I remember a lot of "bie" as in "boy"

You serious sa?

But yes,bai is also common.

"No baw" is spread over a wide area

Deadly serious. I'm in Lurgan now for this week and I've yet to hear it.

[Orior]

Dungiven - sur
Lurgan - Sa

Is this a new thing in Lurgan? Can't say I've ever heard it.

I remember a lot of "bie" as in "boy"

You serious sa?

But yes,bai is also common.

"No baw" is spread over a wide area

Deadly serious. I'm in Lurgan now for this week and I've yet to hear it.

Doing anything interesting? lol

[tonto1888]

Dungiven - sur
Lurgan - Sa

Is this a new thing in Lurgan? Can't say I've ever heard it.

I remember a lot of "bie" as in "boy"

Im from Lurgan and pretty sure Ive never heard it