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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
Irishness
Is the expression "It's just up the ONE floor" typically Irish? In Ken Loach's movie, "Ae fond kiss", an Irish girl is describing her flat, and a Scottish boy asks her if she's Irish. What I would like to know is: is this expression a distinctive signal of "Irishness?"
Thank you!
Julia
Thank you!
Julia
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" I wonder if the Scottish boy was reading her accent more than her phrases? Sounds like a good movie! Kristine
- " I wonder if the Scottish boy was reading her accent more than her phrases?
- Sounds like a good movie!
- Kristine
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Julia, I can see someone in America saying it's just up the one floor, though the more likely phrase here would be "It's just up one floor."
What you wouldn't hear here is someone calling his/her apartment a "flat."
I wonder if the Scottish boy was reading her accent more than her phrases? Sounds like a good movie!
Kristine
What you wouldn't hear here is someone calling his/her apartment a "flat."
I wonder if the Scottish boy was reading her accent more than her phrases? Sounds like a good movie!
Kristine
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Thanks Kristine,
actually "flat" was my word for "apartment", the film is set in Glasgow and the the boy says "pad"!
For sure the accent is an identifying sign, but as the phrase sounded strange to my (not-Irish) ears and as I'm writing my final dissertation on this topic...I wanted to go deep into the question!!!
Go and see the movie if you can, it's really nice.
actually "flat" was my word for "apartment", the film is set in Glasgow and the the boy says "pad"!
For sure the accent is an identifying sign, but as the phrase sounded strange to my (not-Irish) ears and as I'm writing my final dissertation on this topic...I wanted to go deep into the question!!!
Go and see the movie if you can, it's really nice.
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