The Lederman Kitchen

I wrote before, in the post We're All Speaking English Here , about how we have a difficult time understanding some people and how we find it almost impossible to pronounce some cities, names, and words (all of which have Irish language roots).  Well, these things still are difficult, but we are getting better everyday. This post is about Irish slang.  In Ireland, there are a lot of similarities to the words, phrases and sayings British use, but some slang is just Irish. Below are a few of the common Irish slang terms we hear all the time here. Grand Pronounced: grand Used in a sentence: "That's grand", "I'm grand", "He is grand", "It's grand", "They're grand" - you get it - everything is grand over here Meaning: good Thoughts: I like it, occasionally someone will say it 5 times in one sentence, which makes me laugh, but I like it. Your Man Pronounced: yer man Used in a sentence: "Di...

It's true.  In Ireland, English is spoken.  It sounded so easy before we moved over here but turns out, there is still a language barrier.  There have been many time where Brian and I just don't have a clue what someone said.   Look at the address Brian wrote down below.  He needed to send in a form to set up his work payroll, and had to make a call to get the address.  After speaking with the first person and asking him to repeat himself a few too many times, Brian gave up and tried to find the address online.  When his Googling failed, he decided to call back and this time asked the second person to spell out every word in the address.  His Attempt: The Leery - Rathmines, Tax District Landhot Read - Dublin 5 Actual Address: Dunlaoghaire Rathdown Revenue District Lansdown House - Dublin 4 We'll know if he got it right if he gets a paycheck next month, let's hope so! It's not just understanding people when they are speaking, but r...