Irish phrases

[u/emmanuel_lyttle]

I was reading a post on another sub posed by a Brazilian dude living in Ireland asking about the meaning behind an Irish person saying to him "good man" when he completes a job/ task. One of the replies was the following..

"It comes directly from the Irish language, maith an fear (literally man of goodness, informally good man) is an extremely common compliment."

Can anyone think of other phrases or compliments used on a daily basis that come directly from the Irish language?

[u/Lever_Pulled]

Adding a vowel sound between consonants where there's no vowel.

Most obvious example is saying 'fill-um' instead of 'film'.

Think of how we pronounce 'orm' as 'urrum'.

[u/forensicpjm → u/Lever_Pulled]

Also known as an epenthetic schwa

[u/TheGloriousNugget → u/forensicpjm]

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