Hiberno-English
Americannoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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The corpses’ dialogue in “Graveyard Clay” is rendered in a sort of toned-down Hiberno-English, a defensible decision that nevertheless gives the text an occasionally awkward flavor.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 17, 2016
It was written by a man from my country, set in my capital city, using the Hiberno-English patois that I speak.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2012
No better example could be given of his easy flow of humour in genuine Hiberno-English or of his shrewd portraiture of such simple types of Irish peasant character.
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
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