Hiberno-English

American

[hahy-bur-noh-ing-glish, -lish] / haɪˈbɜr noʊˈɪŋ glɪʃ, -lɪʃ /

noun

Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.

adjective

of or relating to Hiberno-English.

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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