"... His language, so familiar and so foreign, will always be for me an acquired speech. I have not made or accepted its words..."
- Stephen Dedalus - 1916

Dublinese

\ ˈdə-blə-ˈnēz \

adjective
1. relating to Dublin or its language, culture, or people.
noun
1. one of the dialects of English spoken in Dublin, Ireland.

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