Who Gives a Focal?: A Hundred Words and Phrases Ireland Gave the English Language

by Colin Murphy and Donal O'Dea

We Irish have enriched the English language with a slew of snazzy gems. Did you know we're the ones behind quarks , electrons and vectors , Sudocrem and Wellington boots? No surprise that we invented begrudgery , but croquet and Wunderkind were us too So if some yahoo is getting on your nerves , don't box him in the gob - hit him with Irishisms galore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788495241
• ISBN13: 9781788495240
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: O'Brien Press
• Length: 160 Pages