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Eejit or Eegit

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  • #32
    WeeBushy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭WeeBushy


    Jako8 wrote: »
    I say eejit.

    I wonder where that word comes from.

    It come from idiot. Culchies came along with their mad accents and changed its pronunciation, presumably for the craic.


  • #33
    Tordelback
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭Tordelback


    I'm in awe.

    OP, you do know it's just a regional variant pronunciation of the word 'idiot' (probably id-jot to eed-jot to ee-jit). I just can't see any way of getting 'ee-git' out of 'idiot'.

    We really just use 'eejit' in print to show how 'idiot' is being pronounced, it's not really a separate word in itself, any more than 'Dor-sett Street' or 'Dort' are.


  • #34
    Davidius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    I demand a recording to hear the difference between the two!


  • #35
    Monkey_Pirate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 ✭Monkey_Pirate


    WeeBushy wrote: »
    It come from idiot. Culchies came along with their mad accents and changed its pronunciation, presumably for the craic.

    Oh my god. I never knew that. How did I never know that??


  • #36
    budgemook
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,966 ✭✭✭budgemook


    Davidius wrote: »
    I demand a recording to hear the difference between the two!

    what are you on about? eejit is EEE JIT and eegit is EEE GIT. What's the problem? Eegit is way better.


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  • #37
    budgemook
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,966 ✭✭✭budgemook


    WeeBushy wrote: »
    It come from idiot. Culchies came along with their mad accents and changed its pronunciation, presumably for the craic.

    :D


  • #38
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    I feel like an eejit for wasting my time in this thread.


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