I was eating dinner with Betta the other night and I asked her about her favorite foods at home. "Aubergine parmiagano" was her response.
"It sounds delicious! What does that mean in English?" I asked her.
"I am speaking English," was her reply.
Huh!? We consulted her Italian/English dictionary, and I learned a new word. "Aubergine" is apparently the British word for "eggplant."
So far, I haven't had any problems understanding anyone, but I have had a few question mark moments.
Here are a few others:
"That's grand." - Used all of the time....synonomous with "awesome," but sounds much more refined.
"Earwigging" - listening in on another person's conversation
"lads" - the guys
"fag" - a cigarrette (You're smoking what?!)
"boot" - trunk of a car
And the most important, "craic" (pronounced "crack") - fun / a good time (although, to be fair, this is Gaelic, not English.
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