Diary of a Gen Z Student: Yeah, no... I'm grand, I will yeah — and other quirks of Hiberno-English
Jane Cowan in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin Photograph Moya Nolan
Some people say there is no such thing as direct translation. Because it’s not possible to wholly reproduce a language, region, dialect, historical epoch, culture, atmosphere and so on.
For example, there’s no word for ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in Irish. But the language functions perfectly fine without them. This is all information I know and understand.
