Originally Posted By: Jakearoo
Kerry, Eejit. New word for me. I find the definition easily enough but not the pronunciation. Is it with a hard e and soft i? Regards, Jake


Jakearoo,
It's a Hiberno-English word, our pronounciation and colloquial spelling of "idiot." It is always derogatory, as in "He's a right eejit."
Eejit, ee as in knee, jit as in jitney, the pantechnicon that travels to the Hamptons, often full of them!

Gaelic is much more precise, having words for a masculine fool (amadan) and feminine fool (oinseach) and a kinder one for a mentally challenged person (duine le Dia = a person of God)
K.


K.