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i have tried to exlpain the meaning of the word 'kwer' to those less fortunate than us born in norn irn.
as in 'thon's a kwer lad' or 'it was kwer'n heavy'
is there a simple definition - so far it's a wild variety of definitions based on context - 'grand' is the best single word i can come up with
i leave it to society to debate......
bout ya idave thats a kwer thread you started there so it is. however try explaining ' need to get me head showered for ten minutes ' to the non norn iron collective, keep a close eye out for the look of utter confusion on that yin 🙂
or the use of the word 'hey' at the end of everything eg 'its a big shopping centre in ballymena hey' 😉
Provincial accents, neither big nor clever. Irish People: Know your place.
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Well, I'd say a simple definition is "extraordinary", and it is usually used as a term of praise or suurprise.
I'd also spell it "quare" but then I usually only say it, so your kwer is OK too. I believe it is a corruption of queer - before queer was used as a pejorative term for those of a certain sexual orientation - but I'm sure there's a few would disagree.
Difficult as you say it seems to changes its meaning, even on your two examples the rain was not grand and heavy but a grand lad yes. It gives a multiplication to something as in lots of rain but again kwer lad theres not lots of him but perhaps lot and lots of niceness!
As you say its just kwer!
Irish People
or indeed Norn Irish people.
Despite being married to a Norn-Ironer and spending plenty of time over in the Province, I've never heard "kwer" used in any way that 'grand' would work. I figured it as 'right'.
Incidentally I've heard just about every other Norn-iron-ism (in fact there are so many, I'm convinced they're making some of them up just for me...)
I reckon you're just bummin'n'blowin' 😉
'bummin'an'blowin' lol clubber