Ya

n.

Heard in Cork, Donegal and Limerick

A colloquial term for you, frequently appended to the end of sentences.

In use

Watch it boy will ya, before you spill me pint!

Posh English

Pray exercise caution, young gentleman, before you discharge my tankard of ale upon the floor.

Same phrase, other counties

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