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How to speak like a true Dub: U-Z
- U2 / Bono
- If you don't know who they are, ask a tourist. Don't ask a Dub, because he'll spend an hour telling you he knows Bono's mother's second cousin's milkman, or about the time he tried to get off with Ali Hewson at a party.
If they really are the reason for your visit, be sure to take in The Wall at Windmill Lane and The Clarence Hotel, where you may actually meet them. Really.
- UCD
- University College Dublin. Once The Catholic University and founded by Cardinal Newman at 86-87 St Stephens Green, alma mater to James Joyce and many other famous Dubs, it now occupies a sprawling campus at Belfield in the south suburbs.
- VHI
- Voluntary Health Insurance. Ireland's first and main health insurer with offices at Lower Abbey Street. The mother of a friend of mine (Lord, rest her soul) onve described someone as being "VHI-positive".
- The Wall
- Young Wan (One)
- As in "Hey, Young Wan!" or "There's a young wan here for you!, this is a classic example of the concept of "default" in action. A young one in Dublin is always female.
See also Oul' Wan
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