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is it?
e. is it? In response to a previous statement.
(a) Irish English and Scottish. Added to a repetition of part of the previous speaker's statement, usually as a rejoinder expressing surprise, disbelief, disdain, etc.Chiefly in representations of Irish and Scottish speech.
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1848 A. Trollope Kellys & O'Kellys II. 216 ‘I'll neither be art or part in any such schaming.’ ‘Schaming, is it, Meg? Faith, it's a clever fellow'd beat you at that.’
1870 D. J. Kirwan Palace & Hovel v. 65 Tell ye me 'istry, is it? Vell. I don't mind if I do.
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 12 ‘Hould yer gub, woman, an' take a dhrink uv the porther.’ ‘A dhrink is it?’ said she, snatching the pot.
1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes iv. 54 ‘But what about your old Father, Beulah?..’ Gertie asked... ‘Oh, him is it?’ Beulah was not to be distracted.
1992 I. Pattison More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts 183 Religion is it? Don't talk to me! It's ruined my bliddy life boy, there y'are!
(b) South African and in British Afro-Caribbean usage. Expressing polite interest, astonishment, or incredulity: really? is that so? [In South African usage, after Afrikaans is dit? (often pronounced /ˈəsət/).]
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1970 Eng. Usage in S. Afr. 1 ii. 33 ‘I am going to town this morning’—‘Is it?’
1978 Staffrider 1 iii. 4 They're so mad about it. Even Maria read it. ‘Is it. I am very happy to hear that.’
1994 S. Braude Mpho's Search v. 25 ‘I'm just sitting here. I'm doing nothing wrong.’ ‘Is it?’ said the young man, and laughed.
2003 R. Williams Fallout 3 Ronnie As soon as I lay my eye upon it, I thought of yu. Shanice Is it?
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f. is it? In tag questions following declarative statements.
(a) English regional (London), Irish English, and Welsh English. In the affirmative (equivalent to ‘are you’, ‘is he’, ‘was I’, etc.).
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1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 71 You'll be wedding them this day, is it?
1971 T. Murphy Whistle in Dark i. 19 Then we'd be proud of him, is it?
1985 J. Edwards Talk Tidy 25 Is it?, often used as an interrogative, this is a working translation of the Welsh form [sc. W. efe, lit. ‘he, it’]; ‘Going shopping, is it?’ or, ‘Having a bit of dinner, is it?’
1997 P. Carey Jack Maggs viii. 30 I was talking in my sleep then, is it?
(b) South African, Welsh English, and Indian English. In the negative (equivalent to ‘aren't you’, ‘isn't he’, ‘wasn't I’, etc.). Cf. innit int. Additions.
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1956 A. Sampson Drum 85 The English just use long words and big talk, isn't it?
1973 D. Craig in V. Whitaker Winter's Crimes V. 57 Well, I'm looking from a sixth floor window, isn't it?
1993 B. Mukherjee Holder of World (1994) 205 The de Mussy fellow and that Portuguese chap, they are good swimmers, isn't it?
2002 H. Habila Waiting for Angel (2003) 16 You wrote the poems for your girl, isn't it?
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