Hi Seamus! How are you?
Oh hi Aileen,- how's it going?
- Grand!
- I haven’t seen you in ages!
- I know, I’ve been up to my eyes at work.
- Really?
- I thought you were due a holiday around now.
- I know, I am,
- but it’ll have to wait till after this project.
- But anyway, how are you keeping?
- Fine, I suppose.
- Enjoying this finer spring weather.
- It’s great to see a stretch in the day, isn’t it?
- Definitely!
- Well let’s meet up for a walk down the pier or something some evening after work.
- Good idea,
- we can catch up properly then.
- Lovely!
- I’ll text you next week so.
- Ok great.
- Take care of yourself.
- You too, Seamus.
- See ya.
- Bye.
Seamus
："Seamus"はケルト語源の男性の名。[ʃeːməs]「シェーマス」と発音する。標準英語ではJames。
Grand!
：Grand!は"How are you?"に対して「元気です」と答える場合に使用する表現。アイルランド英語に特有な表現。
see a stretch in the day
：see a stretch in the dayは"have a longer daytime"という意味。「日が伸びる」 ダブリンの冬季の日照時間は東京に比べて短い。
so
："so"は"then"と同じ意味に使われている。他の英語変種では"I'll text you next week then."が一般的。「じゃ」という意味。
See ya.
：See yaは"See you"の口語表現。