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Growing up in Ireland we used to use words in sentences that make no sense to the English. Here are a few.
Wash up the delf... Wash up the Dishes
Dress the bed.. Make the bed
Gone to buy the messages.. Gone to do the shoping
Clothes in the Press clothes in the cupboard
My friend My mate
The Range The oven
Mammy/Daddy(even still) Mum/Dad
Anyone else have any more.
Too many to list, but...
Diddies-Breasts
Babby-Baby
Hames-Mess, as in 'Made a hames of it'
Jammy-Lucky
Piped telly -Cable television
Ronnie -Moustache
Traipse -Walk aimlessly...'Where are ya traipsein' off ta now?'
I'd have said mate is about as English as it gets, but other synonyms for friend (from various parts of the country) would be bud, butty, breaster, auld stock, and, of course (crap spelling aside), auld segosia.
'Made a bags of' things, instead of hames.
'Stalling the head off' instead of pecking on the cheek.
In fact, 'getting off with' is uniquely Irish, isn't it?
And 'put the tin hat on it' with the nice cuppa scald!
I think mate was intended as the English substitute (the Irish way of saying it is first - gone to do the messages).Quote:
Originally Posted by stann
I'm only after having my dinner is one you wouldn't hear in England. And obviously the Irish words - slibhín, amadán and the likes.
A typical Sligo one: Cat- Terrible,Bad etc.
Along with 'shift'. Always liked that one.:oQuote:
Originally Posted by stann
Kind of like the football team...:D :pQuote:
Originally Posted by The Stars
Son: Dad, can I have a pound for the pictures
Dad: Pictures, I'll give you pictures!
- a 'quare hawk' = a shrewdie
- he'd 'live in your ear' = a sponger/freeloader
Just thought of a few others.. Ride----shag...Pants ----Trousers......That yoke..that thing..Tree and tirty tree ,dis dat, dare ,den, etc etc dont know why we pronounce without the H. S*ite..S*it..Geezer..bloke.Bird..Moth
Vexed =Upset
Thick = Stupid
Stocious =Drunk
Wagon =Ugly female
Puss =A sulky face
Nip =Nude
Eat the head off =Attack verbally
Hunkers=Crouching down (squatting)
Lashing =Raining hard
A brose - either a big feed or a mess
Caddy - boy
Cuttie - girl
Gasson - boy
Gersha - girl
Wild - as in a wild big feed
Our boy - brother
Our doll - sister
ould boy - dad
ould doll - mum
Coourse Beaast - rough person (a tyrone favourite in our house)
Halliyon (sp) - rough person
Rullya (sp) - rough person (south armagh I think)
Look at the cut of ya?
A very Monaghan thing is to say "I went to the shop so I did" or "My aunt had a baby so she did" why oh why oh why???? It drives me nuts!
It amazes me that I can speak English as I grew up with a dad who uses so many colloquialisims that he speaks a different language. Any kinda cooking sauce is called Sloouther, he always asks for a foosie to sweeten the cud after a meal or shortened to a "cudder". The male genitalia is known as a stroop and to use it for urination purposes is to "swizz the stroop" its a good job he is well travelled and has the cop on to use proper english when he is working in America or Florida people would think they are dumber than they are!
cute - meaning sly
pup - my parents always use that one, maybe its just a roscommon thing, meaning cheeky, terrier etc
buck - he's a buck, like oh hes a cute one or a bit of a rascal
rap - she's a bit of a rap, a bit of a 'wan'
bullin
bull thick - same two meaning raging. a dub mate when i first went over to the states thought that was great. never heard it before he hadn't.
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Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :mad:
"I do be"
I do be doing this, I do be doing that.
"Of a Friday"
People in Galway say "bet" instead of "beat."Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
"You only bet us 'cause we were well bad!"
We should hear alot of that next season :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
Now that you say it it's actually very true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
We have a weird way of saying alot of things.We also put "like" at the end of every sentence.
i do be and i does be, its not a word, but something i do be saying a lot in fairness.
no peader they say neither they say:
"you only bate us, cause we were well bad!"
Thats nearly as bad as people who finish their sentences with "you know". Drives me mad:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor H