Uniquely Irish

Says I
Says he
Says she
etc

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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Paulie, ive heard that in yankieville a lot to be honest.

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Introduced by the Irish no doubt!

"Yerrah" (or however you say it) must be one of the finest words in the world. I suppose it nicely encapsulates our typically non-committal attitudes as well.

When answering NO, We say NA.

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Originally Posted by Roadend

"How bad" to describe something that's good. I remember hearing that for the first time and thinking "but it's not bad at all":o

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Is that phrase used outside of Cork? It's the only place I've heard it from.

My personal favourite is "Would Ya"

To a friend : Would you like a drink would ya?

To your child : Would ya ever sit down would ya?

:D

Anonther thing too that I just thought about it is our overuse of the word ‘God’

- Honest to God like, I couldn’t believe it

- Well I swear to God I never saw anything like it in my life

- God, youd swear she was something the way she is going on

- God above, isnt it just awful!

- Well holy God (used only in a place called Glenroe though)

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Originally Posted by Schumi

Is that phrase used outside of Cork?

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Common in Kerry anyway, and I'm sure I've used it a lot throughout the country without being detained in the local Garda station for Strange and Misleading Use of Language.

Ive never heard it, and if i haven't heard it then i doubt its commonly used.

Ya in donegal they like to say

truth be told
no word of a lie
swear to god.

If a man ever says this to a woman then you know he is lying :D

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Originally Posted by Deckydee

My personal favourite is "Would Ya"

To a friend : Would you like a drink would ya?

To your child : Would ya ever sit down would ya?

:D

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To one of the lads when looking at a bird,,, Would ya:)

Anonther one:

- You can chalk it down!

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Originally Posted by kingdom hoop

Common in Kerry anyway

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Sure Kerry's just like a rural version of Cork anyway. ;)

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Originally Posted by Schumi

Is that phrase used outside of Cork? It's the only place I've heard it from.

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heard it in Limerick as well, but not as much as in Cork

Used to live with a lad from Cavan who put "hai" at the end of every other sentence.

ya ive experienced that too tets, worked with him though as oppossed to lived with him.

Used to say " a lock of pints" too.

We use STOP alot too.

Also, Stop the lights

ah stop would ye.

Me da would often offer me a lock of tay.

When someone from Belfast is trying to be friendly, and they scare the living ****e out of you by roaring "WHAT ABOUT'CHA"?

The living ****e!

I'll knock ya into next week!

This is more pronounciation but Forhead (forehead) is quite funny to english people. I think we say it so fast we do not have time to pronounce all the letters:)

In the west of ireland, we have unusual ways of expressing our admiration for ladies:


"I'd eat a mile of her sh1te just to smell the exhaust pipe of the van that brought her dirty knickers to the laundry"

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Originally Posted by seanfhear

This is more pronounciation but Forhead (forehead) is quite funny to english people. I think we say it so fast we do not have time to pronounce all the letters:)

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I haven't noticed (that it's not used elsewhere - that's certainly the pronunciation here). It's a common enough way for pronunciations to drift, the people of Norf'k, Dur'm or Bournem'th will appreciate.

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Originally Posted by John83

I haven't noticed (that it's not used elsewhere - that's certainly the pronunciation here). It's a common enough way for pronunciations to drift, the people of Norf'k, Dur'm or Bournem'th will appreciate.

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Maybe its just Londoners then that know me:p

drinking copious amounts of tea

"Dya know who died..."

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Originally Posted by sligo23

"Dya know who died..."

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........the lad above in the coffin as far as I know" :D

When heading to ball... On the nogging, on the sallynogging, or , do ya want a game on nods.

When saying that someone is crazy,, He's off his tits

When having a cup of tea, A cup of Scald

How we tell people what state we were in the night before

oh i was off my tits (as above)
i was banjo'd or mouldy last night

Its uniquely Irish to discuss amongst ourselves how f*cking unique we are.

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Originally Posted by Wolfie

Its uniquely Irish to discuss amongst ourselves how f*cking unique we are.

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To be fair, every nation does this. The English have the impression that they're more reserved and better bred than the continentals, the French think they're more classy and suave than everyone else. The only country that don't seem to do it, in my experience, is the Yanks, who will continue to identify with a specific group, years after they're no longer eligible for citizenship. In America, fourth, fifth, or sixth generation US citizens are still referred to, by themselves and others, as Italians, Irish, Poles, Germans etc, which I find strange.

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Originally Posted by peadar1987

In America, fourth, fifth, or sixth generation US citizens are still referred to, by themselves and others, as Italians, Irish, Poles, Germans etc, which I find strange.

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I suppose it's because emigration was such a wrench at the time. Listen to contemporaneous songs like The Emigrant's Letter by Percy French and you'll get some sort of an idea how much Ireland meant to people who often had no choice but to leave. It's understandable in a way that they wanted to pass that down the generations.

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Originally Posted by peadar1987

To be fair, every nation does this. The English have the impression that they're more reserved and better bred than the continentals, the French think they're more classy and suave than everyone else.

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That's nations congratulating themselves on how superior they are.

That's most certainly not what I (jokingly) was referring to in my post.

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

I suppose it's because emigration was such a wrench at the time. Listen to contemporaneous songs like The Emigrant's Letter by Percy French and you'll get some sort of an idea how much Ireland meant to people who often had no choice but to leave. It's understandable in a way that they wanted to pass that down the generations.

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far away hills.

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Originally Posted by peadar1987

To be fair, every nation does this. The English have the impression that they're more reserved and better bred than the continentals, the French think they're more classy and suave than everyone else. The only country that don't seem to do it, in my experience, is the Yanks, who will continue to identify with a specific group, years after they're no longer eligible for citizenship. In America, fourth, fifth, or sixth generation US citizens are still referred to, by themselves and others, as Italians, Irish, Poles, Germans etc, which I find strange.

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Strangely, the Americans reserve that kind of thing for their country rather than their citizens. America is the best at everything (an opinion which is most widespread among the poorest, not including recent immigrants), but Americans - well, how much is he worth?

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Originally Posted by Wolfie

Its uniquely Irish to discuss amongst ourselves how f*cking unique we are.

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Japanese people do it much more than Irish.

arrah musha would ye be quiet.

he is quite near.

he's a little pup.

she's a bit of a rap.

he's a proper buck.

more up north but, that fella is a little touched.

queer meaning funny, in a strange way.

i think we could start a little irish version of www.irishurbandictionary.com

Get up the yard

The quare one

The quare fella

Orders followed by questions...
You'll have a cup of tea, won't you?
Rather than
Would you like a cup of tea?