Irishisms

kylith

mrsdewinter wrote: »

No way? That's from Gaeilge? Thought it was an English saying that migrated here. But that's actually pretty cool

AFAIK it's because many upper-class Brits hired Irish nannies for their children, so the kids picked up the odd Irishism.

Smashing!

civis_liberalis

Gallant_JJ wrote: »

pacificallly = specifically

I think that's a Trotterism.

Reindeer

It was my female neighbor that introduced me to the phrase, "Come in to me."
It was a bit confusing to an American fresh off the boat.

crapmanjoe

ccosgrave wrote: »

I was in New York during the summer, and there were works going on with the subway, so the trains were a bit messed up. I hadn't really a clue what was going on, so I decided to ask a policewoman to give me a hand. So I said to her, "Sorry, could you tell me how to get to Union Square?" Now, I'm sure that would have been fine, except, like most Irish people, I have a tendency to speak extremely fast compared to the Americans, which I quickly understood as the woman looked absolutely shocked, drew herself up to her full height and shouted at me, "DID YOU JUST CALL ME SIR?!" Took me a minute to realise what she was talking about.

Exact same thing happened to me one night as well, of course I was half steamed so I was slurring my words as well.

The nice / scary MTA lady started shouting at me and demanding I apologized for calling her "sir"

Feisar

Homicidal_jesus wrote: »

hoover and tayto used outside of ireland confuse the s*it out of people

in a shop in england..
me:do you have any hoovers?
shop man!!:hoovers?
me:ya hoovers*makes hoover movement with hands*
shop man:you mean a vaccum cleaner..?
me:..yes..a hoover:p

tayto = crisps every else!

saying can you get us a pack of taytos just frightens them:p

Dad does ask for a packet of King taytos. And he's not joking!

Feisar

Contessa Raven wrote: »

My dad's girlfriend is from Liverpool and it took her years to get to grips with our phrases. Even now after 8 years, she still laughs when I say "Yeah, I'll do it now in a minute."

She also loves "Howye!" because we say it like it's a statement as opposed to actually asking.

Oh and "Press" is another one. I lived in London for a year last year and my housemates and friends couldn't fathom why I said press. Apparently "Cupboard" makes more grammatical sense!

A cup board, surely there would be no doors on such a thing? If it has doors it's a press.

summerskin

Feisar wrote: »

A cup board, surely there would be no doors on such a thing? If it has doors it's a press.

"A closet or cabinet, usually with shelves for storing food, crockery, and utensils. cupboard [ˈkʌbəd]."

"
Press may refer to:
Media

• News media, the section of the mass media industry that focuses on presenting current news to the public
• Publisher, a company that produces or disseminates literature or information
• Press TV, the Iranian television network
• Associated Press, a global news network
• Press (newspaper), a newspaper in Serbia
• The Pittsburgh Press, a historic newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA that ceased publication in 1991.

Machines

• Printing press, a machine that transfers inked images onto a medium such as paper or cloth
• Machine press, a machine that shapes material
• RAM press, a machine that shapes clay
• Trouser press, an electrical appliance used to smooth the wrinkles from a pair of trousers

Food preparation

• French press, a device for coffee preparation
• Fruit press, a device used to separate fruit solids from juice
• Garlic press, a kitchen utensil designed to crush garlic cloves
• Ram press (food), a device used to extract juice or oil
• Wine press, a device used to extract juice from crushed grapes during wine making

Other uses

• Ironing, the act of removing wrinkles from clothes
• Press (overhead), the act of lifting a weight above the head
• Press (surname), family name of English and Eastern European origin
• "Press" (song), by Paul McCartney
• Press (album), by MU330
• Impressment, a method of involuntary recruitment into a navy
• Linen-press, a cabinet for storing textiles
• Press (film), a Turkish film"

only Linen-press is used anywhere else.

summerskin

Still wonder why my wife uses "wardrope, chimley and drownded" never heard any of those outside of Irish people. And she finishes almost every conversation with "right, so".


bye bye bye bye bye bye bye

Echoes675

My fav has to be: Aye naw I know hi!

Feisar

summerskin wrote: »

"A closet or cabinet, usually with shelves for storing food, crockery, and utensils. cupboard [ˈkʌbəd]."

"
Press may refer to:
Media

• News media, the section of the mass media industry that focuses on presenting current news to the public
• Publisher, a company that produces or disseminates literature or information
• Press TV, the Iranian television network
• Associated Press, a global news network
• Press (newspaper), a newspaper in Serbia
• The Pittsburgh Press, a historic newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA that ceased publication in 1991.

Machines

• Printing press, a machine that transfers inked images onto a medium such as paper or cloth
• Machine press, a machine that shapes material
• RAM press, a machine that shapes clay
• Trouser press, an electrical appliance used to smooth the wrinkles from a pair of trousers

Food preparation

• French press, a device for coffee preparation
• Fruit press, a device used to separate fruit solids from juice
• Garlic press, a kitchen utensil designed to crush garlic cloves
• Ram press (food), a device used to extract juice or oil
• Wine press, a device used to extract juice from crushed grapes during wine making

Other uses

• Ironing, the act of removing wrinkles from clothes
• Press (overhead), the act of lifting a weight above the head
• Press (surname), family name of English and Eastern European origin
• "Press" (song), by Paul McCartney
• Press (album), by MU330
• Impressment, a method of involuntary recruitment into a navy
• Linen-press, a cabinet for storing textiles
• Press (film), a Turkish film"

only Linen-press is used anywhere else.

Well I'll put that in my pipe and smoke it!

Capt'n Midnight

Feisar wrote: »

A cup board, surely there would be no doors on such a thing? If it has doors it's a press.

You keep delph in the press
and clothes in the hot press.

summerskin

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

You keep delph in the press
and clothes in the hot press.

Never understood why the irish call it "delph" either. It's where I used to live... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delph

bonzodog2

summerskin wrote: »

Never understood why the irish call it "delph" either. It's where I used to live... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delph

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delft

Delft is well known for the Delft pottery ceramic products[2] which were styled on the imported Chinese porcelain of the 17th century. The city had an early start in this area since it was a home port of the Dutch East India Company.

Luxie

My German director has taken to signing her emails to me as 'thanks a million'.

Luxie

Also the expression 'you dig?' as in 'do you understand' stems from 'an dtuigeann tu'. So I read somewhere.

trashcan

Again in place of when.

e.g, "you're going into town now ? Sure it'll be 8 O'Clock again you get there."

Not sure if that's a Dublin thing only.

Says I is another, instead of I said - Ah now says I, you can't be doing that.

LoocyLoo

To say 'bring' where the rest of the world will say 'take', as in, "I'll bring this with me when I go".

And the way we can say, "Now..." or "Right..." in the middle of a silence, to indicate (in our own minds) a transition of some sort.

Crooked Jack

My sister has started saying "buck-she-waa" instead of "rulya." is this a new irishism or have i just missed it or is it one of those cu ntish generational things that they all say like that YOLO piss

Bogman Billy

trashcan wrote: »

Again in place of when.

e.g, "you're going into town now ? Sure it'll be 8 O'Clock again you get there."

Not sure if that's a Dublin thing only.

Says I is another, instead of I said - Ah now says I, you can't be doing that.

It's not just a Dub thing

Eurovisionmad

"He's a bit fond of the drink" = He's a raging alcoholic.

"He suffers from his nerves" = He suffers from panic attacks.

"As sure you know yourself" = I don't want to say the rest of the sentence.

IceFjoem

"She's got a face like a bucket of smashed crabs."

Míshásta

legendal wrote: »

'Sambo' ie a sandwich.
Saying 'I'd murder...' for 'I'd love to eat...'

Sambo's a racist term for black people elsewhere. I read on Boards once a story about a Irishman working in a London office who said 'Jaysus, I could murder a sambo right now!' He was called to a disciplinary hearing.

'Messages' instead of groceries is another one. A woman was called to an IRA trial in the 60s, and when asked where she was she told the court she was 'only getting her messages'. The court probed her, asking what these messages were, and who told them to her.

Those Brits just don't understand

But 'messages' is used in the same sense in parts of Britain.

Funglegunk

Nice thread, but it's no Irish Etiquette.

Míshásta

RMD wrote: »

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He was completely fúcked though when he went down the country for a month to other relatives. "It's fierce cold" "Whats the craic bhooiy". He didn't even know they were saying boy by the way they were pronouncing it, let alone understand why they were throwing boy on the end of sentences.

Spelt and pronounced 'Biy' in Cork.

"Howya Biy?

Yerra, strawcauling."

LordSutch

Up the yard, ya boyo ya . . . . .

fehenry

“Up on the bike with me and down the road I went, pedalling away like the hammers of hell.”
That’s what an elderly acquaintance once said when telling me about his first effort at riding a two-wheel bike.That sort of sentence construction was very popular in the area where I grew up.
Anyone not familiar with the old (Gaelic) syntax would have difficulty in understanding what was being said but to most Irish people, the meaning was clear enough.
“Outa me way or I’ll hit you a thump,” was an expression directed at me more than once.

Eurovisionmad

"He's good with his hands" = he's thick as s**t.

Sterling Archer

I wouldn't kick her outta be for eating cornflakes

Crackers- Shortened version of any crack, also to indicate someone is a bit mental

Cracker Beag - A petite attractive woman

On the Tear

Story

a bitta wavin

meoklmrk91

Cant believe no one has mentioned fair in the place of really.

As is, Jesus that's a fair nice cup of tea.
Or, that's fair bad form.

They use quare in Kilkenny/Carlow for the same, I think fair is a limerick/tipp thing but could be wrong.

A clout: a slap. Cop on or you'll be getting a clout.

humberklog

We go to the shops for messages, some of these messages are minerals. We put some of these messages in a press.