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Translate into Mayoese?

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  • 12-08-2010 5:09pm
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    pickarooney
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    I wonder could anyone help me try to 'translate' the following into a Mayo scummer accent:
    "Stowry bood? Gorra loigh' haveya? Are you lookin' a' moi bourd? Why noh'? Arya sayin' she's uglee? Arya startin'? Anto, stick de head in dis bollix, willya?"

    What are scangers usually called in Mayo?


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    PogMoThoin
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    What are scangers usually called in Mayo?

    Dubs


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    Coillte_Bhoy
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    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Dubs

    :D


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    threebeards
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    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Dubs

    LOL. :D Qft


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    pickarooney
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    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Dubs

    There's just no comeback for that :D


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    pickarooney
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    Is 'minker' used in Mayo at all?


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    neiphin
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    Is 'minker' used in Mayo at all?

    mink, we used to call some people from ballina that


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    nuac
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    I think Minker is a traveller cant word - means traveller as far as I remember


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    tennessee time
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    shams


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    PogMoThoin
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    tennessee time wrote: »
    shams

    Does that Not come from Tuam?


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    Blackjack
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    There's just no comeback for that :D

    I lolled too.:D


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    yop
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    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Does that Not come from Tuam?

    Shams are lads from Tuam
    Beurs are girls from Tuam

    Don't think there are any Mayoese words, maybe Mayo people say 'Like' a lot :)

    But no "Story buds" down here :p


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    biko
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    Shams from Tuam, Scans from Dunmore and Shafts from Dunmore.

    About the OP, can't help you but maybe watch some Hardy Bucks.


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    nuac
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    Some Tuam words also traveller cant words - i.e. beor - girl or woman


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    wildlifeman
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    "Howaya Buck" I get that a fair bit when i am down there or
    here is the jackeen. ah will you schhhhtop. my granda used to say Boyine and Girline for young kids.


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    lg123
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    is 'c u n t i s h' a mayo word?


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    PogMoThoin
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    lg123 wrote: »
    is 'c u n t i s h' a mayo word?

    Used a lot, yeah.

    I've a relative from Offaly, She often comments on every word getting "een" in Mayo. "Howaya Johneen", "that thingeen", and She claims She even heard "I'll see ya in a whileeen"


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    Blackjack
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    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Used a lot, yeah.

    I've a relative from Offaly, She often comments on every word getting "een" in Mayo. "Howaya Johneen", "that thingeen", and She claims She even heard "I'll see ya in a whileeen"

    the "een", is usually meant to imply "small" or "Junior".


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    epgc3fyqirnbsx
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    I've been told by dub mates that they can always tell a mayo person, not by accent but by the fact that we say 'now' at the end of everything

    Howya now
    Not too bad now
    Whats the craic now
    where ya headed now etc etc


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    nuac
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    Slasher

    re finishing sentences/remarks with "now"

    I don't think this is solely a Mayo habit.

    Goodbye for now. ( -- oops )


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    whadabouchasir
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    Royalty Refined Bean wrote: »
    I've been told by dub mates that they can always tell a mayo person, not by accent but by the fact that we say 'now' at the end of everything

    Howya now
    Not too bad now
    Whats the craic now
    where ya headed now etc etc
    Or saying "Hey" at the end of everything.


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    dec25532
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    biko wrote: »
    Shams from Tuam, Scans from Dunmore and Shafts from Dunmore.

    Think you will find that scans are from Milltown, bless them.


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    3greenrizla's
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    a Galwegian friend of mine recognised that one of his work mates was from Ballina when he overheard him saying "I Guarantee you wan ting"


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    ScareGilly
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    Watch Hardy Bucks, after about 5 episodes you'll be fluent :rolleyes:


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    Bob the Builder
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    Scums seems to be the word in westport... Knackers as well... I saw a councillor use the word "yobs" at one stage. Then if you are an older person, they're referred to as "little fúckers" or "thugs"


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    WesternZulu
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    Buck is another one that i only ever hear used in mayo.

    As in:
    "Arra shtop...that buck is shtone mad"


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    Hollyg'lightly
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    Mayo people say 'now' after everything, an English girl i worked with picked up on this 'nowism', there you go, now.
    Shhhhtop, that's cat!(probably coming from catastrophic)
    That's class(meaning really great)
    There's loads of them.
    I find rolling of the words, (shhhtop, shhhart, winda,(window),aten and dhrinkn etc) seems to increase as one heads toward Ballina. This is not meant as an insult, in fact it is quite the opposite, fair play to Ballina for holding onto the vernacular in a time when children are acquiring this misplaced, D4, mixed bag accent that looses all sense of pride of place.
    Use of the word 'clown' is also quite popular in Ballina, meaning an inefficient, idiotic, but generally harmless individual.
    Perhaps Mayoish can be traced back to the Irish language, where much rolling of words is needed, mar shampla triocha =thrirty, srl.
    All I can say is long may it continue.


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