Speaking North Co Dublinise

Corsendonk

A bit of a fun thread, as anyone that has moved to NCD will have noticed that NCD natives have a unique Dublin accent and expression of words. I know when I used the word "rake " in conversation with dubs from other parts they look at me if I have two heads. So has anyone got more examples?


www.oldskerries.ie
Local Expressions in Skerries

1 . . Blow-in = one who visits Skerries casually and decides to remain.

2 . . Out-come-airs = tripper.

3 . . I'm falling out of my standing with the hunger.

4 . . He`s cut on the bias = In a bad humour.

5 . . Refugees = those who come down in the world and
settle in Skerries.
6 . . It put no seam on me = Doesn`t worry me.

7 . . Eye-oppenses = Smart-alecs.

8 . . Wydoes (or chancers) = irresponsible persons.

9 . . There's no blinding in her = couldn't be cheated.

10 Highflier = spendthrift

11 Barney = one who won't himself to be cheated.

12 She's dangerous = ugly beyond hope of improvement

13 He's bunking = kicking the door in temper.

14 An empty sack can't stand, but a full one can't bend.

15 I'm so mad I could tear paper

Jimdagym

Well I never heard "Go boil your head (in a biscuit tin)" untill I moved to balbriggan. "Our lad" is another.

TangyZizzle

Our, Our lad, Our wan etc. Never heard any of them before I started attending my course in the Brigg this past September. Admittedly Iv only heard one from that list.

cathy01

When I moved to Balbriggan, I noticed that everyone had a nick name that began with THE..The rooney, The Gaffers, and EVERYONE ..EVERYONE answered to our.If you forgot anyones name you just say Hi Our and they answered you.It was a blessing for me, as somedays I even forget my own name.:D

Corsendonk

cathy01 wrote: »

When I moved to Balbriggan, I noticed that everyone had a nick name that began with THE..The rooney, The Gaffers, and EVERYONE ..EVERYONE answered to our.If you forgot anyones name you just say Hi Our and they answered you.It was a blessing for me, as somedays I even forget my own name.:D

Lol yeah I noticed "The" before the nicknames when I watched the Balbriggan films I just posted in another thread here.

Frank Spencer

I detest the use of "Our Lad" or any variation of it.

Corsendonk

Frank Spencer wrote: »

I detest the use of "Our Lad" or any variation of it.

It sounds a very north of England phrase, I wonder did it come from all the english factories in Balbriggan in the early 1900s.

Beasty

Corsendonk wrote: »

It sounds a very north of England phrase, I wonder did it come from all the english factories in Balbriggan in the early 1900s.

Interestingly, when I was looking at some of my primary school work (from the 1960s:eek:) I was amazed to see I referred quite regularly to my sister as "Our lass", and when I think about it, it certainly was a very common expression in North Yorkshire at the time. "Our lad" is not a term I particularly recall though

yknaa

Frank Spencer wrote: »

I detest the use of "Our Lad" or any variation of it.

Totally agree. The main difference between Dublin-speak and country-speak boils down to 2 letters - O and Y

Example

Deco/Deccy
Philo/Philly
Mico/Mickey
;-) Could be onto something here

Hauk

"Around the head" - To walk around Red Island.

Corsendonk

Hauk wrote: »

"Around the head" - To walk around Red Island.

Same expression is used in Rush- To walk from the south beach to Rush Harbour via the rocks. We breed them tougher here:D

Octopus

Hauk wrote: »

"Around the head" - To walk around Red Island.

To go from Clonard Street to Vauxhall street along where the waterfall is in Balbriggan is 'across the head'

Octopus

cathy01 wrote: »

When I moved to Balbriggan, I noticed that everyone had a nick name that began with THE..The rooney, The Gaffers, and EVERYONE ..EVERYONE answered to our.If you forgot anyones name you just say Hi Our and they answered you.It was a blessing for me, as somedays I even forget my own name.:D

Balbriggan nicknames
http://www.balbriggan.net/nicknames.htm

Uriel.

It's funny, I have lived in Swords for almost my entire life and I have to admit I have never heard any of the terms of phrase mentioned in the OP.

Must be a North of Swords NCD thing or something, lol :pac:

Martron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8c8aBWCbtc

Corsendonk

Octopus wrote: »

Balbriggan nicknames
http://www.balbriggan.net/nicknames.htm

Lol Some very inventive nicknames.

Sid_Justice

The people that live north of Swords are a different species practically.

The Hill Billy

Sid - I'd click the ban button on you if only my webbed hands could use the keyboard.

Chinafoot

Octopus wrote: »

Balbriggan nicknames
http://www.balbriggan.net/nicknames.htm

My dad and aunt are both there

Corsendonk

Chinafoot wrote: »

My dad and aunt are both there

Nicknames do get passed down in families:)

cathy01

My Friend , the Major Collins gave this poem and knows that Im putting it on the site.Hope its ok, but its very interesting.
A town of NickNames

I walk the street of my town
& here is what I see,
The Buckshot with his banjo & the Dozer singing free
I spy the Ma McKewon
Her stocking wrinkling down
Dishing out the chips,
On the square she was found

I came upon the Didlier
The Jip with his bike
The Whistler Lacey smoking,
The dregs of someones butt
I meet with Ritchie Collins
A bell man carrying slack
The Gub Corcoran horse & cart,
Picking up the trash.
I met the Billa Costello
On the square selling fish
The Jemmer roaring loud,
‘Get away you son of a bitch’

I spied Kathy Dunne
Ambling across the Canal
She was heading for the town hall
A tongue that would clip a hedge
& there within the town hall,
the hops on Saturday night,
the invasion of the Scotsmen
The local girls delight

There was nick names like the Rainbow,
Dingo & the Fobs, Gunchie & the Nailer
The Cla & the Blobs
Their was the Sycky & the Dab
The Elk was local too
The Budgie & the Smythco to name but a few

Their was Scratch & the Skinner
Leather & the Cru, the Cheyenne & the Jobber
& these are all true
There was Perky & the Minne
The Sailor & the Jams
The Golly & the Drummer
All behave like lambs

There was Bootsie & the Colando
The Whacker & the Spud
the Binky & the Blarey all stalking in the wood
there was Puddners & the Bilko
the Frosty & the Slick,
there was other fancy names like just plain Dick

Alas but many some have had their day
Now their sons & daughter carry on the fray
Christened in the church, pomp & regalia given names,
The locals like to abbreviate & shorten to the insane

Major 09 ©
March 2009

cbreeze

The accents are different too. 'Road' is pronounced 'ro-ad' like it had two syllables.

LeoB

N.C.D is a great spot for sayings but I have never heard so many nicknames since I started working in Balbriggan

"The wawa", "Bunive", Sprocket, Steaky, "The Cag"

As for the sayings I think a lot of them are are quite common but just cchanged from area to area.

Bright and useless, like an inland lighthouse
As useful as tits on a bull
shocking ugly
The tide would not take her out......
These are all fairly common around the place but I dont hear many young people using them now.

There is alwso a great talent out in N.C.D for putting a right cutting edge into a sentence, hense the saying "a tongue like a chisel" or "a paint scraper.

LeoB

Sid_Justice wrote: »

The people that live north of Swords are a different species practically.

Agree 100% Its called Class:D

cbreeze wrote: »

The accents are different too. 'Road' is pronounced 'ro-ad' like it had two syllables.

School = Sch wel
Potholes = Pothow les

I think this is more west of Old Dublin - Belfast Rd. It is also in the tone and speed at which people talk.

Chinafoot

Corsendonk wrote: »

Nicknames do get passed down in families:)

Different families in this case. My dad is the Mito Reilly and my aunt is the Bisto Kelly.

tatli_lokma

Our lad is more usually (for real balbriggan folk) turned into 'ow-wer' as in 'howa-ya ow-wer'.
another one I never heard til I came to balbriggan was 'qware wan' (queer one) when referring to ones better half. This is the qware wan.

or when something is bad/awful/not nice 'thats cat'

I think the genuine balbriggan accent is a mix of Dub and Drogheda, which can only be described as a strange one!

Chinafoot

Little Ted wrote: »

or when something is bad/awful/not nice 'thats cat'

My boyfriend is from Limerick and had no idea what I meant the first time he heard me say it. He still laughs at me when I say something is cat.

I think 'geebag' is quite NCD too

tatli_lokma

Chinafoot wrote: »

I think 'geebag' is quite NCD too

oh god, I hate that expression with a passion :mad:
although I would venture that it is more a North Dublin City phrase than county Dublin - I would say that this is 'skanger-ese' rather than NCD-ese!

Chinafoot

Little Ted wrote: »

oh god, I hate that expression with a passion :mad:
although I would venture that it is more a North Dublin City phrase than county Dublin - I would say that this is 'skanger-ese' rather than NCD-ese!

Hehe, I love it tbh. My sister uses a variation of it and calls people "gee-ers".

tatli_lokma

going out on the lash and getting gee-eyed?

god, this language is cat

LeoB

Little Ted wrote: »

going out on the lash and getting gee-eyed?

god, this language is cat

Buckled was also quite common term for someone who was fairly full

As many will be aware there is a great turn of phrase to be heard from quite a few N.C.D'rs. I heard a lad describe how he got on with a girl the previous night..... Says he,without batting an eyelid and taking a sip from a curer, "She wont be pregnant anyway", "It was like trying to play snooker with a rope"