Best Donegal Slang

irlpic

LoanShark wrote: »

I've heard "it's a wild day,cat altogether!"

But never heard "it's a wild day, clean cat altogether!"

Ive heard clean cat loads of times.
Also - 'clean rotten' meaning very dirty or very drunk.

LoanShark

irlpic wrote: »

Ive heard clean cat loads of times.
Also - 'clean rotten' meaning very dirty or very drunk.

I've heard 'clean rotten' heaps of times, but never. Heard 'clean cat'..

But sure, we'll loose any sleep over it!!

Another one,
"sure he was only touching the road in spots!!"
(He was going rather fast and came in contact with the tarmac at irregular intervals)

Madam

Your belly's over the bog tae *insert a local townland*, with us it was Galdonagh:)

smugchik

I have always thought it funny when I hear people say 'empy' instead of 'empty'.

smugchik

Weird stuff:

'thamarragh' instead of tomorrow
'mind' instead of remember
'foundered' for cold

ayeboy

Reddin out the shade .... Cleaning out the shed

smugchik

Good one. I forgot about the weird shade/shed thing.

What about calling the afternoon the evening? Where does that come from? ie Two o'clock in the evening... haha

homer simpson

smugchik wrote: »

Good one. I forgot about the weird shade/shed thing.

What about calling the afternoon the evening? Where does that come from? ie Two o'clock in the evening... haha

Never heard anyone say 2 in the evening in my life, duno where your getting that out of but it is common worldwide to use evening after 4pm there is no real official time that the evening starts or finishes though. I wouldn't class that as Donegal slag at all!

homer simpson

ayeboy wrote: »

Reddin out the shade .... Cleaning out the shed

Ironic username for this thread :pac:

pockets3d

Raises an interesting question
The use of the word wild to mean very?
I always thought and used wild but it seems others say it as ''while''
which do yiz use?

implausible

stephendevlin wrote: »

Oh wait .. MADADM

Is not a JUCK

I know 'juck', but what was the first bit?

Madam wrote: »

Not fornenst the wain;)

Any chance of a translation for the poor oul' blow-in?

"G'wan" instead of please i.e. "g'wan gis a break". I was scolding students for being rude 'til I heard other teachers saying it!

Cat82

smugchik wrote: »

I once heard someone say "amn't" instead of 'I'm not' as in "I amn't going."

Just asked my husband about this and we both say amn't. I use it while speaking to people and in text messages. I never even thought it was wrong. Oops!

muckish

"Get a right druckin in that rain." ie soaking

muffler

Madam wrote: »

Not fornenst the wain;)

deemark wrote: »

Any chance of a translation for the poor oul' blow-in?

Not in front of the child/baby

smugchik

homer_simpson wrote: »

Never heard anyone say 2 in the evening in my life, duno where your getting that out of but it is common worldwide to use evening after 4pm there is no real official time that the evening starts or finishes though. I wouldn't class that as Donegal slag at all!

I hear it every week in Letterkenny from colleagues who come from the Killygordon and Ballybofey area. Also from someone from Gweedore.

muffler

smugchik wrote: »

I hear it every week in Letterkenny from colleagues who come from the Killygordon and Ballybofey area. Also from someone from Gweedore.

Never heard that before either.

dee o gee

Not a donegalian myself but been in college up there for the last year. Aye and wile are the best words ever invented imo! Actually the donegal accent in general is the best, seriously I could listen to ye talk crap all day!
Gotta love donegal slang, although at times I have needed a translator! Hadn't a clue what people were on about talking about wains!

Firblog

dee o gee wrote: »

Not a donegalian myself but been in college up there for the last year. Aye and wile are the best words ever invented imo! Actually the donegal accent in general is the best, seriously I could listen to ye talk crap all day!
Gotta love donegal slang, although at times I have needed a translator! Hadn't a clue what people were on about talking about wains!

AYE to that...

North_West_Art

'I seen me..'

mmcm888

stephendevlin wrote: »

Gimme a lock a them

Or

Gimme a wheen a them!

Also the multitude of superlative/ versions of the above

a brave lock
a fair lock
a right lock

PanicStations

smugchik wrote: »

I once heard someone say "amn't" instead of 'I'm not' as in "I amn't going."

I was really shocked as he was quite articulate in other areas.

"amn't" is grammatically correct. It is a common usage in Hiberno English.

Please see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contractions_of_negated_auxiliary_verbs_in_English#Amn.27t

deman

I remember years ago having new neighbours from England and how they were confused by another older neighbour when he would tell them that he was "heading up to the firm to check the kettle" :D

unknownlegend

Aye
wild
Hai
Lad
yoke/yock
Brave
damn the hait
Cave (pronounced calf) as in "he calfed on his twelfth pint of Guinness"

Also very confusing to people in Dublin in my experience is denoting your shopping as "messages", eg "got a few bags of messages in dunnes earlier". It's like speaking in tongues when ya speak fast on a phone to a local I'm told :pac:

PanicStations

"Land" for "arrive", as in "we landed in Letterkenny at 2 o'clock".

"Dodge" for "walk" as in "I dodged up the road to Mary's house".

implausible

PanicStations wrote: »

"Land" for "arrive", as in "we landed in Letterkenny at 2 o'clock".

We have that down the Wesht too.

After being confused by and takin' a hand out the accent since I moved up, I heard myself shouting "hi sir!" at my 11 month old the other day......:eek:

muffler

deemark wrote: »

After being confused by and takin' a hand out the accent since I moved up, I heard myself shouting "hi sir!" at my 11 month old the other day......:eek:

Lemming

Great thread. All I can hear in my head when reading it all are my dad & relatives (well those relatives obviously from Donegal ... ) speaking

muffler

I recall spending a couple of years in Dublin and the feckers used to laugh at me when I'd say something like "sit you down there" or "go you up the stairs first". They would be in stitches as they would always have "you" at the start of the sentence

irlpic

Extracts From TheDonegal Dictionary

A……….I
Aul……. Old
Aul Boy….Father
Aul Doll…Mother
Aye……..Yes
Bother…..Hassle
Canny……Cannot
Class…. .Good/Great
Dinny……Don’t
Doll……Girl or woman
Foundered .Extremely cold
Fray……From
Gan…….Going
Gaff……House/flat
Geesa…..Give me a
Gissa…..Girl
Glack……..Good luck………..Good bye
Gon…….Please
Hanlin….Trouble or Fight or Argument
Hi……..Used at the start and end of every sentence
Hay…….Have
Hey?……Phrased as a question meaning what
Juck……Boy or Man
Ker………… Car
Lock……Small amount of something
Mind……To remember
Mon…….Come on
Naw…….No
Nuance….Unusual
Pure……very
Purdies…Potatoes
Rare……strange or unusual
Staish….Oh wow or Look
Thon……That
Tight…..Cruel
Wan…….One or 1
Wan…….Refering to a person. E.g. “Look at that wan there”
Wee…….Small
Weins…..Babies or children
Well……Hello
Wile……Very or Terrible
Yes…….Hello
Yis Sir…Slang, Hello
Yes Horse……..Hello to someone u like
Yock……… different types of vehicles

Grab a howlt te it
canny see a stime
A was beside mesel
How Minnie
stop actin the feckin chloster
Stap yer oul nyammin' an' dry up
what wuz agoiny say there?
the whin bushes are tirning yalla
the slevers was running out of me mouth thinking on a tear of drink
The wee lambs is fairly leppin about the feel
What day's the day?
PURE SCUNNERED
guggies
Aye, sure this is it. This is what yer up again
Kep
misuring tape
Are ya fer out the night are ya, aye?Ya wuren't out last night wur ya, naw?
Thon oul bolicks
the break for ye
Qwer sore weather on turrrf
Made a hems o' it
cat melodian
Foundered
Starving wi the hunger
Starving kowl
Sit down, Hi, or you'll get a thick ear.
An' you'll get yer arse warmed while am adit
Ach sure it's no wile odds
Suss it out
The smell of yer wan
Wile afeered
cadgin
howl yer wisht

smashey

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