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Things said in England that no one says in Ireland

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  • 19-09-2014 10:26pm
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    MakeEmLaugh
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    Living in England, I've noticed things they say that no one at home says. Here are a few examples.

    What We Say: College
    What They Say: Uni' (pronounced 'Yooney')

    What We Say: Throw
    What They Say: Chuck

    What We Say: Send
    What They Say: Ping (as in 'Ping me an email')

    Any other examples?


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    AmberAmber
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭AmberAmber


    I- land !!!
    and they talk about us and our use of english !!
    listen next time !!
    or Clof !! as in a rag or wash cloth for washing the wear !!


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    ratracer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭ratracer


    ' god save the queen ' ......







    **this really should be in AH


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    deise08
    Registered Users Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭deise08


    We say runners,
    they say trainers.

    we say press,
    they say cupboard.


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    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    "spiffing"

    No translation available.


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    Steve
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    F-A-G-G-O-T-S (meaning sausages) and chips?

    (sorry, boards swear filter edited it out)

    Is that still a thing in the UK?


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    Frank Lee Midere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,780 ✭✭✭Frank Lee Midere


    Shall.


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    Yakuza
    Registered Users Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    Them: Pardon? (As in, "I'm frightfully sorry, old chap, but I couldn't quite make out what you just said. Would you mind repeating it?")
    Us: Wha'?


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    Bepolite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Bepolite


    Mucker, mate, pal (Scotland more than England).

    Getting on Famously

    Cheers

    Can I have my beer warm?

    I have to say the thing I miss most about Blighty (there's another one) is properly posh totty (and another). In Ireland you only every get upper middle class and the associated stuck-upness. Properly rich, as in can buy your whole housing estate and turn it into a park -- mmmmmmmmmmmm and for some reason don't have that stuck-up attitude. I really wish I could find that Bill Connelly bit about the really rich and really poor getting along in Glasgow.


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    GerB40
    Registered Users Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭GerB40


    Pants instead of jocks.
    And saying Pamaler instead of Pamela.


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    #11
    Mearings
    Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭Mearings


    "I didn't ever used to."

    In 42 years living in London there was only (ever) one person who addressed me as 'old chap' and he hailed from Grenada.


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    MakeEmLaugh
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    The English are a lot more forceful with their verbs than the Irish.

    We might say, first example, "put it in the oven".

    They say, "bang it in the oven".

    We might say, "throw it out".

    They said, "chuck it out".

    Even their standard response to a successful undertaking of any given task is "smashed it".


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    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Obviously the whole brought/took thing is different.


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