When did shops become stores??

theoneeyedman

Not hugely important in the greater scheme of things, but all sorts of lobbyists, representatives, commentators, and presenters in the media over the last few weeks talking about the 'stores' reopening next week... Hardware Stores, Homeware Stores, Clothes Stores, everything except the Food Store really.

WTF??? What happened the humble shop?

Yankese is supplanting Hiberno-English.

EmmetSpiceland

Since Dunnes.

Badly Drunk Boy

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Since Dunnes.

That was always an outlier.

OP, you're right. It's a disgrace, and people should be ashamed of themselves!

Your Face

Hardware stores were always called that.

colm_mcm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

That was always an outlier.

OP, you're right. It's a disgrace, and people should be ashamed of themselves!

Roches..

British Home..

Signore Fancy Pants

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

That was always an outlier.

OP, you're right. It's a disgrace, and people should be ashamed of themselves!

Roches Stores.

Signore Fancy Pants

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

That was always an outlier.

OP, you're right. It's a disgrace, and people should be ashamed of themselves!

Roches Stores.

irishguitarlad

theoneeyedman wrote: »

Not hugely important in the greater scheme of things, but all sorts of lobbyists, representatives, commentators, and presenters in the media over the last few weeks talking about the 'stores' reopening next week... Hardware Stores, Homeware Stores, Clothes Stores, everything except the Food Store really.

WTF??? What happened the humble shop?

Ireland is becoming mini USA, I suppose it's the disadvantage of sharing the same language.

jam_mac_jam

When did films become movies? Toilets become bathrooms? Coleslaw become ****ing slaw?

iamstop

So long as we don't start having corner stores or bodegas we'll be half grand at the very least.

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ednwireland

same time as basil became baysil

dirkmeister

On Crimecall last month a Guard said that a “convenience store” in Dublin was recently robbed.

F*ck that sh!t, it’s a shop.

endacl

Around the same time buns became cupcakes.

They’re buns.

Buns.

Dammit.

Badly Drunk Boy

colm_mcm wrote: »

Roches..

British Home..

Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

Roches Stores.

Roches Stores, started in the so called rebel county? Yeah, right! Michael Collins was the biggest traitor to this country!


BHS? Yeah, very Irish.

Ye West Brit-Americans sicken me!!



Answer me this! An bhfuil cead agam dul go dtí an siopa, más é do thoil é?!?!? :pac:

Gerry T

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

When did films become movies? Toilets become bathrooms? Coleslaw become ****ing slaw?

Movies?? you mean "the pictures"

Giraffe Box

Fanny.

phormium

Ah now cupcakes are dressed up buns, a bun is something with a few sultanas in it or some jam and coconut on top. A cupcake should have a much fancier topping altogether with a bit of a buttercream swirl going on at the very least

two wheels good

It was around the same time that "people" became "folk" but a while after "proud" became "humble".

Seamai

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

When did films become movies? Toilets become bathrooms? Coleslaw become ****ing slaw?

Or worse still "rest rooms", I was in Dublin Castle a couple of years ago when an Italian women came up to me and asked if I knew where the toilets were, I glanced around and saw a sign for "rest rooms" and pointed it out to her, she looked puzzled and said that she had never heard the term before. Why did they feel to pander to Americans? Everyone knows what "Toilet" means, even someone with no English. I've even heard Americans going a step further and just using the word "Rooms". I make a point of always asking where the toilets are when I'm in the U.S just to make them uncomfortable

Seamai

endacl wrote: »

Around the same time buns became cupcakes.

They’re buns.

Buns.

Dammit.

We called them."queen cakes" while I had friends who called them "fairy cakes".

It Halle Ed when our island detached from Europe and floated westward ho!

FVP3

People worry about the stupidest things with regard to American influence. It's the #russiagatechinadidit nonsense that we need to ignore.

I bet stores are an old English word. High School for instance is the name that existed before secondary school.

One eyed Jack

ednwireland wrote: »

same time as basil became baysil

The first time I heard it being pronounced ‘erbs was by Darina Allen, same with baysil. Scons, etc, all sorts of weird enunciations.

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

When did films become movies? Toilets become bathrooms? Coleslaw become ****ing slaw?

Let’s just be grateful Washing Closet never caught on.


(I’ve just searched for the term, WC stands for Water Closet... )

Funnily enough in the states they use the term shop to describe a warehouse or shed, I.e. what we would call stores.

Think the term store originated in the states as the shops could only stock long life canned goods during the migration from east to west. Twas before fridges, which was the style at the time.

LeYouth

Jayz, this thread's on fire with nutters. Haha.

FVP3

LeYouth wrote: »

Jayz, this thread's on fire with nutters. Haha.

Didnt see it up to now but to be fair, it is now that you are here.

LeYouth

FVP3 wrote: »

Didnt see it up to now but to be fair, it is now that you are here.

Hah, well it takes one to know one.

kowloon

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Ireland is becoming mini USA, I suppose it's the disadvantage of sharing the same language.

In fairness, a lot of their culture was brought over from Ireland, so we're just getting some of that back after it's been mixed up a bit.

Montage of Feck

Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

Roches Stores.

With Demenhams gone could we see Roches back?

Montage of Feck

Gerry T wrote: »

Movies?? you mean "the pictures"

They're fillums ffs.

Harry Palmr

It happened just after lorries became trucks.

and "personnel" became "human resources"

oh and black become person of colo(u)r.

endacl

Seamai wrote: »

We called them."queen cakes" while I had friends who called them "fairy cakes".

BUNS

:mad:

jaxxx

Around the same time when your aunt became your uncle.

Seamai

endacl wrote: »

BUNS

:mad:

QUEEN CAKES! Let's just say I know a thing or two about queens.

Leg End Reject

phormium wrote: »

Ah now cupcakes are dressed up buns, a bun is something with a few sultanas in it or some jam and coconut on top. A cupcake should have a much fancier topping altogether with a bit of a buttercream swirl going on at the very least

No, it's a plain bun or a bun with icing.

A rice krispies bun if you're feeling adventurous.

Hamsterchops

theoneeyedman wrote: »

Not hugely important in the greater scheme of things, but all sorts of lobbyists, representatives, commentators, and presenters in the media over the last few weeks talking about the 'stores' reopening next week... Hardware Stores, Homeware Stores, Clothes Stores, everything except the Food Store really.

WTF??? What happened the humble shop?

Great question, & one that really annoys me too!

We've always gone shopping in Ireland, always gone to the shops, shops will be closed on the Bank Holiday, all shops open early for the New Year sales, I'm taking the children to the shops, shall I go to the corner shop?

Always shops, until now

...and I will continue to call them shops, and I will continue to go shopping, I will also use the elevator Lift to go up to the next floor of the shopping mall centre, I will then pick up my car in the Car lot Park and drive home, making sure not to clip the sidewalk pavement as I turn the corner beside that truck lorry .....

Bloody Americanisms should be stamped out at every opportunity, otherwise we'll lose everything.

Math is another one that's creeping in, and Pat Kenny is one very guilty presenter in the promotion of Math (instead of the indeginous Maths)✓

Grrrrrr :mad:

fonecrusher1

Yup its all very sad.

The slow but evident presence of American slang has been here for a while. People who have never been to the US with inexplicable semi-American accents or slang. I've seen people on boards say things like sneakers, soda, sweaters etc. Be yourself. Stop pretending. Cop on. Its ok. Its ok.

sligojoek

Puppies is another one.

They're pups FFS

johndaman66

And Pharmacy is another one.

They're chemists FFS

Tin Foil Hat

Deleted User wrote: »

Yankese is supplanting Hiberno-English.

As has been happening since the invention of the Talkie in 1927.

KungPao

In Seinfeld, George Costanza says Rochelle, Rochelle is a *film*, not a movie.

What’s the deal with that?

fran38

And saying "like' in the middle of a sentence to embelish what one is saying. "And there I was like, in the middle of the road". And what about being super excited. You cant turn it up to 11, you're either excited or not. Whats that all about (i was just about to write WTF is that all about but thats another Americanism).

fran38

Oh ya, how people tend to upspeak at the end of a sentence, tending It to sound more like a question. I wanna (see what i did there?) bitch slap them right in the gob for being so ****ing smug.

mikemac2

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Math is another one that's creeping in, and Pat Kenny is one very guilty presenter in the promotion of Math (instead of the indeginous Maths)✓

That's true! Pat Kenny always talking about "doing the math" :mad:

Grab All Association

Dickie Rock the bald wig wearing ******d who started it!

From the candy STORE on the corner

Ipso

KungPao wrote: »

In Seinfeld, George Costanza says Rochelle, Rochelle is a *film*, not a movie.

What’s the deal with that?

Because it was an art house depiction of a young woman’s erotic journey from Milan to Minsk.

Hamsterchops

About five years ago Radio Nova started calling Cinemas 'Movie Theatres" in their weekly movie film review, which really got my goat, so I rang them and tried to correct the young lady on the phone, but she wouldn't have have it, Movie Theatres they are, that's what we call them here. Maybe/hopefully it was just a fad and they've gone back to Cinema now?

I should have asked were they based in the States :cool:

boombang

I'm surprised at the demise of "at" as "stay at home" became "stay home". Idiots.

Zebra3

Seamai wrote: »

Or worse still "rest rooms", I was in Dublin Castle a couple of years ago when an Italian women came up to me and asked if I knew where the toilets were, I glanced around and saw a sign for "rest rooms" and pointed it out to her, she looked puzzled and said that she had never heard the term before. Why did they feel to pander to Americans? Everyone knows what "Toilet" means, even someone with no English. I've even heard Americans going a step further and just using the word "Rooms". I make a point of always asking where the toilets are when I'm in the U.S just to make them uncomfortable

You mean the jacks!!!!

dresden8

Gerry T wrote: »

Movies?? you mean "the pictures"

Fillums .

When the **** did takeaway become takeout?

Friends, that's when