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Where did "Happy out" come from??!

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    #32
    funk-you
    Registered Users Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭funk-you


    I'm always happier when I'm out, pants don't do it for me.

    -Funk


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    #33
    PaulieBeef
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    jaysis get with the lingo, jackeens! Us "culchies" have been using those phrases for donkey's!:)


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    #34
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,107 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    PaulieBeef wrote: »
    jaysis get with the lingo, jackeens! Us "culchies" have been using those phrases with donkey's!:)

    FYP. There's a certain brand of culchie who loves to say "with years" as though English-speakers would understand this.


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    #35
    Theta
    Registered Users Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    Fulton Crown wrote: »
    Pure annoying ! Crackin butts though - I could almost forgive them :D

    Pure is another one of those culchie sayings. "That was pure awful"


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    #36
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,975 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    pickarooney wrote: »
    FYP. There's a certain brand of culchie who loves to say "with years" as though English-speakers would understand this.

    I heard this in Kerry when I asked someone how long they had worked somewhere. "I worked there with two weeks"


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    #37
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,381 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I use this all the time.. Only in the last year or so.
    Do you want us to all sound the same like with proper english? Language is just a communication tool and if you understand that i'm happy, job done.


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    #38
    trad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,696 ✭✭✭trad


    How did "Hey" make it from Ardee to CSI?


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    #39
    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,436 Mod ✭✭✭✭xzanti


    I fcuking hate that phrase, I started a rant about it over in R&R not long ago, it's hideous, it's a serious conversation stopper for me.. 'See ya after'.. :rolleyes:


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    #40
    meditraitor
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    Never heard it............. sounds stupid


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    #41
    star.chaser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭star.chaser


    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    Yeah but Cork is the worst.

    i sense a feeling of animosity towards our cork brothers. care to expand on your experiences that make you feel this way? :D


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    #42
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    I know people from all over the island who say it.


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    #43
    Malari
    Registered Users Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    NoDice wrote: »
    Maybe it's a Cork thing? Can anyone from Cork back that up if they've heard it?

    I hear it nearly every day, I never say it myself though. I'd be leaving work, stop to talk to one of my friends, I'd say "I really have to go now bye" and she'll say "alright go on so".

    But alot of people just say "go on so" without the conversation at all..

    Yeah, it appears to be a Cork thing. I hate it! When people want to finish a phone conversation they say "go on" instead of "well, I'll talk to you soon" or something more civil. Sounds like you are really holding them up and they can't wait to get rid of you.


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    #44
    WeleaseWoderick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭WeleaseWoderick


    Have only ever heard "happy out" from Cork and Kerry people. It's a phrase that completely wrecks my head for some reason.

    Another Cork phrase that I've heard is saying "alergic" to mean being distressed or annoyed about something. e.g. "It took us half an hour to get served like, I was fecking alergic!"


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    #45
    star.chaser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭star.chaser


    lived in cork for years and never heard "happy out".
    i've heard allergic alright. kind of self explanatory. as in i'm allergic to that dope on boards ;)


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    #46
    Malari
    Registered Users Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    WeleaseWoderick wrote: »
    Have only ever heard "happy out" from Cork and Kerry people. It's a phrase that completely wrecks my head for some reason.

    Another Cork phrase that I've heard is saying "alergic" to mean being distressed or annoyed about something. e.g. "It took us half an hour to get served like, I was fecking alergic!"

    I think you'll find the phrase has been shortened to "allerge" :rolleyes:

    As in...

    "Traffic was UNREAL coming home today"
    "Don't talk to me, girl...ALLERGE!!!"


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    #47
    eddie the eagle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 188 ✭✭eddie the eagle


    happy out?......sure it was runnin rampant down the back arse of wicla and wexford about 3 years gone. (said with wiclow accent)


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    #48
    SomeDude
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    I don't particulary want everybody to speak "proper" English. I'm just intrigued to know where the phrase "happy out" came from.

    Also, what the hell does it actually mean? Obviously I know what the sentiment is, but what does the "out" part refer to? Does it mean they are so happy that they are displaying "outward" emotion. Oh, and by the way, I hear this mostly from Dublin people...


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    #49
    consultech
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    WeleaseWoderick wrote: »
    Have only ever heard "happy out" from Cork and Kerry people. It's a phrase that completely wrecks my head for some reason.

    I originally said it was an English guy I heard it from, but he's actually lived in Kerry for half his life, so this would make sense.

    It really (irrationally) grinds my gears too. I think it's because I like to speek propar Engurlish.


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    #50
    Daisy Steiner
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    SomeDude wrote: »
    I don't particulary want everybody to speak "proper" English. I'm just intrigued to know where the phrase "happy out" came from.

    Also, what the hell does it actually mean? Obviously I know what the sentiment is, but what does the "out" part refer to? Does it mean they are so happy that they are displaying "outward" emotion. Oh, and by the way, I hear this mostly from Dublin people...


    Happy from the inside out?


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    #51
    NoDice
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    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    Yeah but Cork is the worst.

    Your mam is the worst..
    Noopti wrote: »
    And your response would obviously be "Eh, I wasn't looking for permission biatch"?

    Seriously though, if someone responded like that to me I would think they were taking the piss, or else actually felt agrieved that I was leaving...

    Ya it's a little rude but I think it's generally accepted as a "goodbye" in a nice way..
    pickarooney wrote: »
    "That bate all out" is another one.

    Never heard that one..

    Ya I've heard loadsa people say allergic too! Ugh, hate that but I've caught myself saying it a few times walking up the stairs to work when someone asks "how are you" and I reply "allergic".. :o

    I didn't get "haunted" for a while.. Thought it meant a bad thing but it's apparently a good thing.. Must be getting old..


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    #52
    eddie the eagle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 188 ✭✭eddie the eagle


    SomeDude wrote: »
    I don't particulary want everybody to speak "proper" English. I'm just intrigued to know where the phrase "happy out" came from.

    Also, what the hell does it actually mean? Obviously I know what the sentiment is, but what does the "out" part refer to? Does it mean they are so happy that they are displaying "outward" emotion. Oh, and by the way, I hear this from mostly Dublin people...

    happy out = im outwardly happy. feel my emotions as they rumage through your mortal coil. its a culchie thing for sure. whats this? e-motions? what can we do wi tham. happy out.


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    #53
    Malari
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    I think it's a shortening of "throughout"


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    #54
    NoDice
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    Malari wrote: »
    I think you'll find the phrase has been shortened to "allerge" :rolleyes:

    As in...

    "Traffic was UNREAL coming home today"
    "Don't talk to me, girl...ALLERGE!!!"

    Ha ha ha!!

    "Just got to work on time though! Haunted, girl!"

    :D


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    #55
    ejmaztec
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    WeleaseWoderick wrote: »
    It's a phrase that completely wrecks my head for some reason.

    Is it only in Kerry that someone would say "wrecks the head", or "I'm off the head", or "the head" in general, as if implying that there's only one "head" in existence?

    My missus picked that "Kerry way" up and it's driving me off the head.:(


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    #56
    Malari
    Registered Users Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    NoDice wrote: »
    Ha ha ha!!

    "Just got to work on time though! Haunted, girl!"

    :D

    Oh god yeah that's another gem! :pac:


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    #57
    star.chaser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭star.chaser


    NoDice wrote: »
    Your mam is the worst..

    his mam is the best. so you've had a go as well? :D


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    #58
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,107 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Is it only in Kerry that someone would say "wrecks the head", or "I'm off the head", or "the head" in general, as if implying that there's only one "head" in existence?

    My missus picked that "Kerry way" up and it's driving me off the head.:(

    I notice you didn't say "the missus" :cool:


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    #59
    [Deleted User]
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    How to use 'happy out'.

    Tom: Jaysus Mary, the Esb arrived. Will ya open it there?
    Mary: Aye, give it here..
    ..
    Sure it's only ninety squids Tom. Not too bad at all like.
    Tom: Ah sound enough.. Happy out like. What's for dinner?
    Mary: Spuds and Cabbage.
    Tom: Scorebags McGee Hi.


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    #60
    Theta
    Registered Users Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    Deleted User wrote: »
    How to use 'happy out'.

    Tom: Jaysus Mary, the Esb arrived. Will ya open it there?
    Mary: Aye, give it here..
    ..
    Sure it's only ninety squids Tom. Not too bad at all like.
    Tom: Ah sound enough.. Happy out like. What's for dinner?
    Mary: Spuds and Cabbage.
    Tom: Scorebags McGee.

    Jaysus Tom and Mary have the life dont they!


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    #61
    NoDice
    Registered Users Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭NoDice


    Deleted User wrote: »
    How to use 'happy out'.

    Tom: Jaysus Mary, the Esb arrived. Will ya open it there?
    Mary: Aye, give it here..
    ..
    Sure it's only ninety squids Tom. Not too bad at all like.
    Tom: Ah sound enough.. Happy out like. What's for dinner?
    Mary: Spuds and Cabbage.
    Tom: Scorebags McGee.

    Ha ha or..

    "What are ya up to later on girl?"

    "In for the night with a naggin and my fella - happy out!"

    :D
    star.chaser wrote: »
    his mam is the best. so you've had a go as well? :D

    Ya but I'm definately not paying THAT much next time!


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