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Irish people who say "Mate".

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    #62
    Yeah Yeah Yeah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 405 ✭✭Yeah Yeah Yeah


    So what term of phrase do you use for persons that are well known and liked by you?

    darkdubh wrote: »
    It just sounds very contrived when Irish people say that..Only British or Aussie people sound right using that expression.(Cue predictable "relax Mate" type replies)


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    #63
    Viral Vector
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭Viral Vector


    I don't mind Irish people saying Mate(y)/bud(dy)/horse/sham/dude but the Irish people who say Toats Magoats should be rounded up and put on Skellig Island!

    :rolleyes:


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    #64
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    It didn't sound right about two years ago. Now it's broken through and is an acceptable word to use.


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    #65
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    I agree with everyone on this thread and am constantly at a loss for a casual term of endearment.


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    #66
    grohlisagod
    Registered Users Posts: 1,998 ✭✭✭grohlisagod


    Viral Vector wrote: »
    I don't mind Irish people saying Mate(y)/bud(dy)/horse/sham/dude but the Irish people who say Toats Magoats should be rounded up and put on Skellig Island!

    :rolleyes:

    I heard Awks McGawks the other day. Stop the planet, I'm getting off!


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    #67
    dominiquecruz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭dominiquecruz


    I say bud, mate, dude, man, buddy and pal all the time.

    And I don't give a shiny shíte how it makes you feel!


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    #68
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    ColeTrain wrote: »
    Now it's broken through and is an acceptable word to use.

    I disagree.


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    #69
    cournioni
    Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 12,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭cournioni


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    It's better than people in D4 accents calling each other "dude" :(
    Does that accent even exist any more? (Thankfully) I haven't heard much of it since the Silly Tiger died off.


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    #70
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    aaronjumper wrote: »
    I disagree.

    No problem
    maan


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    #71
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    ColeTrain wrote: »
    No problem
    maan

    Thanks homie.


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    #72
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Walking up pearse street there today a tracksuited young lad nearly bumped into me and politely said "sorry mate" before I knew it, I had replied "sorry bud".


    No one was injured by either phrase and we continued on our seperate ways, so suck it up culchies. :)


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    #73
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    Bambi wrote: »
    Walking up pearse street there today a tracksuited young lad nearly bumped into me and politely said "sorry mate" before I knew it, I had replied "sorry bud".


    No one was injured by either phrase and we continued on our seperate ways, so suck it up culchies. :)

    Kill it with fire!!!


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    #74
    Stercus Accidit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,758 ✭✭✭Stercus Accidit


    There is a standard response I have to these threads, people travel, we have a multicultural society and we consume media and news from all over the world, AND language is variable as are our vocabularies so some people who have actually left their village and gone out into the world may pick up a few phrases.
    Stick to the darkest slurry smelling corners of the country if you don't want to hear about the outside world or be subjected to its influence.


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    #75
    EdenHazard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭EdenHazard


    mates sounds natural, mate does sound a bit unnatural.


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    #76
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,038 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    in carlow its not "mate" but rather "eh lad" if your from the town and "well horse" if your from the county :P


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    #77
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    I call people "chief" as I am shíte at remembering names.


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    #78
    thethingis
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭thethingis


    What about .......... Alright Horse or alright my Shipmate


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    #79
    WesternZulu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭WesternZulu


    Twat is another one!

    It just sounds wrong in an Irish accent...it annoys me immensely!!


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    #80
    billybudd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭billybudd


    Mate, dude etc etc very annoying, i even prefer bud at least it sounds alright.


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    #81
    EdenHazard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭EdenHazard


    WesternZulu wrote: »
    Twat is another one!

    It just sounds wrong in an Irish accent...it annoys me immensely!!

    scandalous, nothing feels sweeter than calling someone a twat, but important to not emphasis the t at the end


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    #82
    Yeah Yeah Yeah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 405 ✭✭Yeah Yeah Yeah


    I think c**t, is prb the most descriptive and sadly underused word in the English language, (whats the equivelant as gaeilege?)

    I predict that by 2032, the Popes third wife will be on front page tabloids declaring "He's nothing but a cheatin C***.

    So, it'll be a bit like Ireland was in the 14th century, without the press intrusion.

    Cheers made!


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    #83
    SHOVELLER
    Registered Users Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭SHOVELLER


    freddiek wrote: »
    mate and "cheers"

    the upper classes would use this word when drinking wine but now everyone seems to say it. Not just when thanking someone, i hear it used now as a kind of goodbye

    Exactly.

    Mate is horrendous.

    Cheers is not a form of thanks or goodbye.


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    #84
    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    sir

    that drives me daft

    howaya doin' sir would ya be interested in a sofa


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    #85
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    Those blokes sound like right muppets.


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    #86
    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    Irish Guitarist wrote: »
    Those blokes sound like right muppets.

    ok chap


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    #87
    Icaras
    Registered Users Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Icaras


    There is a new trend of people saying fella instead of mate in England as in Alright fella how are you today. I don't know whether to punch them or laugh at them.


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    #88
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Horse/horsebox, kid, skin or lad, they have more character than just plain old 'mate' imo and should be part of every Irish person's greeting vocabulary.


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    #89
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    darkdubh wrote: »
    It just sounds very contrived when Irish people say that..Only British or Aussie people sound right using that expression.(Cue predictable "relax Mate" type replies)

    I personally don't give a **** about people saying "mate","dude" or any other term common associated with another language or culture, mainly because most of us grew up watching all kinds of shows from all kinds of places so things sneak into your vernacular.


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    #90
    Giruilla
    Registered Users Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭Giruilla


    Logical Fallacy wrote: »
    I personally don't give a **** about people saying "mate","dude" or any other term common associated with another language or culture, mainly because most of us grew up watching all kinds of shows from all kinds of places so things sneak into your vernacular.

    I call people 'truv' because its a mixtrue of true and bruv. Because I sense.


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