anyone else noticed this

pepper

ok i am from tipp( proudly) and i was chatting with my mate from dublin the other day and he mentioned tipperary people constanatly put " like" at the end of every sentence, i know we do that but according to him no other county does it- but i think limerick people do coos ive a few limerick mates and they do it

fade2black

This is a fact. Someone I know who's not from Tip but living there now is starting to adopt this little trait.

pepper

fade2black wrote:

This is a fact. Someone I know who's not from Tip but living there now is starting to adopt this little trait.

have you noticed we do the boy/girl thing too

we dont say well- we say "well girl" and "all right boy"

think thats just a general irish thing though

TerrorFirmer

I never say "Well Girl" or "Alright boy" but I do use the word "like" every second word subconsciously.

And I live in Galway, not Tipp, so....

I know alot of people that do it actually, maybe its a thing in the western/mid part of Ireland...

IceHawk

It's very common in Limerick. Annoys the hell out of me when I find myself doing it.

Jumpy

IceHawk wrote:

It's very common in Limerick. Annoys the hell out of me when I find myself doing it.

It sure is. Im an aussie and I have even caught myself doing it after some time here.

brown*eyed*girl

"Well boy" and "well girl" are very common here in Waterford. So is the term like especially with the teenagers. I always say well girl or boy and don't use the like thing too much but it can rub off on you if you're talking to someone who uses, like.:rolleyes:

smoke.me.a.kipper

i use 'well boy' and 'well girl' over here and aparently, according to the other irish people here, its only me and other tipp people who do it. dont notice the 'like' thing to be honest.

Lux23

They do that in Cork like.

monkeyfudge

It's a South Dublin thing too... although it's been upgraded to 'loike'

Amazotheamazing

Lot of Limerick people I know don't say "well boy/girl" but rather "well well?" as a kind of interim comment in a conversation.

franksm

Bit like Uhmericans say "Uhmmm..." at the beginning of every sentence.

matrim

Alot of donegal and cork people also use like alot.

Dizzyblabla

yes, us corkonians always put like at the end of every sentence like....

Did they not even do a Murphy's Promotion using it? can't remember now...

Eminem

To be honest cork people would say it a kot more i think any way

um7y1h83ge06nx

Limerick slang:

"do you know what i mean" after every second sentence
"Allllllright kid"
"Daycent!"

Eminem

Dizzyblabla wrote:

yes, us corkonians always put like at the end of every sentence like....

Did they not even do a Murphy's Promotion using it? can't remember now...

I am from cork and i dont use like after ever sentence

D-Generate

Yeah its a Cork thing. Does nobody listen to Today FM's giftgrub? They always say it on Radio Jay or Radio Roy.

Scarinae

I always associate it more with Cork, but I probably know more Cork people than Tipperary people. I did know a guy from Tipperary though who put "y'know?" at the end of every statement he made, or if he was really enthusiastic about the topic it was "y'know what I mean like, y'know what I mean?"

spiderlegs

Loads of Cork people do it, I'll have to admit that, but a lot of people in Dublin do it, girls in particular, they're all "loike" and Y'know like" so it's definitely not just a country thing!

hullaballoo

MobileInfantry wrote:

And I live in Galway, not Tipp, so....

I've been waiting a long time for you to finish that sentence.

Anyway, a lot of people in Dublin say it as well. I find it's more common with girls. I suppose they don't always use it to suffix their sentences though. It can crop up, like, anywhere.