Classic Irish Phrases No Longer in Use

dSTAR

Whats words or phrases do you remember as a kid that no-one ever really uses anymore?

Some I can remember are ...

When something was good it was gift

When I met a person from the country they sometimes said is it yerself?

When asked if you had sex with your g/f it was .. did you get your hole?

When someone was a total numbskull they were a bleedin' tick

TestTransmission

My mother used to say "the pictures" instead of the cinema..actually come to think of it,i think she still does

5starpool

dSTAR wrote: »

Whats words or phrases do you remember as a kid that no-one ever really uses anymore?

Some I can remember are ...

When something was good it was gift

When I met a person from the country they sometimes said is it yerself?

When asked if you had sex with your g/f it was .. did you get your hole?

When someone was a total numbskull they were a bleedin' tick

You probably don't hear people using those phrases because you are in Melbourne. Apart from the last one I still hear the rest at least occasionally.

dSTAR

Possibly. I'm sure theres lots of others though ..

S.I.R

them ones are still in use.... though there being phased out dSTAR... :rolleyes:

silverharp

going to the shops to get the messages

going to spend a penny

getting the train from Kingsbridge. years after the name had changed.

gollyitsolly

Did you get your ware?

spurious

I still say 'the pictures' for the cinema.
I think I must be 103.

dlofnep

dSTAR wrote: »

did you get your hole?[/I]

Still being used today!

Although, instead of saying "She's deadly!" - it's being replaced with "She's fresh!" by all these neo-dweeb skateboard-emo teen types. Fresh? What is she? A ham sandwich?

Amazotheamazing

The fourth one is wrong, people weren't being called " a bleedin' tick" as in the small insect (or whatever) that sucks blood, but "bleedin' thick" as being an idiot, I still regularly hear people being called "thick".

dlofnep

There are people in Ireland who can pronounce their th's?

arybvtcw0eolkf

In Dublin it used to be "Bleed's boggers'', now thats gone and changed to "Bleed'n foreigners".

dlofnep

Nobody outside of Dublin ever says bleedin'! Well, unless.. you know. It's that time.

Amazotheamazing

dlofnep wrote: »

There are people in Ireland who can pronounce their th's?

Yes, but like using the withdrawal method, it's dying out. Soon both will be a lost art.

fricatus

When I was a teenager (early '90s) we'd hit town on a Friday night, so the next day we'd all arrive into the café the next day around 3 for the post mortem, and the first question asked would be "d'ya shift?"

dlofnep

fricatus wrote: »

When I was a teenager (early '90s) we'd hit town on a Friday night, so the next day we'd all arrive into the café the next day around 3 for the post mortem, and the first question asked would be "d'ya shift?"

Nobody ever said shift in Waterford, you big liar.

"Stall", "Go off with" and "Ride" were the standard phrases.

rubadub

Whischt

dlofnep

rubadub wrote: »

Whischt

My uncle still says that! Bit of wisht! No idea where it comes from though?

Ruu_Old

rubadub wrote: »

Whischt

A great one, my Dad still uses it.

Me: "United are brutal!"
Him: "Ahhh will ya wisht!"

gollyitsolly

That fella hasnt got an arse in his trousers! I think it meant he was poor.

gollyitsolly

Another one. Fur coat and no knickers. Ha ha ha ,I love that one. My ma would be peeping out the window looking at a "posh" neighbour going up the road.

MrJoeSoap

Mairt wrote: »

In Dublin it used to be "Bleed's boggers'', now thats gone and changed to "Bleed'n foreigners".

Pronounced "fordiners"

Sam Vimes

Ruu wrote: »

A great one, my Dad still uses it.

Me: "United are brutal!"
Him: "Ahhh will ya wisht!"

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dSTAR

silverharp wrote: »

going to the shops to get the messages..

Yeah .. now thats what I am taking about!

Messages? What the hell is that??

phasers

I use all the phrases you've mentioned and I'm only 16

I think not enough people call things "bleedin rappih" any more

lilann

My ma used to call the kitchen the scullery

FunkZ

I still say what's the crack.

IanCurtis

My oul fella uses "Mudder ah Jay" to express shock:

Me: "Did you hear Billy Byrnes is dead?"

Oul Fella: "Is he? Ah Mudder ah Jay"

I think it means Mother of Jesus

Sometimes he adds in "Tonight" at the end to express further shock

Fast_Mover

I thought the utility room not the kitchen was known as the scullery..

gollyitsolly

Gerrup the yard,will ya.

Jesus Wept

FunkZ wrote: »

I still say what's the crack.

You are about the 4th person I've seen spell it like that on these here boards.
What's going on?

There is a major difference between crack and craic lads.
Get it together!

Banjoseph

Do Irish mothers still threaten their offspring with "a clip around the earhole" ?

Ruu_Old

Or a "clip on the butt of the lug!" :eek:

Alanstrainor

The-Rigger wrote: »

You are about the 4th person I've seen spell it like that on these here boards.
What's going on?

There is a major difference between crack and craic lads.
Get it together!

I had someone trying to correct me for spelling "craic" correctly and said it's crack. Madness, some people ay?:rolleyes:

fricatus

dlofnep wrote: »

Nobody ever said shift in Waterford, you big liar.

"Stall", "Go off with" and "Ride" were the standard phrases.

Ehhh... yes we did! The Saturday after a night out in Breens, you'd catch the bus into town for about 3.00 and hang out in the little café in (the long since closed) Trinity Square, 10 of us around one coffee, and we'd ask all the lads as they arrived along... well, did ya shift?!

I recall though, that there was a lad called Wexy in our class in school who used to come in on the train (from guess where...), and he said something in about 1988 about "shiftin' a yungwan" and we all took the piss out of his strange ford'n sayings! But then two years later, we had started to use that expression ourselves, like true hypocrites.

As for the expressions you mention, yeah, the first two absolutely, but it took me a bit longer unfortunately to get to the third one!

briantwin

A couple of one's my Grandfather used to use:

Shuck'em Shock'em which means : ok ,not great but grand.
Fair to middling : ok ,not great but grand.

He was a middle of the road kinda fella.

dlofnep

Ah man, I used to associate "shift" with the farmers in New Ross when I used to go up to my cousins.

"Here, will ya shift her?"
"Will I what?"
"Shift her!"
"Where?"
"I dunno, behind the shed"
"Why, what ye gunna do to her?"

Doodee

fricatus wrote: »

I recall though, that there was a lad called Wexy in our class in school who

short for Wexer?

slipss

I remember when I was about 10 or 11 or so the phrase "get outta that garden" did the rounds for a while. It was an expression of disbelief or disagreement I seem to recall.

"I'm going to buy me a pair of those new black nike air max's tomorow"
"Get outta that garden, the're fukking horrible"

"I had trials for liverpool once"
"Bollix, get outta that garden"

Your teacher tries to give you homework on a friday. "Ha, get outta that garden miss"

It had a pretty short shelf life that one, but it was rampant at one stage. Anyone else remember it or was it localised to my area?

dlofnep

Nah, I remember it too.. But only cos we said it immitating dubs.

Hagar

To be financially financially embarrassed:

to be down to your uppers
to be on your uppers
to be skint
to be stoney broke
not to have two pennies to rub together
to not have a light

Seeker

"You're a legend!" seemed to be used for a while. I dont hear it much anymore though.

dlofnep

Seeker wrote: »

"You're a legend!" seemed to be used for a while. I dont hear it much anymore though.

Still very much in use here.

LadyJ

This was my favourite one.

floydmoon1

sound as a pound.It died out once the euro came in.Sound as a euro doesnt sound the same:D.
I heard a few lads use savage cabbage meaning somethine was good.
Also deadly was used alot.

Dyr

bleedin rapi'

slip as in "sure she's only a slip of a thing"

fozzle

dlofnep wrote: »

fricatus wrote: »

When I was a teenager (early '90s) we'd hit town on a Friday night, so the next day we'd all arrive into the café the next day around 3 for the post mortem, and the first question asked would be "d'ya shift?"

Nobody ever said shift in Waterford, you big liar.

"Stall", "Go off with" and "Ride" were the standard phrases.

No no, he's right! Sounds just like my weekends "back in the day"!

Agamemnon

"Funt" meaning "kick", as in "I gave him a funt up the hole."

Jim_Are_Great

Heavy dose of culchie needed here.

In relation to an overpriced article: "I'd like me job".

As a synonym for "it could be worse": " 'twould be worse if the ass died and the turf still in the bog".

Of a person with a stooping gait: "Here's me head, me arse is coming".

"I'm so hungry I could eat a farmer's arse through a ditch".

Here_Young_Wan

I remember after some ad whenever anyone would take a sup out of a drink they would follow it up with "Ahh, thats bass"

juuge

dlofnep wrote: »

Nobody outside of Dublin ever says bleedin'! Well, unless.. you know. It's that time.

You Clot !