Irishisms

In_tuition

"I'll bet ya anything"

Derived from the fact that Ireland is a nation of gamblers, there's more bookies than pubs in some villages and towns.

Probably already mentioned:

"Ah sure f*ck it" Your mate has said he'll go to the game with you but the heavens opens (it rains) and he says "ah sure f*ck it we won't bother".

"Will you cop the f*ck on" also known as "Will you snap the f*ck out of it"

"See ya later" not only known as what it actually says, it has other meanings: Your mother is "wrecking your head" and not to want to abuse her with the words f*ck off you bi*ch, you turn around and say "See you later yeah"

"It's as simple as that" probably one of the most annoying things someone can say to you.

"I don't give a f*ck"

"Put the kettle on" first words you hear when entering the house of someone you know, or even don't know. You see it doesn't matter if you don't know the person because they know that you know how to put a kettle on and make tea.

"Ah sure you know urself"

"Ah sure it was some craic altogether"

"Where's me pants?" pants = trousers in the real world.

redfacedbear

When I was in the States for a J1 they couldn't grasp how I told the time

American Co-worker: What time is it?
Me: Half four.
A: Huh? Half four? Two?
M: No as in half past four
A: Oh four-thirty.

'Half-past four' they could get but 'half four' was beyond them.

Jeanious

redfacedbear wrote: »

When I was in the States for a J1 they couldn't grasp how I told the time

American Co-worker: What time is it?
Me: Half four.
A: Huh? Half four? Two?
M: No as in half past four
A: Oh four-thirty.

'Half-past four' they could get but 'half four' was beyond them.

LOL!

For some reason, saying it hour:minute (e.g. 4 25) in an Irish accent just doesn't work.

hullaballoo

legendal wrote: »

'Sambo' ie a sandwich.
Saying 'I'd murder...' for 'I'd love to eat...'

Sambo's a racist term for black people elsewhere. I read on Boards once a story about a Irishman working in a London office who said 'Jaysus, I could murder a sambo right now!' He was called to a disciplinary hearing.

'Messages' instead of groceries is another one. A woman was called to an IRA trial in the 60s, and when asked where she was she told the court she was 'only getting her messages'. The court probed her, asking what these messages were, and who told them to her.

Those Brits just don't understand

That's another one that's direct from Irish. In Irish, 'teachtaireacht' = message or errand.

sheesh

'you will so then' meaning you will not

usually said with a derisive tone and the 'so then' pronounced like 'sew-den' with a lilt

powerfarmer

Lookit!

It started out in North Tipp/KilkennyCarlow but its everywhere now

Lookit!

netwhizkid

Let him alone, he's only a garsun,

He's the hairy garsun.

Dravokivich

The OH is Brazilian so she's still trying to get used to how we mix up the words abit :P

The other day i asked her "Are you up to much so?" kinda caught her aside a bit...

- Drav!

Dusty87

2 Espressi wrote: »

I am, in my hole == I am not.

Watchin telly one time and irishisms came up. Dont know what programme but it had a few comedians on it. One of them was telling about when she was being interviewed for 2 roddy doyle play. An english person was also reading the script and when it came to ' i am in me hole' she pronounced it i-am-in-my-hole as in being in a hole. She repeated it 2 or 3 times whilst looking confused at the script before they corrected her

tony 2 tone

Thick, not only used to define width.
"That fellas an awfull thick" That person is ignorant/stupid/stuborn.
"I was thick with the drink last night" I was drunk.
"I was full as a tick" I know its not the same but I like that one
Goo
"Ah jaysus getting the goo on me" I am being to really like these pints or would like to have some drinks.
To have a goo on - to want to have a few drinks.
Usually comes after a "big feed" or after a few pints.
"Roaster" as in Hey Tony you going for a couple of roasters? Used by a friend of mine to mean a quick pint.

Ruu_Old

Will you hoover the floor?
I will! (means I won't, the way you say it.)

tony 2 tone

tony 2 tone wrote: »

"I was thick with the drink last night" I was drunk.

We would say "He was getting thick with the drink" if the person in question was starting an argument. i.e getting thick = getting mad/angry.

Homicidal_jesus

hoover and tayto used outside of ireland confuse the s*it out of people

in a shop in england..
me:do you have any hoovers?
shop man!!:hoovers?
me:ya hoovers*makes hoover movement with hands*
shop man:you mean a vaccum cleaner..?
me:..yes..a hoover:p

tayto = crisps every else!

saying can you get us a pack of taytos just frightens them:p

df1985

to your boss when he asks ya to do something."ahhhhhhh would ya ever go and ****e!"

if someones a bit weird-"theres a bit of a want in that lad"

Iggy Pop

redfacedbear wrote: »

American Co-worker: What time is it?
Me: Half four.
A: Huh? Half four? Two?
M: No as in half past four
A: Oh four-thirty.

Me: What time is it?
American Co-worker: A quarter of eight
Me: Huh? A quarter of eight? Two?
A: Seven forty five
Me: Oh, a quarter to eight

Gee eyed, locked, scuttered, langered and mouldy.

tony 2 tone

Malaya Many Stomachache wrote: »

We would say "He was getting thick with the drink" if the person in question was starting an argument. i.e getting thick = getting mad/angry.

Yeah, although I would also take it to mean some one who was acting the maggot Not nessisarily anger but getting stroppy. When I've heard people call them selves thick with the drink it was to describe the loss of inhibtions and concerns :P In other words they just wanted more drink. I would also take it to mean being stupid as well as mad/angry.
Any one hazard a correct spelling for canat/kenat as in acting the canat.

xOxSinéadxOx

we say o, as in the letter for zero the number, why do we do that?

In_tuition

Are ye right!

Tyranax

Ah shtop! = That is a ridiculous/funny/surprising thing that you have just said.


Standing on me head = Very, very tired.


Locked (suffix - well) = Very drunk.

Ruu_Old

redfacedbear wrote: »

When I was in the States for a J1 they couldn't grasp how I told the time

American Co-worker: What time is it?
Me: Half four.
A: Huh? Half four? Two?
M: No as in half past four
A: Oh four-thirty.

'Half-past four' they could get but 'half four' was beyond them.

Aye, I have heard '45 after 4'(4:45) and 'quarter after 4'(4:15) as well. The past thing confuses a lot of people.

NotSoDumbBlonde

"Ah here......."

As in "For Gods sake, are you takin the p*ss?"

hullaballoo

NotSoDumbBlonde wrote: »

"Ah here......."

As in "For Gods sake, are you takin the p*ss?"

I think that's from 'a Thiarna' - 'our Lord/Saviour'. Though it's possible that it's just a happy coincidence that 'a Thiarna' and 'ah here now' sound similar and mean the same thing.

yaya*

grenache wrote: »

"I will in my boll0x!" As in...... "theres no chance of me doing that"

"How'd you get on?" As in....."how did you do?"

"How's she cutting?" As in....."how are you doing"

"He's fair watery" As in....."he is very weak"

Response -"Like a hot knife through buther" - As in ........very well!!! :pac:

bealbocht

I was gonna add to this thread

but then I decided "I could'nt be arsed"

Blitzkrieger

Homicidal_jesus wrote: »

tayto = crisps every else!

saying can you get us a pack of taytos just frightens them:p

One of the lads had awful trouble with that in London one night. For the life of him he couldn't think of the word 'crisps' or even 'potato chip' which might have got him out of it. He just kept saying 'You know, taytos' to the barmaid over and over again.

The weird thing was it was actually Tayto brand cheese and onion she brought him in the end.......

ch750536

Michellenman wrote: »

'Grand'.

That's a uniquely Irish thing apparently that tends to confuse people who aren't from here!

Used a lot in Yorkshire too.

'Aye, she's a grand lass'

ch750536

grenache wrote: »

Thats defo not an Irishism. Its as British as the Queen herself.

German then?

Namlub

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

we say o, as in the letter for zero the number, why do we do that?

That's not an Irish thing, is it??

aine-maire

whisht!

Homicidal_jesus

Homicidal_jesus wrote: »

hoover and tayto used outside of ireland confuse the s*it out of people

in a shop in england..
me:do you have any hoovers?
shop man!!:hoovers?
me:ya hoovers*makes hoover movement with hands*
shop man:you mean a vaccum cleaner..?
me:..yes..a hoover:p

They must have "educated" English people out of calling them hoovers, when I was growing up there everyone was calling them hoovers!