I hate when Irish people say: "can I get a..."

SuperInfinity

You hear this phrase in takeaways, restaurants, pubs, from Irish people. And it's PURE American. Not just people who are "cool" and modern either, old people from rural areas also say it nowadays.

It's worse than just American english, it's SLANG. It's idiomatic slang. "can I get a" is a slang expression. In Irish slang you should say something like "gizz a double cheeseburger with chips".

I've a right mind to go up to them and say: "what are you on about, what country to you think you're in, ya PLANK!!!!"

*suspects hate from people who do say it*

Donkey Oaty

In before "Can you get a life?"

landsleaving

Pettiest rant ever.

Can I get a better rant?

Paparazzo

SuperInfinity wrote: »

You hear this phrase in takeaways, restaurants, pubs, from Irish people. And it's PURE American. Not just people who are "cool" and modern either, old people from rural areas also say it nowadays.

It's worse than just American english, it's SLANG. It's idiomatic slang. "can I get a" is a slang expression. In Irish slang you should say something like "gizz a double cheeseburger with chips".

I've a right mind to go up to them and say: "what are you on about, what country to you think you're in, ya PLANK!!!!"

*suspects hate from people who do say it*

You're the plank! "gizz a double cheeseburger" isn't very polite. And they're bad for you

Agricola

Better

tommyboy2222

"Can you get a life?"

Can I get an amen ?

Agricola

tommyboy2222 wrote: »

Can I get an amen ?

eamonn

CreepingDeath

Humans are social creatures, we take in social influences from others, that includes all the trashy American TV.

Micky Dolenz

I nearly always say "May I get a ...."

Who says "gizz us a....."?

Sea Sharp

I usually opt for:
Giz one of them yokes over there.

kieran26

i say it all the time, and i'm gonna keep sayin it! Put that in your pipe and smoke it op

Gran Hermano

OP, you are confusing slang with Hiberno English.

WindSock

It's not so much a 'Can I get a...', more of 'Can I get aaaaaaaaahhhhh, ehhhhhhhhhhhh, uuuuuuuuuuhhhh, ehhhhhhh.....tree snackboxes a coak and a boll o luucozayede pleaase'

AskMyChocolate

I never realised this was an Americanism. It has certainly been used in Ireland for a long time, before we were exposed to American culture. I tend to use "Could I get a..." myself, but if I heard someone saying "Can I get a" I wouldn't think "Americanised twat" in the way that I would if somebody used trunk instead of boot, or sidewalk instead of path.

Zombienosh

jaysus wept, have ya nothing better to be worrying about?

TheZohanS

SuperInfinity wrote: »

You hear this phrase in takeaways, restaurants, pubs, from Irish people. And it's PURE American. Not just people who are "cool" and modern either, old people from rural areas also say it nowadays.

It's worse than just American english, it's SLANG. It's idiomatic slang. "can I get a" is a slang expression. In Irish slang you should say something like "gizz a double cheeseburger with chips".

I've a right mind to go up to them and say: "what are you on about, what country to you think you're in, ya PLANK!!!!"

*suspects hate from people who do say it*

Can I get a grammar check?

Glasshouses etc.

starbelgrade

SuperInfinity wrote: »

In Irish slang you should say something like "gizz a double cheeseburger with chips".

If you're a skanger, perhaps.

AAAAAAAHHH

Is this one of those funny threads I've been hearing about?

starbelgrade

AAAAAAAHHH wrote: »

Is this one of those funny threads I've been hearing about?

No. This is one of the sh*t ones.

Terry

OP, I hate being Irish too. We're quite embarrassing.
I don't know how to deal with this affliction.
Perhaps you have a solution.

MistyCheese

WTF is the problem with "Americanisms"??! Considering the amount of American TV most people watch.

So :mad:ing sue me if I say "douchebag" or "sidewalk" or "assholeface". I learned probably 60% of my English through watching TV and the vast majority of that is American TV.

It'd be freakily unnatural for me to come out with something like "Ta tu an anchuinse!" when I've heard "You're a freak" about 100,000 times more often.

Mr Cawley

and breathe.... yes OP, many people unconsciously 'pick up' the latest phrases. You are aware of your speech, come to terms that others are not.

Cool story Bro

Superbus

Worse: Using the word fries to refer to chips.

"Can I get a..." is being polite tbh.

AAAAAAAHHH

starbelgrade wrote: »

No. This is one of the sh*t ones.

I was afraid of that.

alwaysadub

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I nearly always say "May I get a ...."

Who says "gizz us a....."?

gizAGoOfYourGee probably does

But i'd often hear it when i'm in Burger King or whatever in Dublin. Giz a whopper there luv will ya.

starbelgrade

alwaysadub wrote: »

Giz a whopper there luv will ya.

"An' a chip."

Just the one, sir?

ronaneire

SuperInfinity wrote: »

You hear this phrase in takeaways, restaurants, pubs, from Irish people. And it's PURE American. Not just people who are "cool" and modern either, old people from rural areas also say it nowadays.

It's worse than just American english, it's SLANG. It's idiomatic slang. "can I get a" is a slang expression. In Irish slang you should say something like "gizz a double cheeseburger with chips".

I've a right mind to go up to them and say: "what are you on about, what country to you think you're in, ya PLANK!!!!"

*suspects hate from people who do say it*

Ask me bollix

duckysauce

what a gob****e

magick

Usually I point and grunt to what i want, if that fails I jump up and down throwing my poop at them

ejmaztec

"Can I get fries with that, you greasy pimply fuckwit?"

Ruu_Old

Please sir, I want some more.

TanG411

I say 'Can I get', and then take some time to think.

So it's like 'Can I get, ahh. . .'.

Completely different OP, completely different.

mink_man

I think it's polite, just saying "give me chips" is rude.

magick

"A Cod and a large wan!" To Quote The Van

Bob Z

SuperInfinity wrote: »

You hear this phrase in takeaways, restaurants, pubs, from Irish people. And it's PURE American. Not just people who are "cool" and modern either, old people from rural areas also say it nowadays.

It's worse than just American english, it's SLANG. It's idiomatic slang. "can I get a" is a slang expression. In Irish slang you should say something like "gizz a double cheeseburger with chips".

I've a right mind to go up to them and say: "what are you on about, what country to you think you're in, ya PLANK!!!!"

*suspects hate from people who do say it*

theres less to this post than meets the eye
:rolleyes:

Dudess

Wow, you've out-caseyed Casey.

NoHornJan

Q. Can I get a..?
A. Yeh sure, it's over there on the second shelf.

Q. Can you get me a ?
A. Just one second please.

monkeyfudge

Oh yeah? C'mere a minute!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXb8b6J8vUc

furiousox

Was at an all nighter many years ago when someone said to me ''would you care for some charles?''
Still makes me smile thinking about it, manners cost nothing.

minister poxbottle

SuperInfinity wrote: »

You hear this phrase in takeaways, restaurants, pubs, from Irish people. And it's PURE American. Not just people who are "cool" and modern either, old people from rural areas also say it nowadays.

It's worse than just American english, it's SLANG. It's idiomatic slang. "can I get a" is a slang expression. In Irish slang you should say something like "gizz a double cheeseburger with chips".

I've a right mind to go up to them and say: "what are you on about, what country to you think you're in, ya PLANK!!!!"

*suspects hate from people who do say it*

Here's another pure american term COCKSUCKER

cherryghost

Greetings, young gentlemen/my dearest lady! It is indeed a favourable evening! May I gather some of your attention towards my food order? May I partake in your chipped potatoes and a mince disk?

landsleaving

cherryghost wrote: »

Greetings, young gentlemen/my dearest lady! It is indeed a favourable evening! May I gather some of your attention towards my food order? May I partake in your chipped potatoes and a mince disk?

I was giggling a little, then I got to mince disk and cracked up completely. Well played sir.

KnifeWRENCH

I thought this was gonna be a rant about phrases like "Can I get a HOLLA!!" or "Can I get a witness" or something. Which would be Americanisms.

"Can I get a cheeseburger" is not an Americanism. It's a food order.

This is probably the pettiest, most pointless rant I have ever read on AH. Which is actually a staggering achievement.

monkeyfudge

It's when you hear someone say 'I can haz cheezburger?' and they're not a cat that you have to worry.

landsleaving

monkeyfudge wrote: »

It's when you hear someone say 'I can haz cheezburger?' and they're not a cat that you have a furry.

FYP

aDeener

i really doubt that is american slang as a very old teacher of mine used to tell us the difference regularly between "can i go to the toilet" and "may i go to the toilet?" and that he had been doing it for as long as he could remember and his teachers used to do it too.

his response usually was something like "i don't know, can you?"


anyway, a very pathetic thing to get upset about

krudler

SuperInfinity wrote: »

You hear this phrase in takeaways, restaurants, pubs, from Irish people. And it's PURE American. Not just people who are "cool" and modern either, old people from rural areas also say it nowadays.

Using PURE before a word is worse.

Especially if its said as Peeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuooooorrrrrr!

as in "Hes a peeeeeauuuuooooorrrr handicaaaaaaaaap!" which is something us residents of Limerick here on a daily basis from the more evolutionary challenged who we share this city with.

Awful_Bliss

If I was the shop keeper and my customer said "Can I get a Mars bar please", I'd say, "yes you can" then wait for the awkward silence. I'd agree with the OP, this is a new, Americanized trend that has started. I cringe when I hear it.

Dudess

I might say "Can I get xyz please?" (among other phrases) in a takeaway or whatever just because it's a valid way of communicating and I wouldn't really put any thought into it or consider myself to be complying with an Americanised trend. Seriously. Reading into something taken to a whole new level...

krudler wrote: »

Using PURE before a word is worse.

Especially if its said as Peeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuooooorrrrrr!

I say that a lot...

F1ngers

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Who says "gizz us a....."?

Idiots? Perchance...

flag123

I don't think it's American to say that.

But if they have an american twang like many fully Irish teenagers these days they deserved to be slapped and shown the door..:)