Great Galway sayings

Dr McManus

Does anyone know any great Galway sayings?
I'm hanging on like a loose button, is one of my favourites,

jkforde

I for one am getting tired of you constantly looking for information from users of this forum. Fact.

bat boy

jkforde wrote: »

I for one am getting tired of you constantly looking for information from users of this forum. Fact.

Ah, leave him alone. It's a perfectly valid thread to start.

Mrs OBumble

How do you distinguish a Galway saying from a general west-of-Ireland one, so?

doubleglaze

A Chuint!

SlipperyPeople

pure and tome

pure tome

?Cee?view

brmccfc wrote: »

pure and tome

pure tome

Would that not be more of a Tuam saying?

Col200sx

Howya loveen..... or

How's your-sel

Claddagh and Shantalla there

Starie1975

Col200sx wrote: »

Howya loveen..... or

How's your-sel

Claddagh and Shantalla there

+1

Steyr

head off. g'way from around me, the head on ya:p

Steyr

churchview wrote: »

Would that not be more of a Tuam saying?

Nope thats Galway City thru n thru, we were using that at age 15 onwards but instead of tome we now use "Aw Class":D

Steyr

Dr McManus wrote: »

I'm hanging on like a loose button, is one of my favourites,

I have never ever ever ever heard of that and im a Galwegian Born n' bred.

Ya melt...:D <---One of my mates came up with that one.

Col200sx

Steyr wrote: »

I have never ever ever ever heard of that and im a Galwegian Born n' bred.

Me too. Never heard of that, and around a looooooong time

Also, don't forget:

How's a goin 'oul stock

Steyr

Col200sx wrote: »

How's a goin 'oul stock

How ya keeping? were ya out!

_Whimsical_

Never heard it either.

Is "Now for ya" , as in "now for ya...what do you think of that?" ,a Galway thing or is it countrywide? I've only heard Galway people saying it.

inisboffin

Definitely 'class' heard in Wexford years ago, and the head on ya is for sure Dub as well as Galway. So many phrases migrate though, it'd be hard to tell.
+1 on loveen tho!

ronnie3585

Feek, Handicap, Feen, Beure, Mace, Tome, Bagel, Mong, Truth.

Howya loveen. Did that feen feek ya last night down behind the centre, you were makin' some queer noises - sham.

TristanPeter

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Feek, Handicap, Feen, Beure, Mace, Tome, Bagel, Mong, Truth.

Howya loveen. Did that feen feek ya last night down behind the centre, you were makin' some queer noises - sham.

That's pure gomie talk!

Dr McManus

JustMary wrote: »

How do you distinguish a Galway saying from a general west-of-Ireland one, so?

Something which is commonly said in Galway.
I am also interested in hearing any West of Ireland sayings though.

Dr McManus

jkforde wrote: »

I for one am getting tired of you constantly looking for information from users of this forum. Fact.

Thank you for your contribution.
Please can you make an effort to stay on topic.
If you have nothing good to say, then don't say anything.
If you are tired of my threads, then don't read them.

Dr McManus

Thanks a million.

inisboffin

The etymology of a some of those unusual ones (many heard Tuamside) are actually from Gammon, Cant and Latin! Now for ya!

ronnie3585

TristanPeter wrote: »

That's pure gomie talk!

Go away from around meee youngflaa before I bate ya. I'll put your teeth in your belly.

majiktripp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqkpIb9Mk3s

"She wore the cock off me"

Plenty to choose from in that little gem..

alwaysadub

Definitely anything with a 'een' stuck onto the end of a word-eg loveen, dogeen, girleen etc etc. Never heard the like before i moved to Galway.

Suppose they would be more phrases than sayings,but ya get my drift!

civis_liberalis

Relevant: Local Bargains

civis_liberalis

majiktripp wrote: »

"She wore the cock off me"

Plenty to choose from in that little gem..

"My jaw was up around my ears"

"Beors" [b-yoers]

"...most were k*****r affiliated though"

"Pulled an absolute brute"

"C'mon, let's go into the rock and roll and collect our free money"

ErnieBert

"Are you going out out?" when enquiring if someone is going to a night club.

"Talk to ya" is a classic Galway way of saying bye.

"Poke" mans to make love to.

"Lip" implies thirst for alcohol.

fish fingers

"Crushing". Meaning your going somewhere.

LadyMayBelle

Look at the head on yer man, or "the head on ya", which is a term of endearment towards a friend who got 'mouldy' last night

Tomebagel

Wats the shtory trout?

Ya goin for a jive tonight/Had a serious jive lasnight/ya jiver/stop your jivin.

Are ya wide sham?

Go for the buzz mongface

KittyeeTrix

Happy out and sound out:)

LadyMayBelle

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

Happy out and sound out:)

The amount of slagging I used to get for saying 'happy out'..glad someone else knows it's a real saying!

ronnie3585

Tomebagel wrote: »

Wats the shtory trout?

Ya goin for a jive tonight/Had a serious jive lasnight/ya jiver/stop your jivin.

Are ya wide sham?

Go for the buzz mongface

Serious username. Truth.

Diabhal Beag

"As the man says"

The saying that annoyed the **** out of me since I was a baby.

Howya now?

Dr McManus

There was a smell of want about her.

Dr McManus

I'm going to head.

inisboffin

Lads, while there's a few gems in here, a lot of these are countrywide, some I would even associate more with Dublin.
Forgot about happy out though, that's a
great one!

Bazzo

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Never heard it either.

Is "Now for ya" , as in "now for ya...what do you think of that?" ,a Galway thing or is it countrywide? I've only heard Galway people saying it.

That's not specifically a Galway thing.

Then again, I'm not from Galway and I'm familiar with the majority of these sayings, I'm fairly sure they're mostly just western sayings, not specifically Galway ones.

happyoutscan

Someone: 'Well scan, how are ya getting on?'
Me: 'Happy out scan, happy out.'

Joe_row_sef

A phrase in Irish which is commonly used is "Cuireann tu soir me" which in English is you're driving/sending me east.(you're driving me mad basically)

East, in this phrase, is a reference to Ballinasloe and the mental institution. So when someone says "cuireann tu soir me" what they are saying is "you're driving me to a mental home"

"Now for ya'!"

civis_liberalis

civis_liberalis wrote: »

Relevant: Local Bargains

Sorry lads, I thought the thread said "Savings".

I'll get me coat...

loser2old4board

Ya know like!

How's it goin like!

Yer man.

Yer wan.

mink_man

loser2old4board wrote: »

Ya know like!

How's it goin like!

Yer man.

Yer wan.

love the username :P

some sayings "well shcan, well shaft, well horsebox"

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Guy 1: "Where you from?"

Guy 2: "Out wesht."

Love it!

Steyr

"Crush, here come The Shades!"= Move along quickly An Garda Siochana are coming..:pac:

ronnie3585

I'm goosed.

magentas

OK it's not a saying or phrase but it is unique to Galwegians...

There is a shop in shantalla called "O'Higgins" but EVERYONE I know from galway calls it "higginsis"!

Same with Aldi...Aldis!:D

Mrs OBumble

Steyr wrote: »

"Crush, here come The Shades!"= Move along quickly An Garda Siochana are coming..:pac:

Not Galway specific: in fact, I think it's American originally, where cops in some parts really do wear sunglasses.

ScumLord

Cuntish, meaning something is bad. I always thought it was used around Ireland but a good few people I've met had never heard of it before.