Could somebody please explain this?

5tevie

Hi Guys and Guyesses,
I need somebody with an eBay ID to take a look at this question that I asked on The Round Table forum which is a part of eBay.
http://community.ebay.co.uk/topic/Round-Table/Does-Quotnowquot-Mean/2000032393

We're an uneducated lot over on this side of the water and could use a little help but you will need an eBay ID to answer on that page.
Many thanks,
Steve

MagicMarker

Na

Beruthiel

OP wrote:

What does, "NOW" mean in Ireland?
Feb 14, 2011 12:08 PM
To me, in North-West England, it means something along the lines of "Within a few seconds at most" but it seems to mean something different in Ireland.

Now - defination:

a : at the present time or moment
b : in the time immediately before the present <thought of them just now>
c : in the time immediately to follow : forthwith <come in now>

Don't understand where you get the notion that it means something different here.

bonerm

Now.

Xivilai

Hmmm.. I don't think now is used in any usual fashion here..

5tevie

beruthiel wrote .... Don't understand where you get then notion that it means something different here.

It was simply because the word was used so often, and in so many different circumstances, that it just seemed like it must have an alternative meaning.

nosietoes

He's talking about the film Garage I would imagine...

and it's just a dialect thing - as in you might start a sentence with 'ah now, i'm grand' but in this case the rest of the phrase is done away with'

5tevie

Maybe you would need to live in the same sort of area that the film was set in. I have no idea which part of Ireland it was set in.

5tevie

That's the right film but the word "Now" was used by itself quite often and not just as the start to a sentence.

FatherLen

what is going on here? what are we looking at? what do you want from us op WHAT?!?

HooterSnout

5tevie wrote: »

Could somebody please explain this?

ahhhh.................no

pickarooney

If anyone has seen the film in question (Garage), 'Now' encapsulates entire conversations I remember watching it with my OH and being in stitches as it was so familiar and she was going "but... they didn't say... anything!?"

Eoin

I've not heard it used in the context that you posted (copied and pasted below to save clicking).

Now you mention it though, you do hear something like this occasionally:

q) Howya?

a) All good now

Your post on ebay wrote:

What does, "NOW" mean in Ireland?
Feb 14, 2011 12:08 PM
To me, in North-West England, it means something along the lines of "Within a few seconds at most" but it seems to mean something different in Ireland. I watched a programme on TV that I recorded ages ago about a kid with learning difficulties who was regularly left in charge of a small country garage. I don't know if it was north or south of the border. The fillum was about his interaction with various locals.

One thing I noticed was that "Now" seemed to be an answer to all kinds of questions.

Question .... "Are you alright?"

Answer ... Now.

Question .... "Would you like a can of lager?"

Answer ... Now.

Usually, the word was accompanied by a typically Irish twist/nod of the head.

Are there any Irish about that could explain this?

Beruthiel

pickarooney wrote: »

If anyone has seen the film in question (Garage), 'Now' encapsulates entire conversations

Can't say I've ever seen it.
Is it worth watching?

FatherLen

Beruthiel wrote: »

Is it worth watching?

no.

5tevie

pickarooney wrote: »

If anyone has seen the film in question (Garage), 'Now' encapsulates entire conversations I remember watching it with my OH and being in stitches as it was so familiar and she was going "but... they didn't say... anything!?"

At last. Somebody who knows what I mean.

pickarooney

Beruthiel wrote: »

Can't say I've ever seen it.
Is it worth watching?

I enjoyed it but I reckon if you didn't grow up in rural Ireland you might hate it.

Abelloid

Short for 'there you are now', means nothing, but everybody understands it.

Now.

Abelloid

Beruthiel wrote: »

Can't say I've ever seen it.
Is it worth watching?

Is it worth a fiver and 120 minutes of your time? Yes.

Xivilai

Looked it up on youtube. If you skip on a bit you'll hear him saying "Now" a few times.

I looked up the trailer and ended up seeing Patt Shortt's butt :mad:

Now - the way hes using it is just a polite expression of embarrassment. Its probably used like that somewhere but i'm not sure where

Abelloid

Xivilai wrote: »

Looked it up on youtube. If you skip on a bit you'll hear him saying "Now" a few times.

I looked up the trailer and ended up seeing Patt Shortt's butt :mad:

Now is just a polite expression of embarrassment.

'Ah come on now'

pickarooney

It's used to mean about 4 things in that clip alone.

"Now, now (let's not say things we don't mean)"
"Now, that's not exactly the truth"
"as the next step in our plan"
absolutely nothing - the 'bog now'

coylemj

Listen to Gerry Adams on radio or TV, he says 'now' all the time with no obvious meaning to it.

But lots of people have their quirks and say 'yes' or 'well' as single words (i.e. not in the middle of a sentence) with no particular meaning to it.

Xivilai

I knew it was framilliar somehow

"Ah come on now " etc.

Abelloid

pickarooney wrote: »

It's used to mean about 4 things in that clip alone.

"Now, now (let's not say things we don't mean)"
"Now, that's not exactly the truth"
"as the next step in our plan"
absolutely nothing - the 'bog now'

That's it, the rest of the sentence gets stripped out and only the 'now' remains, it's only in context you can understand the true meaning.

Paulj

It's a rural Tipperary/Limerick thing.

lintdrummer

I've answered on the ebay page.

5tevie

Thank you, emma. That's exactly how I hoped somebody would answer.
Very well explained as well.