Best Donegal Slang

Rds1989

I'll start it off "your aul doll" for your mother

TheDukeOfEarl

Ye Whoor

byte

"the Gap"

mk2

''How's she goin''.

pragmatic1

yes lad.

fontanalis

vite vine
Ye know who ye are

NIMAN

Keep 'er lit.

deman

Brave(n)

That's a braven big farm.

or

He has a brave wee bit o' money.



Very unique to the NW.

Helmet

Jesus, it'd founder you outside!

stephendevlin

Hai sur

irish1967

That's a quare yock.

stephendevlin

aYE BOY She is a quare yock

Firblog

In through (i.e west of killybegs)

stephendevlin

Gimme a lock a them

Or

Gimme a wheen a them!

mk2

Its a wild day clean cat altogether

Madam

Hap yersel up;)

Madam

mk2 wrote: »

Its a wild day clean cat altogether

Eh? Sorry I don't get that wan!!!:)

stephendevlin

Madam wrote: »

Eh? Sorry I don't get that wan!!!:)

Somethin about cleaning his cat:D

stephendevlin

Oh wait .. MADADM

Is not a JUCK

Madam

Not fornenst the wain;)

RMDrive

Staish the shape of the juck with the yock

mk2

goodluck goodluck gluck gluck gluck gluck(and the end of a phone conversation)

smugchik

I once heard someone say "amn't" instead of 'I'm not' as in "I amn't going."

I was really shocked as he was quite articulate in other areas.

LoanShark

"any craic?"
"naw, naw damn a hait!"

deman

Tha' wane got wile wet whin he fell inte the shuck

homer simpson

"Ach your oul hole"

mk2

The yock calved(broke down car)

stephendevlin

Dinny No Sur

paulmclaughlin

Madam wrote: »

Eh? Sorry I don't get that wan!!!:)

means terrible...

top of the morning to ya! haha joke

not so bad.

irlpic

gondifuk antake aweena them goodfirnaethin hures way ye when yeradit. (be on your way and take a few of those unsavory fellows with you when your going)

LoanShark

Madam wrote: »

Eh? Sorry I don't get that wan!!!:)

I've heard "it's a wild day,cat altogether!"

But never heard "it's a wild day, clean cat altogether!"

irlpic

LoanShark wrote: »

I've heard "it's a wild day,cat altogether!"

But never heard "it's a wild day, clean cat altogether!"

Ive heard clean cat loads of times.
Also - 'clean rotten' meaning very dirty or very drunk.

LoanShark

irlpic wrote: »

Ive heard clean cat loads of times.
Also - 'clean rotten' meaning very dirty or very drunk.

I've heard 'clean rotten' heaps of times, but never. Heard 'clean cat'..

But sure, we'll loose any sleep over it!!

Another one,
"sure he was only touching the road in spots!!"
(He was going rather fast and came in contact with the tarmac at irregular intervals)

Madam

Your belly's over the bog tae *insert a local townland*, with us it was Galdonagh:)

smugchik

I have always thought it funny when I hear people say 'empy' instead of 'empty'.

smugchik

Weird stuff:

'thamarragh' instead of tomorrow
'mind' instead of remember
'foundered' for cold

ayeboy

Reddin out the shade .... Cleaning out the shed

smugchik

Good one. I forgot about the weird shade/shed thing.

What about calling the afternoon the evening? Where does that come from? ie Two o'clock in the evening... haha

homer simpson

smugchik wrote: »

Good one. I forgot about the weird shade/shed thing.

What about calling the afternoon the evening? Where does that come from? ie Two o'clock in the evening... haha

Never heard anyone say 2 in the evening in my life, duno where your getting that out of but it is common worldwide to use evening after 4pm there is no real official time that the evening starts or finishes though. I wouldn't class that as Donegal slag at all!

homer simpson

ayeboy wrote: »

Reddin out the shade .... Cleaning out the shed

Ironic username for this thread :pac:

pockets3d

Raises an interesting question
The use of the word wild to mean very?
I always thought and used wild but it seems others say it as ''while''
which do yiz use?

implausible

stephendevlin wrote: »

Oh wait .. MADADM

Is not a JUCK

I know 'juck', but what was the first bit?

Madam wrote: »

Not fornenst the wain;)

Any chance of a translation for the poor oul' blow-in?

"G'wan" instead of please i.e. "g'wan gis a break". I was scolding students for being rude 'til I heard other teachers saying it!

Cat82

smugchik wrote: »

I once heard someone say "amn't" instead of 'I'm not' as in "I amn't going."

Just asked my husband about this and we both say amn't. I use it while speaking to people and in text messages. I never even thought it was wrong. Oops!

muckish

"Get a right druckin in that rain." ie soaking

muffler

Madam wrote: »

Not fornenst the wain;)

deemark wrote: »

Any chance of a translation for the poor oul' blow-in?

Not in front of the child/baby

smugchik

homer_simpson wrote: »

Never heard anyone say 2 in the evening in my life, duno where your getting that out of but it is common worldwide to use evening after 4pm there is no real official time that the evening starts or finishes though. I wouldn't class that as Donegal slag at all!

I hear it every week in Letterkenny from colleagues who come from the Killygordon and Ballybofey area. Also from someone from Gweedore.

muffler

smugchik wrote: »

I hear it every week in Letterkenny from colleagues who come from the Killygordon and Ballybofey area. Also from someone from Gweedore.

Never heard that before either.

dee o gee

Not a donegalian myself but been in college up there for the last year. Aye and wile are the best words ever invented imo! Actually the donegal accent in general is the best, seriously I could listen to ye talk crap all day!
Gotta love donegal slang, although at times I have needed a translator! Hadn't a clue what people were on about talking about wains!

Firblog

dee o gee wrote: »

Not a donegalian myself but been in college up there for the last year. Aye and wile are the best words ever invented imo! Actually the donegal accent in general is the best, seriously I could listen to ye talk crap all day!
Gotta love donegal slang, although at times I have needed a translator! Hadn't a clue what people were on about talking about wains!

AYE to that...

North_West_Art

'I seen me..'

mmcm888

stephendevlin wrote: »

Gimme a lock a them

Or

Gimme a wheen a them!

Also the multitude of superlative/ versions of the above

a brave lock
a fair lock
a right lock