Does it annoy you when the Gardaí are referred to as the Garda?

paky

Personally I prefer peelers but honestly there is a difference?

biko

At least peelers are better than cops or feds imo.
I prefer British slang to American slang.

Wattle

Peelers? Are you from the 19th century?

Seachmall

I do it because I can't find the fada.

Sooopie

no

i have enough to be getting on with.

cosmicfart

The garda are know as the 'Big Denny Fry up Gang' were i come from

Forest Master

Sooopie wrote: »

no

i have enough to be getting on with.

Like posting on Boards in a topic about how the Gardaí are referred to as the Garda saying you have better things to be doing than worrying about the Gardaí being referred to as the Garda...

Claasman

i use the term 'feds'. it makes them sound good at what they do.

4leto

I read something Brendan Kennelly wrote.

Us Irish to distract us from real issues we are obsessed with trivia. So true.

I usually refer to them as the guards.

Up de Barrs

I find it even more annoying when they are referred to as "the police".

Edinduberdeen

It annoys me when they're referred to as the 'gorthee' on the news.

pablomakaveli

I call them the "shades". A lot of people i know do. That or gards anyway.

dlofnep

'Doirty Gaaaaaaaards'

Seachmall

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I call them the "shades". A lot of people i know do. That or gards anyway.

Ya, "Shades" is pretty popular around here too.

I'm going to start calling them "G-men".

Wolfe Tone

Dionysus to AH

mikemac

Been shades in Limerick for a long time

Snakeblood

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I call them the "shades". A lot of people i know do. That or gards anyway.

I call them guards. Or Gardai, it's sort of interchangeable. The fada is indeed a problem when typing.

I've also heard the busies, which I never understood, and the filth, which I don't agree with but it makes me laugh for sheer offensiveness.

Annasopra

no

jsd1004

I think it is an understandable error from non irish speakers. Most other countries 'police' is plural and singular. Natural assumption that in Irish it is the same.

ejmaztec

The Heat.

kfallon

It annoys me when people refer to the Gardai as "competent" :pac:

Sooopie

Forest Master wrote: »

Like posting on Boards in a topic about how the Gardaí are referred to as the Garda saying you have better things to be doing than worrying about the Gardaí being referred to as the Garda...

Jesus, have you ever heard of a comma?


:rolleyes:

4leto

I do laugh at the poor guards on the push bike, I do wonder what they did to upset the Sargent.

MagicMarker

Po Po

t1mm

Shades
Federalis
5-0
LAPD
The Fuzz

Rawhead

"the filth"

msg11

Policia Local

seanybiker

Why would you ask us our opinion between two names then go off and use a completely different name yourself then?


Do you like jedward or do you hate them? Just wondering because I like stone sour.

See? Its odd

superfish

The tax collectors !

DoneDL

Just refer to them as cuonstable and see how you get on.

bigwormbundoran

The Filth or 5-0 by most people I know

Caveman1

Well it does say Garda on the uniforms and cars, maybe the bobbys can investigate

SEPT 23 1989

The Rozzers

Shreddingblood

Sketch! The shades man.

ejmaztec

The Gestapo

El Weirdo

Plod, Rozzers, Old Bill, Dibble.

/mockney

superfish

Caveman1 wrote: »

Well it does say Garda on the uniforms and cars, maybe the bobbys can investigate

jesus man calm down do you know what an investigation like that would entail we just dont have the resources or man power !

ejmaztec

The Bizzies

pablomakaveli

bigwormbundoran wrote: »

The Filth or 5-0 by most people I know

You must be living in a ghetto then.

MagicSean

kfallon wrote: »

It annoys me when people refer to the Gardai as "competent" :pac:

It annoys me when people are too incompetent to use a fada.

Most people use Shades or Gards. Shades is a term that was mostly used by travellers but has spread out a lot.

orangebud

The Pigs

Forest Master

Sooopie wrote: »

Jesus, have you ever heard of a comma?


:rolleyes:

Is that your best reply? lol

There wasn't any need for a comma, BTW.

Ever heard of capitalising letters at the start of sentences?

Sooopie wrote: »

no

i have enough to be getting on with.

Wattle

John Q Law.

I smell bacon.

Cathaoirleach

One Garda, Two Gardaí
One Taoiseach, Two Taoisigh

Killer Wench

MagicMarker wrote: »

Po Po

Good memory.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Seachmall wrote: »

Ya, "Shades" is pretty popular around here too.

I'm going to start calling them "G-men".

I called them G-Men for a while. Nobody understood the reference.

giles lynchwood

Protector´s of society.

charlemont

It annoys me more when they are referred to as the Police or the guards.

Irish Guitarist

I call them CTU.

Killer Wench

I called them the police because I could never figure out if they were called "The Guard", Guard-EYE, Guard-EEE, or Guard-AH. I heard so many pronounciations and I wasn't sure if one was plural or singular.

Wattle

It's AN GEAR-DEE SHICKILONA