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Irishisms that will confuse Londoners . . .

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    #32
    S.M.B.
    Registered Users Posts: 9,367 ✭✭✭S.M.B.


    bahahahahaha

    why would you ask for a copy of the Golden Pages?


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    #33
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    irish-stew wrote: »
    "were you full"

    "huh"

    "were you full last night"

    "what"

    "were you full when you were out"

    "i've no idea what your asking"

    "were you drunk"

    Conversation went some thing like that when back over in London recently

    :D
    In fairness I would be equally :confused:


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    #34
    duffarama
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭duffarama


    BrokenArrows wrote: »
    The way I pronounce the letter R seems to confuse people.

    I pronounce it "or". English say "ar". Is it just me or have I been saying it wrong all these years.

    This happens me all the time, luckily there's no R in my real name!


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    #35
    Reekwind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭Reekwind


    In terms of accents, I've never been so mortified as when a client burst out laughing at my mention of the 'turd warehouse'. (Which followed the first and second warehouses, obviously)


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    #36
    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users Posts: 5,095 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    girls at work caught me looking up the 'death notices' on RIP.ie...


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    #37
    exiledelbows
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭exiledelbows


    LordSutch wrote: »
    I agree, and the whole misuse of the term 'UK' always amuses me (and many Londoners too I expect).

    Because London and English/British people always get the whole Republic of Ireland/Northern Ireland thing spot on... :rolleyes:


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    #38
    Cedrus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Cedrus


    BrokenArrows wrote: »
    The way I pronounce the letter R seems to confuse people.

    I pronounce it "or". English say "ar". Is it just me or have I been saying it wrong all these years.

    orr is the correct pronunciation as gaeilge
    arr is the correct pronunciation as bearla


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    #39
    Richard
    Registered Users Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    LadyMayBelle wrote: »
    "Will you get a litre of milk in the shop"..a, litre? Is that like two pinter? Grrr..

    Some milk is sold by the litre - it depends on the brand...


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    #40
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    exiledelbows wrote: »
    Because London and English/British people always get the whole Republic of Ireland/Northern Ireland thing spot on...:rolleyes:

    Agreed;
    English/British/Londoners grasp of Irelands geography is probably even worse, but this thread is about Irishisms that will confuse Londoners.


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    #41
    Sherfin
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭Sherfin


    When flipping a coin "Heads or Harps" will get you a few strange looks


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    #42
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    LordSutch wrote: »
    Try asking for scallions in the shop!

    Scallions is totaly lost on English people, 'Spring Onions' is the translation :))

    Works fine in America!

    There are plenty of Englishisms that confuse the hell out of Irish people (and others) too.

    I remember working in London and people kept saying "All right mate?" "Are you all right?"

    Which, to an Irish person, or an American means = it looks like you're ill / Is there something wrong with you?

    Both Irish and American people in the office were getting really weirded out by it! More so the Americans.


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    #43
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,032 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    Solair wrote: »
    Works fine in America!
    Ah yes, America, with their majority share of the world's Londoners...


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    #44
    theparish
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭theparish


    "Ahh surr begoshh an begorrahh tuur a lurr a lorry",they looked at me as if I had two heads


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    #45
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    "Like OMG! Like TOTALLY OMG... what a MARE!"

    Referring to the trams in Croydon etc as the "Luases"

    Mostly, it's just minor technical / trademark issues.

    Calling any power company "the ESB"


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    #46
    saralou2011
    Registered Users Posts: 261 ✭✭saralou2011


    "Ah you've landed!"


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    #47
    illumin
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭illumin


    Using the word "grand" to reply to anything positively confuses the hell out of non irish people. I get very self conscious using it :)


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    #48
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    There are plenty of Irishisms that confuse people from neighbouring counties though!

    Best approach is to speak in a fake cockney accent using bad rhyming slang. They love that over in London!


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    #49
    Richard
    Registered Users Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    Sherfin wrote: »
    When flipping a coin "Heads or Harps" will get you a few strange looks

    Except the harp side both on IR£ and Euros is the "Heads" side as it is the national symbol. :D


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    #50
    Cedrus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Cedrus


    The Leaving - "leaving what, leaving where?"

    The Inter - "?????????"

    Debs - "Ooh, you went to a posh school?"


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    #51
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Solair wrote: »
    Referring to the trams in Croydon etc as the "Luases"

    Mostly, it's just minor technical / trademark issues.

    Calling any power company "the ESB"

    Very true, or calling a London Bobby a Garda.

    I worked with a girl from Cork in the IFSC in Dublin a few years ago, she had just come back from London after living there for ten years, with a story about how her friends house had once been broken into, she told us that they had to call the Gards over to take finger prints!


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    #52
    FruitLover
    Registered Users Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭FruitLover


    BrokenArrows wrote: »
    The way I pronounce the letter R seems to confuse people.

    I pronounce it "or". English say "ar". Is it just me or have I been saying it wrong all these years.

    Actually, they say "ahhh".

    English people: For Jaysus' sake why do you even have the letter 'r' in your language if you're not even going to bother pronouncing it?! :mad:


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    #53
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    FruitLover wrote: »
    Actually, they say "ahhh".

    English people: For Jaysus' sake why do you even have the letter 'r' in your language if you're not even going to bother pronouncing it?! :mad:

    It varies, there's an "r" in the Westcountry and parts of the Southwest.
    If you go up to Liverpool, "Hair" is just "Ehh"


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    #54
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    FruitLover wrote: »
    Actually, they say "ahhh".

    English people: For Jaysus' sake why do you even have the letter 'r' in your language if you're not even going to bother pronouncing it?! :mad:
    And yet adding them where they don't exist; e.g. "what a good idear."


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    #55
    Playboy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭Playboy


    People never seem to know what a Pass machine is for some reason!


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    #56
    Jack B. Badd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭Jack B. Badd


    Playboy wrote: »
    People never seem to know what a Pass machine is for some reason!

    What kind of Passes does it dispense?


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    #57
    exiledelbows
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭exiledelbows


    "I amn't"

    'You what??'

    They don't get 'giving out' either. I've to change to 'telling off' which just sounds wrong.


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    #58
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    Playboy wrote: »
    People never seem to know what a Pass machine is for some reason!

    Trademarks will always cause confusion everywhere.

    PASS was a Bank of Ireland Trademark tor "Personalised Automated Self Service".

    I don't know why they dropped it as it was a very recognisable and well-established brand!

    365 Cash / ATM is all that's on the machines now and it's a pretty lousy, generic brand!


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    #59
    getz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    LadyMayBelle wrote: »
    girls at work caught me looking up the 'death notices' on RIP.ie...
    i do that every week ,just to see if i am still alive


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    #60
    Scarinae
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭Scarinae


    I've never heard of a pass machine either, but then I've never had a Bank of Ireland account


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    #61
    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users Posts: 5,095 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    Forgot about the pass machine, I use that pretty much anytime I need the ATM.

    Also I stumbled on the phone yesterday looking to speak to 'the garda involved with the X case'.. I cannot grasp DC!! I dont think it will ever leave me, I still say 'did you call the guards?' instead of the 'police'.

    Really wish someone in my office would appreciate 'Careful Now', or 'The Chinese, a great bunch of lads'. One asked me why I am not grossly offended by Father Ted, and was shocked that I am not alone by a long shot in loving it.


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