Irishisms that will confuse Londoners . . .

who the fug

Mahon Tribunal

When is a lie not a lie

Fysh

who the fug wrote: »

Mahon Tribunal

When is a lie not a lie

Oh Christ, please God no. If this nonsense picks up here, I may have to emigrate again.

who the fug

Fysh wrote: »

Oh Christ, please God no. If this nonsense picks up here, I may have to emigrate again.

My engkish mates refuse to believeme when I tell thamabout Irish poitics, funny enough my Portugese bosshas no problemscomprehending

Stereomaniac

Do they not take the piss out of our political system on Mock The Week or Not The 9 O'Clock News?

who the fug

Stereomaniac wrote: »

Do they not take the piss out of our political system on Mock The Week or Not The 9 O'Clock News?

besidesCowen, never really comes up

Scarinae

Stereomaniac wrote: »

Do they not take the piss out of our political system on Mock The Week or Not The 9 O'Clock News?

Maybe they did in 1980

Solair

LordSutch wrote: »

Now now, be nice to our neighbours :rolleyes:

Another one I have just thought of is 'Ghee' which obviously has a rather rude meaning & a different spelling in Ireland, but in London its a well known type of butter in many ethnic shops!

Can I have some Ghee please, go on try it for a laugh

You can find that in the fridge of my local shop in Cork too!
Not that unusual.

cbreeze

'poorly'. when said in Britain it means the patient is a bit ill, nothing much the matter. When said in Ireland it means the family are kneeling round the bedside saying the rosary and/or looking for the will.

pirateninja

Using "will" instead of "shall" and adding "so" onto the start or end of sentances. "Will I meet you at 5pm so?" got me some strange looks from my boyfriend and flatmates last night and I was quickly corrected!

marozz

Many years ago in a London bar I asked for a whiskey and red. I got a funny look from the barman and he came back with a whiskey and black currant juice. Also, asking where the toilet is i.e. " Where's the jacks pal?" can also cause confusion.

Bob the Seducer

pirateninja wrote: »

Using "will" instead of "shall" and adding "so" onto the start or end of sentances. "Will I meet you at 5pm so?" got me some strange looks from my boyfriend and flatmates last night and I was quickly corrected!

I'd tell them I'll start using "shall" when they return to using "ye" as the second person plural. Otherwise, how is a person to know if they are being asked about themselves or if they're being asked to speak for a group.

I'd also ask them if the construction "Shall I meet you at 5pm then?", "Go on then" or "That's fine then" sounds familiar, and if so, why do they add a "then" to the end when it's not needed?

John C

I recall the strange look when an Irishman said to two Londoners.
"I do not have a dog's meas on that workmanship"
Better: "I have no respect for that workmanship"

Irish: "Paddy is cute out"
Londoners: "Paddy is devious"
When I am in Ireland and people use that word "cute",
I ask: "cute as in cuddly", "cute as in clever" or "cute as in devious".

Irish: Good wans get to heaven
Londoners: Good girls get to heaven

Irish person in a pub wondering where his buddy is: Where is your man?
Londoner: Where is the man whom you know. Where is my mate?

English born and bred people also use colloquailisms.
Jam butty = jam sandwich
Boozer, Chipper
Apples and pears = stairs
Swan Vestas = matches
Dolly posh = left handed
Right mate= how are you...
You what mate=I beg your pardon

Solair

John C wrote: »

I recall the strange look when an Irishman said to two Londoners.
"I do not have a dog's meas on that workmanship"

I'm Irish and I wouldn't have a f-ing clue what that meant either!

I think it's easy enough to confuse colloquialisms with general "Irishisms" that are used by all of us. I mean, half the time you can't understand colloquialisms from the next county, or a different part of the same city/county in Ireland. The same applies in England there are huge differences in speech and language as you travel around.

LordSutch

Irish man walks into shop, can I have a pan please.

Ten minutes later . . . . Ah ha, so you want a loaf of bread

First time ever outside of Ireland, first time further than five miles from cow sh!te as they say, and quite literally ten minutes off the plane. Asked for a "scotch and red" in Heathrow airport bar. Barman asked me if I could speak English!

Fenian Army

I thought sambo meant sandwich

jayzus.

Just remembered another one. Was putting money into my bank account in Barclays some years back.

Told the teller I wanted to make a lodgment....
"You wanna make an allotment?"
"No, what's that? I want to make a lodgment."
"What's that?"
"I want to lodge money in my account"
"You wanna do what with your money?"
"Put it into my account"
"Oh! I see."
etc, etc, etc.....

I mean WTF else does anyone call a lodgment in any bank in the world?

Fysh

Deleted User wrote: »

I mean WTF else does anyone call a lodgment in any bank in the world?

The word you're looking for there is "deposit"

Ouchette

John C wrote: »

English born and bred people also use colloquailisms.
Jam butty = jam sandwich
Boozer, Chipper
Apples and pears = stairs
Swan Vestas = matches
Dolly posh = left handed
Right mate= how are you...
You what mate=I beg your pardon

Hmm. I'm 'English born and bred' and always lived in the London area except for the 3 years I spent in Dublin.


The most common slang for sandwich around here by far is sarnie, although I might say chip butty or bacon butty (i.e if it's hot and came from a dodgy chip van) but never jam butty.

It's chippy, not chipper here.

No one EVER says apples and pears. Rhyming slang is used, but that's a bad example.

Never heard Swan Vestas said for matches, but I suppose I would understand it.

Never heard of dolly posh before even though I'm left-handed and I wouldn't have a clue what you were on about. I googled it and it turns out it's Yorkshire dialect.

It's 'all right mate' which sounds like 'awrigh' ma'e' or just 'awrigh'?' and it means hi.


Also, giving out = 'having a go at'

Solair

Rhyming slang will confuse anyone who doesn't know it though, including Londoners.

I remember someone ranting and raving about how they'd been 'slipped a rubbery Gregory'.

Turned out it was a bounced cheque.

Rubber = bouncy.
Gregory (Peck) = Cheque.

To be fair, I don't think most Londoners would have got that one!

Scarinae

If someone told me they'd been slipped a rubbery Gregory I'd think they meant something rude

tayto lover

Two words you should never be heard using in London are "any craic ?".

woof im a dog

as the fella says
pronouncing assuming as assuming
acting the maggot as well

Feathers

Speaking of acting the maggot, bold for misbehaving kids — it's naughty over here.

& someone mentioned poorly earlier. I found strange that if you missed work & said you were sick, that means that you physically threw up. Was getting looks of concern. Turns out you were ill otherwise.

One I found with not necessarily English, but with other foreigners in London — I've the habit of saying 'I might' when looking for something in a shop.

"I might just have a cup of coffee"

Didn't realise it was open to interpretation until I saw the look on the girl's face wondering if I'd made up my mind about it

Terrontress

English people in London, not that there are many of them, all say pushchair instead of pram. Also, poorly instead of sick.

I have never heard an Irish person say either of those things.

JuliusCaesar

That's gas (me)

Eh, no, I think it's electric (puzzled English person)

philologos

"Look at that yoke over there" (me)
"What yoke?" (my confused listener)

Solair

Terrontress wrote: »

English people in London, not that there are many of them, all say pushchair instead of pram. Also, poorly instead of sick.

I have never heard an Irish person say either of those things.

A pushchair's a buggy in Ireland or a stroller in US English.

A pram's a big huge thing with wheels on it, like a 19th century version. It comes from a shortening of Perambulator, an old Victorian term.

I might have a cup of coffee is also an old-fashioned type of way of saying "may I have"
Might I have ..... my good man!

It does sound like you haven't made your mind up if you say "I might have ...."

mikemac1

LordSutch wrote: »

Another one I have just thought of is 'Ghee' which obviously has a rather rude meaning & a different spelling in Ireland, but in London its a well known type of butter in many ethnic shops!

Can I have some Ghee please, go on try it for a laugh

Dublin term possibly?
I never ever heard ghee until I read it on boards.ie
Doesn't exist in the midlands

S.M.B.

It definitely exists in the midlands.