Words Irish people don't use. (Not slang)

Speisekarte

I find Irish people tend to be averse to using the verb "ought to". They say it a lot more in America and Britain. I rarely hear Irish people say it.

CruelCoin

Sobriety

or certain a phrases such as "I'm not going to the funeral"

Sleepy

horrid.

paulbok

"We ought to prosecute those involved with causing the banking crisis"

EoghanIRL

This isn't facebook.

Mr.Prodston

Fetch is a perfectly good one that's underused

Pai Mei

"I won't tell anybody, I swear"

The Backwards Man

Pantyhose.
Drawing room.
Automobile.

I ought to have thought of more, but I can't.

RikkFlair

Summer

DoctorBoo

Shall

Wossack

안녕하세요

mathepac

No

KeithM89

Discombobulate.

KTRIC

Cromulant

DipStick McSwindler

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Colonel Panic

Blimey

I Heart Internet

Poorly (as in sick...a very english word)

con___manx1

awesome and dude are not used too much

osarusan

Trod, as in, I trod on his foot.

wp_rathead

Period = Fullstop

MatthewMonster

con___manx1 wrote: »

awesome and dude are not used too much

Unless the people in question are 21 or under. I hear (and use) those words constantly. Globalisation, I tell ya!

GerB40

Thrice.

wp_rathead

I Heart Internet wrote: »

Poorly (as in sick...a very english word)

Or evenn "ill" - usually just use "sick"

GerB40

Sick, meaning good.

Fratton Fred

After you...

ozmo

situation (at least in ROI)

think as its overused on UTV a lot (see toll trolls for a good skit on it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mekofQWyJb0

keano_afc

Donnybrook, I believe it was an old timey expression for a dust up. We should bring it back.

Speisekarte

wprathead wrote: »

Or evenn "ill" - usually just use "sick"

Yes that's very much in the spirit of the thread.

goose2005

shall

CINCLANTFLT

...instead of "dessert"

Israeli Superiority

GerB40 wrote: »

Sick, meaning good.

I think that falls under the "slang" category.

Mr.Prodston

Israeli Superiority wrote: »

I think that falls under the "slang" category.

Alright mister persnickety.

Ooh I got a good one: Persnickety :pac:

wil

thou, thee, thy

Ye used to be common

nosh - for food

sidewalk

Gung-ho kowtow

adios, amigo, pinata

PizzamanIRL

Howdy

donutheadhomer

Speisekarte wrote: »

I find Irish people tend to be averse to using the verb "ought to". They say it a lot more in America and Britain. I rarely hear Irish people say it.

May or Shall

fatknacker

"I was sat there"

Thank feck no one here says that.

Blisterman

"Aren't I?" rather than "Amn't I?"

camel jockey

Munting

The Backwards Man

The 'floor' for the 'ground'

Blisterman

Don't think I've ever heard an Irish person, in a non sexual context, use the word "naughty".

It's always "bold".

shankespony

Cathedral, Thorn, Thatcher, we can't pronounce th

Viper_JB

Blisterman wrote: »

Don't think I've ever heard an Irish person, in a non sexual context, use the word "naughty".

It's always "bold".

Avoids confusion in the bedroom

o1s1n

'Whom'

Duckworth_Luas

Mend


As in "I shall mend that 안녕하세요 yonder"

"He told me off".

We would always say he was "giving out to me". I never realised "giving out" was an Irish thing until a few English people were looking at me with blank faces and had no understanding of what "giving out" meant.

who_me

Bankerphile.

camel jockey

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Mend


As in "I shall mend that 안녕하세요 yonder"

You'd hear 'mend' more than 'yonder'.

Boombastic

Soda/pop for lemonade

Do you concur?

SpaceTime

Be gorrah & bejeepers
&
Top of the morning to ye.

Strange American expressions.

camel jockey

Boombastic wrote: »

Soda/pop for lemonade

Do you concur?

No, I don't agree. Soda/pop covers all 'soft drinks' / 'fizzy drinks', not just lemonade.

Mr Benevolent

Antipiristanical.