Words, phrases, contractions and idioms you'd only hear in Ireland

balfe1990

Just crossed my mind; while I'm sure it's not technically proper by any stretch, "amn't" is pretty widely used here, yet I've never heard any other nationality utter it.

Is it a strictly Irish thing? Any others?

December2012

'Tisnt

balfe1990

I've also never heard "Tippin' awhay" outside of Kerry

Citycap

balfe1990 wrote: »

Just crossed my mind; while I'm sure it's not technically proper by any stretch, "amn't" is pretty widely used here, yet I've never heard any other nationality utter it.

Is it a strictly Irish thing? Any others?

pacific instead of "specific"

In North West Cork near the Kerry border they substitute a "v" with a "w"
e.g. He was drinking wodka and he drank so much he started womiting

wil

Tis

mfceiling

N'all an n'anyways

keelanj69

Give you an example? I will, yeah.

The King of Moo

"usen't"

wil

and to complete the holy trinity...
Tis so it is

wil

balfe1990 wrote: »

I've also never heard "Tippin' awhay" outside of Kerry

you've never travelled so (to Tipp, genuinely tis used there)

clairefontaine

Yanks

Iwasfrozen

balfe1990 wrote: »

I've also never heard "Tippin' awhay" outside of Kerry

Common in Monaghan.

bnt

"Pan" for Bread is an odd one. There is one other country where it means the same thing: Japan. But パン is a foreign loan-word, not a native Japanese word, since historically there was never bread in Japan before they had Western visitors.

But "give out", meaning to complain, is one I never heard in English before I came here.

Ihatecuddles-old

I do be sweatin' in this heat.

11Charlie11

"Bye,bye,bye,bye" .. At the end of a call

The Backwards Man

Foundered and sweltered.

dixiedan

Is that youser dog?

Drkitkat

using yoke to describe something that's not a yoke.

Chucken

keelanj69 wrote: »

Give you an example? I will, yeah.

Will you do it now in a minute?

Clareboy

D'oul back is ' at me '. In other words, my back is giving me trouble.

Badly Drunk Boy

December2012 wrote: »

'Tisnt

wil wrote: »

Tis

These were both very common for centuries in England and they're still used, but to a lesser extent, and usually in more rural areas.

RandomName2

You'll get a lot here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SminkyAnimation?feature=watch

December2012

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

These were both very common for centuries in England and they're still used, but to a lesser extent, and usually in more rural areas.

Feck off!

Renegade Mechanic

Here in tipp "threw" seems to have been forgotten. The proper response, if hit by another messers projectile is thus:
WHO THRUN THA!?!

PizzamanIRL

''Words, phrases, contractions and idioms you'd only hear in Ireland'' threads.

balfe1990

:pac:

Hew trun dah, forgot about that one.

Having a good aul lol here about how illogical a lot of the Irish sayings are, and how I never notice until its put to me

Pumpkinseeds

'Anal' used instead of 'and all' seems to be popular among the skanger classes, i.e, 'pool anal in it':D

dan dan

gwin ,gwout,gwup, gwoff ,gway,

go in, go out, go up,go off ,go away.

South Tipp.

Chucken

Clareboy wrote: »

D'oul back is ' at me '. In other words, my back is giving me trouble.

Yerra, what happened ya crather?

Fergus_Nash

Quare

wil

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

These were both very common for centuries in England and they're still used, but to a lesser extent, and usually in more rural areas.

They are so they are:)

a0ifee

"so n'tin strange with ye"

L1011

bnt wrote: »

"Pan" for Bread is an odd one. There is one other country where it means the same thing: Japan. But パン is a foreign loan-word, not a native Japanese word, since historically there was never bread in Japan before they had Western visitors.

But "give out", meaning to complain, is one I never heard in English before I came here.

I've a distinct feeling we've got it as a loan-word of sorts from the same source - the French.

wil

dan dan wrote: »

gwin ,gwout,gwup, gwoff ,gway,

go in, go out, go up,go off ,go away.

South Tipp.

Wil ya gway or dat

Cody Pomeray

I will in my fu*k
I don't gave two fu*cks

It just makes no sense

duchalla

"Lowern it up" when asking someone to turn up the TV or radio....

--Kaiser--

"Tis fierce mild"

iguy

d'ya no what I mane,
d'ya ear me,
yup outta 'at,
I'm tellin ya now,
gwan wi yourself,...
that's to name but a few....

Talib Fiasco

Dramember? = Do you remember?

aloyisious

Ah shur

LeinsterDub

Disimprovement

balfe1990

TheComeUp wrote: »

Dramember? = Do you remember?

I've always said it as "JA'MEMBER THE TIME..."

Wacker The Attacker

Cantin' i not

Wacker The Attacker

g'wan ourra dat sez I to yer man.


wha wha wha

Talib Fiasco

abalfe1990 wrote: »

I've always said it as "JA'MEMBER THE TIME..."

Ya I've heard that too alright. I tend to say "ja" instead of you depending on the context.... One of my friends has been saying distinctively 'dramember' since he was a young fella and still does today.

apollo8

Is it yourself?

Joe prim

bnt wrote: »

"Pan" for Bread is an odd one. There is one other country where it means the same thing: Japan. But パン is a foreign loan-word, not a native Japanese word, since historically there was never bread in Japan before they had Western visitors.

But "give out", meaning to complain, is one I never heard in English before I came here.

Err pan is also bread in Spain, and pain ( pronounced pan) is bread in France, all from latin panis , err....bread, and panna in Italy ( here endeth the lesson)

crazy cabbage

turn on the darkness there will ya
the auld lad
the auld wan
byebyebyebyebyebye

crazy cabbage

apollo8 wrote: »

Is it yourself?

Tis me. That you?

dark crystal

Substituting "Please God" for the word hopefully....

"Please God the weather will stay fine" or "Please God he'll be out of hospital Sunday".

Meangadh

Come here...Goway.

Yer man and yer wan.

Eejit.