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What Irishism Does Your Head In?

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    #182
    Fred Swanson
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    #183
    SpaceTime
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    Irish Guitarist wrote: »
    The way drivers ask pedestrians for directions. No such thing as "excuse me do you know how I can get to...". They just drive up beside you and shout out a street name or name of an establishment. I've lost count of the number of times someone has shouted "DOOLEYS MOTORS" out of their window at me.

    Correct response is to sing the Dooley's theme tune and walk off!


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    #184
    Qualitymark
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    SpaceTime wrote: »
    There's one creeping in from England that's annoying me:

    "That needs doing." instead of "that needs to be done."

    Huge sign up on my local B&Q:

    "Need it fitting?"

    Not to mention the Scottish version: "That document needs read" (past tense read, that is, pronounced 'red')


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    #185
    An Claidheamh
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    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Nope, nor do they call any one who disagrees with their view of history/politics or life in general North French/east Irish/ west Scandinavian.

    They do though tend to call them un-patriotic self-loathing Guardian reading provo euro communists when they disagree with a national narrative on Britain's history/politics.


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    #186
    Your Superior
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    An Claidheamh wrote: »
    They do though tend to call them un-patriotic self-loathing Guardian reading provo euro communists when they disagree with a national narrative on Britain's history/politics.

    Ah, no they don't. The only people that do are Britain First idiots. Anything else you want to make up?


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    #187
    Your Superior
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    Irish Guitarist wrote: »
    The way drivers ask pedestrians for directions. No such thing as "excuse me do you know how I can get to...". They just drive up beside you and shout out a street name or name of an establishment. I've lost count of the number of times someone has shouted "DOOLEYS MOTORS" out of their window at me.

    As where when you ask in Ireland you get the answer "well you wouldn't want to start from here"...


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    #188
    goose2005
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    People from north of Dublin saying they're going "up" to Dublin.
    They're going "down" to Dublin.

    Up and down don't mean north and south. Up and down can refer to altitude, or in this case to a sort of metaphorical ascent whereby city is a 'higher' place than country.


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    #189
    goose2005
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    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    They do though don't they though.

    (say it fast)

    deydododatdodon'tdey


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    #190
    Fratton Fred
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    An Claidheamh wrote: »
    They do though tend to call them un-patriotic self-loathing Guardian reading provo euro communists when they disagree with a national narrative on Britain's history/politics.

    Nope, that's shinners you're thinking of.


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    #191
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    What does "ah shure lookit" actually mean?

    It's seems to be the latest "fad" saying which was preceded by ending every sentence with "so". Both of which are equally annoying.


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    #192
    dxhound2005
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    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    What does "ah shure lookit" actually mean?

    It's seems to be the latest "fad" saying which was preceded by ending every sentence with "so". Both of which are equally annoying.

    Prefacing sentences in speech with Well, Look, Anyway, So, Yeah etc is fine. Along with the usual Ums and Aws. Unless you think everyone should always work off a script.

    But "So" has also crept into the written language, as evidenced by many threads here on Boards. So I was in the pub last night...... and the like. Of course none of this annoys me in the slightest but I should point out that So is not an Irishism. It apparently originated in Silicon Valley, in the computer fraternity.


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    #193
    tayto lover
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Prefacing sentences in speech with Well, Look, Anyway, So, Yeah etc is fine. Along with the usual Ums and Aws. Unless you think everyone should always work off a script.

    But "So" has also crept into the written language, as evidenced by many threads here on Boards. So I was in the pub last night...... and the like. Of course none of this annoys me in the slightest but I should point out that So is not an Irishism. It apparently originated in Silicon Valley, in the computer fraternity.

    So pay your feckin water tax :pac:


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    #194
    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    Down the country bogger: Can you get me a packet of Taytos from the shop?

    Me: Yeah no problem, what flavour?

    Down the country bogger: Hulahoops.



    But the one Irishism that makes me cringe is singing ole ole ole ole at absolutely every sports event and non sporting competitions where an Irish team/ group or athlete is competing.


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    #195
    tayto lover
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    Bogger.
    Can't stand that especially from one Irish person to another. Nobody is more than 10 miles from a bog.


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    #196
    Leilak
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    a britishism creeping in here too.....saying floor meaning ground drives me :mad:


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    #197
    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    Bogger.
    Can't stand that especially from one Irish person to another. Nobody is more than 10 miles from a bog.

    Ok fair point

    Bumpkin.


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    #198
    An Claidheamh
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    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Nope, that's shinners you're thinking of.

    Is that your catchphrase or something?


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    #199
    An Claidheamh
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    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    singing ole ole ole ole at absolutely every sports event and non sporting competitions where an Irish team/ group or athlete is competing.

    To be fair I think people just do that ironically at this stage.


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    #200
    Annasopra
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    An Claidheamh wrote: »
    To be fair I think people just do that ironically at this stage.

    No. I dont think so.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #201
    JustTheOne
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    Absolutely

    Followed by absolutely.


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    #202
    dxhound2005
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    JustTheOne wrote: »
    Absolutely

    Followed by absolutely.

    To be fair, at the end of the day, that is not an Irishism.


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    #203
    tayto lover
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    goose2005 wrote: »
    Up and down don't mean north and south. Up and down can refer to altitude, or in this case to a sort of metaphorical ascent whereby city is a 'higher' place than country.

    Dublin is on the coast though so it has to be down unless you live below sea level.


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    #204
    Knex*
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    I'm probably on my own here, but "Mammy" and "Daddy". Mam and Dad is fine, but the former just sounds ridiculous to me, especially when spoken by adults.

    Even worse again if they're talking about their actual husband or wife, and not their parents.


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    #205
    Qualitymark
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    I loathe sneery terms for those whose politics you don't like: Shinners, Blueshirts, etc. Also anything with "brigade" added. It shows such a lack of intelligence to use such terms.


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    #206
    lizzyman
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    "the height of ignorance/arrogance/etc"

    "what the actual fúck"

    "your man, your one" is bad enough but it seems to be replaced now with the even more grating "me man/me one"

    "I seen"

    Irish computers that seem to be sold without punctuation keys.


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    SpaceTime
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    lizzyman wrote: »
    "the height of ignorance/arrogance/etc"


    Irish computers that seem to be sold without punctuation keys.

    Nothing strange about "the height of..."
    Completely valid expression in standard English.

    Computers all over the world are sold with no punctuation keys these days. It's not just Ireland.


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    #208
    dxhound2005
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    lizzyman wrote: »
    "the height of ignorance/arrogance/etc"

    "what the actual fúck"

    "your man, your one" is bad enough but it seems to be replaced now with the even more grating "me man/me one"

    "I seen"

    Irish computers that seem to be sold without punctuation keys.

    Andy Hamilton the English comedian was struck by the phrase Yer Man when he was on a visit to Tyrone. So much so that he took to using it on the BBC, such as saying Yer Man Cameron when referring to the Prime Minister.

    Round these parts you also hear Your/Our Lassie/Fella. Welllll our fella how's it goin', any word from your lassie lately?

    No harm in this at all at all.


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    #209
    SpaceTime
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    You need a phrase for "your man" and "your one"

    In England it's "whatshername" and "whatshisface" etc etc


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    #210
    Fratton Fred
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    Yer one is a horrible phrase.


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    #211
    SpaceTime
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    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Yer one is a horrible phrase.

    Not as bad as "whatsherface"


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