"Mate" this, "mate" that...

Tag a "mate", you alright "mate" and so on.

The word in Ireland is "friend", and it's not really used at the end of sentences in the way Cockneys or Australians do.

It's time to stop pretending we're on the set of Home and Away or Eastenders.

NIMAN

Alright Lad?

duffman13

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Tag a "mate", you alright "mate" and so on.

The word in Ireland is "friend", and it's not really used at the end of sentences in the way Cockneys or Australians do.

It's time to stop pretending we're on the set of Home and Away or Eastenders.

It's interchangeable, someone calling me mate, friend, pal or buddy wouldn't really bother me or most people I would have presumed.

duffman13

duffman13 wrote: »

It's interchangeable, someone calling me mate, friend, pal or buddy wouldn't really bother me or most people I would have presumed.

I'd take "pal" to be a bit edgy. As in "relax, pal".

"Buddy" can be okay, very much used in Cork.

This "mate" thing...not for me. Much like words like "twat" or "plonker", used by Irish people who just can't resist aping our neighbours...

cumulonimbus

Totally agree, Dude!

howdoyouknow

Yesss sir

theteal

I'm partial to a "chief" every once in a while.

Can't stand that "lad" ballsology

Tzardine

Alrite fella.

Who cares?

Colser

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Who cares?

Conor cares ...keep up mate.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Who cares?

More than the number who cared about your last thread on AH..;)

pickarooney

Here come twelve pages of South Park 'jokes'.

Olishi4

Colser wrote: »

Conor cares ...keep up mate.

haha you win Colser....Checkmate

jimmii

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'd take "pal" to be a bit edgy. As in "relax, pal".

"Buddy" can be okay, very much used in Cork.

This "mate" thing...not for me. Much like words like "twat" or "plonker", used by Irish people who just can't resist aping our neighbours...

Pal is the go to choice in Scotland surprised you don't hear it more in Ireland.

Olishi4

jimmii wrote: »

Pal is the go to choice in Scotland surprised you don't hear it more in Ireland.

Do they often say "magic" in Scotland too? I used to work with a Scotish woman, only had contact through phone and everything was "magic". I think it means "grand".

degsie

jimmii wrote: »

Pal is the go to choice in Scotland surprised you don't hear it more in Ireland.

China is also used in Scotland. Not sure where that one came from.

Neon_Lights

Hey I'm not your buddy guy!

Mellor

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Tag a "mate", you alright "mate" and so on.

The word in Ireland is "friend", ...

Most if those memes originate outside Ireland.
The internet is international innit, mate

The flying mouse

Folks in Manchester say


Our kid when talking about siblings.

The flying mouse

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I'd take "pal" to be a bit edgy. As in "relax, pal".

"Buddy" can be okay, very much used in Cork.

This "mate" thing...not for me. Much like words like "twat" or "plonker", used by Irish people who just can't resist aping our neighbours...

I thought they used boy in Cork


Are ya all right there bouy

Jesus.

Deleted User wrote: »

Tag a "mate", you alright "mate" and so on.
The word in Ireland is "friend".

Clearly its not going by your previous sentence.

Mellor

degsie wrote: »

China is also used in Scotland. Not sure where that one came from.

China, short for china plate...rhymes with "mate".

justshane

Never visit New Zealand!

Agree fully. Particularly irksome trend. I have the pleasure in taking the piss out of any Irish person who says "mate" in my presence. I used to be more polite and just raise my eyes up but fúck that when I can get a good rant out of Mr Vacuous "Wherever English fashions go I follow". Lost, uprooted traditionless souls. "British Isles", "high street" and referring to the island of Britain as "mainland Britain" (implying that there's a part of Ireland that is part of Britain) are the other three that I'll pull an Irish person up on.

happyoutscan

Well boss.

Lucy8080

The word in Ireland is "horse".

The o.p. must be some kind of agent trying to foment division between "Horse and his mates".

Away tae fcuk with ye pal.

Olishi4

Awh me auld flower

Jesus.

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Agree fully. Particularly irksome trend. I have the pleasure in taking the piss out of any Irish person who says "mate" in my presence. I used to be more polite and just raise my eyes up but fúck that when I can get a good rant out of Mr Vacuous "Wherever English fashions go I follow". Lost, uprooted traditionless souls. "British Isles", "high street" and referring to the island of Britain as "mainland Britain" (implying that there's a part of Ireland that is part of Britain) are the other three that I'll pull an Irish person up on.

That's serious little Irelander syndrome right there

Felix Jones is God

"How's that man"? Is common enough....but normally used when the other fckers name escapes you.

I do call people "sunshine"....gets a few funny stares alright

The flying mouse

Olishi4 wrote: »

Awh me auld flower

Willyacomemeretome...:D

Jesus.

Jesus. wrote: »

That's serious little Irelander syndrome right there

What the fúck does that mean? Ah, a parody; you've heard of Little Englander (but clearly not its origins) and then slavishly misapplied it to Ireland (unintentionally failing to capitalise Little of course). Well done.

The flying mouse

Where I work/socialise I surrounded by folks who say

Mate,
our kid,
Friend,
Lad,

and a big auld Dubliner that says alrigh Buddy.

and no I not in prison :-)

Esel

Brother, I prefer maté. K?

Jesus.

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What the fúck does that mean? Ah, a parody; you've heard of Little Englander (but clearly not its origins) and then slavishly misapplied it to Ireland (unintentionally failing to capitalise Little of course). Well done.

So even my little Irelander phrase is aping the English?


Point proven. lol

mansize

I prefer mate to lad

like preferring drowning to being knifed tbf...

I think the person saying it is key also.

donegaLroad

in Canada its Buddy, in Scotland its Pal. In parts of Donegal its Sir

Omackeral

Anyone calling you 'lad' or 'kid' is bound to be a full time Bantersaurus Rex. They're the ones to hang around with.

HellSquirrel

degsie wrote: »

China is also used in Scotland. Not sure where that one came from.

Comes from "mate". Cockney rhyming slang, "china plate" = "mate". Odd that it filtered into Scotland, but I suppose culture is pretty miscible around the border.

Anyone who calls you "friend" when addressing you is probably not your friend. They may also be carrying a knife.

Turtyturd

No more sure a sign that someone is a d!ckhead than them using 'kid' as a term of acknowledgement on a regular basis.

L'Enfer du Nord

Lucy8080 wrote: »

The word in Ireland is "horse".

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Love the way Some Irish people refuse to adapt their English when abroad. I still remember the look a work college got when he said 'Thanks, horse' to a bar man in Amsterdam.

GreenFolder2

I find certain people in Dublin use it as a way of kind of softening rubbish customer service or being patronising or even passive aggressive.

Typically builders when they've just wrecked your house!

Butters1979

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Agree fully. Particularly irksome trend. I have the pleasure in taking the piss out of any Irish person who says "mate" in my presence. I used to be more polite and just raise my eyes up but fúck that when I can get a good rant out of Mr Vacuous "Wherever English fashions go I follow". Lost, uprooted traditionless souls. "British Isles", "high street" and referring to the island of Britain as "mainland Britain" (implying that there's a part of Ireland that is part of Britain) are the other three that I'll pull an Irish person up on.

You're a national hero. I'd say people think your real sound too.

Saipanne

theteal wrote: »

I'm partial to a "chief" every once in a while.

Can't stand that "lad" ballsology

"Ah lads, stop the bus, it's fierce craic"

Fcuk right off...

El_Duderino 09

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Agree fully. Particularly irksome trend. I have the pleasure in taking the piss out of any Irish person who says "mate" in my presence. I used to be more polite and just raise my eyes up but fúck that when I can get a good rant out of Mr Vacuous "Wherever English fashions go I follow". Lost, uprooted traditionless souls. "British Isles", "high street" and referring to the island of Britain as "mainland Britain" (implying that there's a part of Ireland that is part of Britain) are the other three that I'll pull an Irish person up on.

Correcting your friends diction and geography... You sound like mad bantz!

Jesus.

L'Enfer du Nord wrote: »

Love the way Some Irish people refuse to adapt their English when abroad. I still remember the look a work college got when he said 'Thanks, horse' to a bar man in Amsterdam.

Same when I heard a chap say cheers Horse to an English girl. It didn't help that she wasn't very attractive either.

Supergurrier

U ok hun?

YouTookMyName

Mate, it's hard to explain mate, it just slips off at the end of a sentence mate, to reaffirm that you are indeed a mate. Mate.

SCOOP 64

HellSquirrel wrote: »

Comes from "mate". Cockney rhyming slang, "china plate" = "mate". Odd that it filtered into Scotland, but I suppose culture is pretty miscible around the border.

Anyone who calls you "friend" when addressing you is probably not your friend. They may also be carrying a knife.

I order staff from china on ebay, they seem to be my friend.

Omackeral

Jesus. wrote: »

Same when I heard a chap say cheers Horse to an English girl. It didn't help that she wasn't very attractive either.

Oh old chap, quite!! Little Irelander.

philstar

"it wasn't me either i'm just his mate he told me to stand here and watch the gate"

*prize for the first person to name the song

Jesus.

Omackeral wrote: »

Oh old chap, quite!! Little Irelander.

Eh? Chap is English!