"Any news?" :)

Ubbquittious

This saying used to be common as feck when I ws going to school. You'd say it as a greeting without any expectation that the other person would bring you any real serious news but in recent times it seems to be falling out of use. People look bewildered and confuddled when I say it and act as if I'm asking them if they've managed to get their nuclear fusion reactor working that they didn't realise they were supposed to be building.

Has it fallen out of use everywhere? Is there still a pocket of any news diehards somewhere in rural Mayo?

The chan chan man

We just don’t care enough to ask anymore

dxhound2005

It always struck me as unusual that there is exactly the right amount of news to fill the paper every day.

Bobblehats

No news is good news

Still use this phrase multiple times per day and I get asked this daily also.

bee06

My husband asks me every day after work!

Doctor Nick

I'm more inclined to ask "What's the Story?" now.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

I say it all the time, bogger to the end.

Better Than Christ

Ah sure this is it, you know yourself.

wexandproud

ANY NEWS

A lad down the road got a new car ..



oh , and i'm babysitting a dog for a week

Ipso

Seen it all

Bobblehats

Better Than Christ wrote: »

Ah sure this is it, you know yourself.

Listen I’ll see ya roigh....

Better Than Christ

Bobblehats wrote: »

Listen I’ll see ya roigh....

Right, go on!

Bobblehats

Better Than Christ wrote: »

Right, go on!

go on I’ll talk to ya

igCorcaigh

Doctor Nick wrote: »

I'm more inclined to ask "What's the Story?" now.

"Story?"

Don't know what's the point of superfluous syllables, you must come from the posh side of the river.

Gatling

aon sceal is another variation from out west ,


This generation has lost the art of having or starting a conversation ,
The days of bumping in a friend passing in the street or waiting to get on a bus ,jayus haven't seen yourself in years ,how are ya , rapidly followed by two people cramming their lifes Stories for the last decade in 3 minutes

mikhail

igCorcaigh wrote: »

"Story?"

Don't know what's the point of superfluous syllables, you must come from the posh side of the river.

Ooh, la-di-dah. Look at the Duke of Cambridge here with his polysyllabic greetings. I just grunt and gesture towards my genitals.

Charlie19

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cable-car-cattle-ban-leaves-islanders-up-in-the-air-26783102.html

You just don't get mews headlines like this anymore.

"FARMERS on a remote island have warned that a new cable car weight restriction threatens to wipe out their 2,000-year-old cattle industry.

Livestock owners on Dursey Island protested yesterday over a ban on carrying adult cattle on the island's cable car -- with the operators facing disciplinary action by Cork County Council if they fail to comply with the new directives"

igCorcaigh

Bobblehats wrote: »

go on I’ll talk to ya

Which generally means feck off.
We are a riddle wrapped within an enigma.

sligojoek

Any Craic?

No. Only the crack of me arse.

dxhound2005

Gatling wrote: »

aon sceal is another variation from out west ,


This generation has lost the art of having or starting a conversation ,
The days of bumping in a friend passing in the street or waiting to get on a bus ,jayus haven't seen yourself in years ,how are ya , rapidly followed by two people cramming their lifes Stories for the last decade in 3 minutes

That all stopped when we got television.

Cee-Jay-Cee

I hear it all the time but don’t use it myself.

The usual reply to it is ‘Nah fcuk all’ or ‘none, unless you have it yerself’

igCorcaigh

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I hear it all the time but don’t use it myself.

The usual reply to it is ‘Nah fcuk all’ or ‘none, unless you have it yerself’

No one uses it.

It's reserved for when you bump into that awkward acquaintance that you never really liked. Time is a cruel thing.

Gatling

dxhound2005 wrote: »

That all stopped when we got television.

Facebook and Twitter ..


I'm so offended at every anyone says

Bobblehats

sligojoek wrote: »

Any Craic?

No. Only the crack of me arse.

It’s a handy little nixer though

Badly Drunk Boy

Some of my family members use it. And overuse it.

"Any news?"
"No."

30 seconds later.
"Any news?".

:rolleyes:

igCorcaigh

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Some of my family members use it. And overuse it.

"Any news?"
"No."

30 seconds later.
"Any news?".

:rolleyes:

How're things?
Grand.

Any news?
Same ole.

Can you imagine what could happen if people actually communicated?

Bullocks

Bobblehats wrote: »

It’s a handy little nixer though

It's sore but I needed the money!

dxhound2005

Do you want the good news or the bad news?

Potential-Monke

I think it's more a case of people just don't want to talk anymore. I'm definitely one of them. Like, when I ask "Well! How's things?", I fully expect a typical "Same shiite, different day" kind of response. I genuinely don't want to hear all about your day, and I certainly am not a shoulder to cry on or to unload your problems to. It's more out of manners than anything to ask.

Bobblehats

Bullocks wrote: »

It's sore but I needed the money!

Cmere you still owe me a oner.

Edgware

Well

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

"Any News" is still a regular greeting here.

Gynoid

Any strange?

I find people who are not Irish look very shifty and confused if you ask them that.

Old Perry

C'mere ta me will ya go way outta dat!!

wiggle16

Addilyn Puny Toilet wrote: »

Still use this phrase multiple times per day and I get asked this daily also.

Same!

igCorcaigh

Gynoid wrote: »

Any strange?

I find people who are not Irish look very shifty and confused if you ask them that.

I never heard that.
Shifty and confused.

Always Tired

If someone asks me this I definitely am not telling the nosy fecker anything.

mfceiling

The standard greeting between me and the mother...

"No news?"

"Nothing"

Omackeral

The answer to ''how are you'' (howiya) is essentially how are you right back (howiya).

Hamsterchops

My new hemorrhoid cream is working a treat

Gynoid

Gynoid wrote: »

Any strange?

I find people who are not Irish look very shifty and confused if you ask them that.

Around me the term “strange” would be used to refer to a lad who got his hole with someone behind the wife’s/gf’s back. “He was after a bit of strange last night”

rapul

I tend to say aon sceal to be honest

Church on Tuesday

It's "shtory?" where I come from.

iamstop

Howaya horsebox, any scandal?

Gynoid

Addilyn Puny Toilet wrote: »

Around me the term “strange” would be used to refer to a lad who got his hole with someone behind the wife’s/gf’s back. “He was after a bit of strange last night”

What. Are ye telling me I made it up? Oh dear...
Does no one here say "Well? Any strange?"
I'm scarlet for meself.

foxy farmer

Any news or a bit?
Anything strange or wonderful?

Stateofyou

what's the craicinory?
what's the story rory?
Randomers get the the standard "howaya" though.

wiggle16

Gynoid wrote: »

What. Are ye telling me I made it up? Oh dear...
Does no one here say "Well? Any strange?"
I'm scarlet for meself.

I say "Anything strange?" a lot.

But not any strange.

That's just weird. Or strange, if you will.

Gynoid

wiggle16 wrote: »

I say "Anything strange?" a lot.

But not any strange.

That's just weird. Or strange, if you will.

Well, the longer version is "Anything strange or startling?" But any strange is for short.

seenitall

Ipso wrote: »

Seen it all

Eh?