Formal words that the UK use but we don't

veryangryman

Furlough being the latest one...

Aren't we kind of doing that with the E350 payments etc?

Secondment another one. I have been seconded to work in the UK in summers past. Never hear the word used in Ireland.

Administration instead of liquidation. Loads more examples.

Maybe i'm adding 2+2 and getting 5 but the conspiracy nut in my head told me to write this thread.

DaeryssaOne

Have heard all of those words used in Ireland, especially secondment and administration?

Dave0301

Cupboard...As in

English person: "where are the teabags?"

Me: "in the press"

English person: "the what!?"

Me "the press...there above the kettle."

English person "oh...you mean the cupboard!"

Me: "fúck off"

Wait...did you say formal or informal words :pac:

AlphabetCards

Delph vs crockery.

No one in the UK uses the word delph, apart from some very very middle class people.

Salary Negotiator

Administration and liquidation are 2 different things.

artanevilla

Furlough is more American.

ninebeanrows

A couple of pints

As in 'we'll go for a couple of pints' , they actually mean 2 pints not a heap

cavemeister

In the UK, they don't use the word ATM. If they are getting money out, they get it from a "Cashpoint"

the beer revolu

Dave0301 wrote: »

Cupboard...As in

English person: "where are the teabags?"

Me: "in the press"

English person: "the what!?"

Me "the press...there above the kettle."

English person "oh...you mean the cupboard!"

Me: "fúck off"

Wait...did you say formal or informal words :pac:

Born and bred in Ireland to Irish parents and I'd always use the word cupboard and never use the word press.
Hot press is a magazine to me.
I have an airing cupboard.

So, you fcuks off.

Samuel T. Cogley

Administration and Liquidation are two different legal concepts. Administration is just rarer in ireland.

Allinall

Ta-ra

Allinall

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Administration and Liquidation are two different legal concepts. Administration is just rarer in ireland.

As far as I know, administration in the Uk is the equivalent of receivership here, and Chapter Eleven in the US

Zaph

the beer revolu wrote: »

Born and bred in Ireland to Irish parents and I'd always use the word cupboard and never use the word press.
Hot press is a magazine to me.
I have an airing cupboard.

So, you fcuks off.

Spot the Protestant!

Dymo

They like to be called Sir or Mrs a lot more,

No matter their age when they make a telephone call they will introduce themselves as, Hello this is Mister Dymo or Hello this is Mrs Dymo, I've seen people in there early 20's do the same thing.

the beer revolu

Zaph wrote: »

Spot the Protestant!

Nope.
Both parents Catholic.
I don't have a religion.

Salary Negotiator

Dymo wrote: »

They like to be called Sir or Mrs a lot more,

No matter their age when they make a telephone call they will introduce themselves as, Hello this is Mister Dymo or Hello this is Mrs Dymo, I've seen people in there early 20's do the same thing.

I worked in a call center in London once upon a time and noticed this, I always used customer's first name and some customers would get upset at that.

Customer: That's Mr. Customer to you.
Me: Oh, sorry John. I'll remember next time.

the beer revolu

Footpaths are rough and through woods or fields, to English people, pavements are what people walk on in towns and cities.

WoollyRedHat

the beer revolu wrote: »

Nope.
Both parents Catholic.
I don't have a religion.

Is that you in the corner?

the beer revolu

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Is that you in the corner?

I'm not losing it.
It's gone.

blueser

the beer revolu wrote: »

Born and bred in Ireland to Irish parents and I'd always use the word cupboard and never use the word press.
Hot press is a magazine to me.
I have an airing cupboard.

So, you fcuks off.

Born and brought up in Manchester, to Irish parents, and I'm with you here. Never, ever heard "press" used to describe a cupboard. And the area where your hot water tank is located is, and always will be, the airing cupboard. Same with "trainers", and "chippy".

the beer revolu

blueser wrote: »

Born and brought up in Manchester, to Irish parents, and I'm with you here. Never, ever heard "press" used to describe a cupboard. And the area where your hot water tank is located is, and always will be, the airing cupboard. Same with "trainers", and "chippy".

It's a fcuking chipper.
Are you Protestant?

PARlance

the beer revolu wrote: »

Footpaths are rough and through woods or fields, to English people, pavements are what people walk on in towns and cities.

Makes sense, fcuk'em.

blueser

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's a fcuking chipper.
Are you Protestant?

Nope; catholic. Not a very good one, but hey ho. And it's not "chipper", it's "chippy". Ditto "trainers", not "runners".

Hangdogroad

Calling dinner teatime.

blueser

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Calling dinner teatime.

Some (including me) always went for the "breakfast, lunch, dinner" option rather than "breakfast, dinner, tea" that a lot of English people prefer.

the beer revolu

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Calling dinner teatime.

Or supper!

It is tea, if you've had your dinner in the middle of the day.

Hangdogroad

the beer revolu wrote: »

Born and bred in Ireland to Irish parents and I'd always use the word cupboard and never use the word press.
Hot press is a magazine to me.
I have an airing cupboard.

So, you fcuks off.

It was always the press in our house growing up. Mind you I think it's going out of use.

JohnnyFlash

The Sassenach have long used the word cheeky - ‘I went for a cheeky pint’ or ‘we had a cheeky takeaway on Tuesday’, or ‘I had a cheeky bet on the Grand National and didn’t tell the missus’. Dreadful.

Started to be used here I’ve noticed.

the beer revolu

blueser wrote: »

Some (including me) always went for the "breakfast, lunch, dinner" option rather than "breakfast, dinner, tea" that a lot of English people prefer.

This depends on when you have your main meal.
If main meal is in the evening, it's dinner - but many English people refer to this as supper.

If you've had your main meal during the day - the evening meal is tea - but many English people also refer to this as supper.

Banana Republic.

Lawn Tennis, in Ireland it’s just Tennis

the beer revolu

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Started to be used here I’ve noticed.

That's just normal speak for Ireland.

WoollyRedHat

the beer revolu wrote: »

I'm not losing it.
It's gone.

Oh my bad.

the beer revolu

Eire

WoollyRedHat

Toodle-oo is another one.

Turquoise Hexagon Sun

"Sat" as is "I was sat on my stool at the bar."

English use it a lot. We tend to say "sitting."

Edit: I missed the "formal" part.

Banana Republic.

The word Banter but we use Craic, I can’t stand people from Ireland using Banter, we’re having the craic not the banter or I was only having a bitta craic not a bitta banter.

JohnnyFlash

the beer revolu wrote: »

That's just normal speak for Ireland.

It might be normal for Jackeens who love to ape the language and mannerisms of their cousins over in places like London and Essex. It certainly isn’t a normal way of speaking for the True Gael.

Hangdogroad

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

The Sassenach have long used the word cheeky - ‘I went for a cheeky pint’ or ‘we had a cheeky takeaway on Tuesday’, or ‘I had a cheeky bet on the Grand National and didn’t tell the missus’. Dreadful.

Started to be used here I’ve noticed.

Previously unused English expressions often tend to creep over here if they're used prominently in tv or films. Pikey for instance, I never heard that used here till the film Snatch. Likewise ginger to describe a red haired person. It was always foxy over here when I was growing up. They even used the expression ginger in Bridget And Eamon even though no one ever used it here in the 80s.

Banana Republic.

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Previously unused English expressions often tend to creep over here if they're used prominently in tv or films. Pikey for instance, I never heard that used here till the film Snatch. Likewise ginger to describe a red haired prison. It was always foxy over here when I was growing up. They even used the expression ginger in Bridget And Eamon even though no one ever used it here in the 80s.

That’s a great point on the Bridget & Eamon show. Very true.

Zaph

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Previously unused English expressions often tend to creep over here if they're used prominently in tv or films. Pikey for instance, I never heard that used here till the film Snatch. Likewise ginger to describe a red haired person. It was always foxy over here when I was growing up. They even used the expression ginger in Bridget And Eamon even though no one ever used it here in the 80s.

I can't remember what red heads were referred to when I was growing up, bit it definitely wasn't foxy. The only person I've ever heard using that term is my sister-in-law. Might be a regional thing though, I'm from Dublin and she's from Cork.

BuboBubo

Poorly instead of sick.

EmmetSpiceland

Shall. The English seem to use “shall” where would say “will”.

BuboBubo

That's sick man innit *

I got caught out with that one years ago, didn't realise the poor lad meant good rather than bad.

* definitely not formal I'm guessing

blueser

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Previously unused English expressions often tend to creep over here if they're used prominently in tv or films. Pikey for instance, I never heard that used here till the film Snatch. Likewise ginger to describe a red haired person. It was always foxy over here when I was growing up. They even used the expression ginger in Bridget And Eamon even though no one ever used it here in the 80s.

I never heard the word "Pikey" when I was growing up in Manchester in the seventies; is it a London thing? The one I heard used most would have been "gyppo".

blueser

BuboBubo wrote: »

That's sick man innit *

I got caught out with that one years ago, didn't realise the poor lad meant good rather than bad.

* definitely not formal I'm guessing

Yes, but now "bad" can mean "good". Ditto "wicked". Very confusing for a old stager like myself

s1ippy

veryangryman wrote: »

Furlough being the latest one...

Aren't we kind of doing that with the E350 payments etc?

Secondment another one. I have been seconded to work in the UK in summers past. Never hear the word used in Ireland.

Administration instead of liquidation. Loads more examples.

Maybe i'm adding 2+2 and getting 5 but the conspiracy nut in my head told me to write this thread.

I have a secondment in my discipline this year to provide expert training in other areas of the field. I get additional salary benefits and somebody is hired in to replace me in my usual job.

trashcan

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

"Sat" as is "I was sat on my stool at the bar."

English use it a lot. We tend to say "sitting."

We tend to say it because it's grammatically correct. Same with "I was just stood there". No, you were just standings there.

the beer revolu

We referred to red haired people as being tongey. (ton gee) Or the person could be referred to a a tonge.

I don't recall if we used ginger or not.


These kind of threads always come up with people lamenting the creep of language.
People saying that this world or that word are starting to be used in Ireland when, in my experience, some of these words are in common usage for 30 years or 40 years!

the beer revolu

blueser wrote: »

Yes, but now "bad" can mean "good". Ditto "wicked". Very confusing for a old stager like myself

This has been a thing since the 1980s
Really.
Not common in Ireland, though.

Quackster

Allinall wrote: »

As far as I know, administration in the Uk is the equivalent of receivership here, and Chapter Eleven in the US

Nah, examinership is the Irish equivalent of adminstration.

Receivership is similar to liquidation but involves a single secured creditor seizing a company's assets to pay off a debt.

arctictree

Brits tend to use the work 'overseas' for someone who is gone travelling abroad. Its used here in the media but I've never heard it in conversation.