Formal words that the UK use but we don't

Widdershins

amadangomor wrote: »

This quiz is interesting.

It will tell you what part of Britain or Ireland you come from by the words you use. Very accurate when I tried it.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html

It suggested I'm from Killarney. I pronounce things very differently to Kerry people.

amadangomor

Widdershins wrote: »

It suggested I'm from Killarney. I pronounce things very differently to Kerry people.

Are you joking? Just gave me a rough geographical area on the map, not a specific location.

Widdershins

amadangomor wrote: »

Are you joking? Just gave me a rough geographical area on the map, not a specific location.

No, the whole Kerry area was darkest red and it said Killarney in giant letters. That was the only place name and only word on mine. Odd...

threetrees

If you tell an English person you are "grand" they expect you to be royalty.

Upforthematch

You ought....certainly in the south of England.

Grinds my gears when I hear it from someone irish!

Xertz

iamstop wrote: »

Brit would was "I was sat watching TV"

Irish would say "I was sitting watching TV"

The second sentence is correct in standard English. The first is colloquial and used only in parts of the North of England.

Capt'n Midnight

Widdershins wrote: »

Ha.
I was informed my family must've been protestant as an ancestor had a "fancy name" and "protestants name their children all sorts of things".

It was blatantly not a Christian name.

I also say cupboard even though theres no board for cups in there. No press in there either.
Admittedly I just got tired of being patronised by an English protestant when I called it a press

There's only one way to be sure.

Where is your toaster ?

masculinist

I hear the word "Gutted" a lot there but not here

amadangomor

Widdershins wrote: »

No, the whole Kerry area was darkest red and it said Killarney in giant letters. That was the only place name and only word on mine. Odd...

Maybe you use some particular terms that they use Kerry? Do you have a parent from there?

My father is only from 20 miles away from where I was brought up but I do notice that some of terms he uses would be different to the local ones and I would use some of them.

Early doors instead of Early days

Oh my days instead of oh my god - Or is it oh my daze? Dont understand this one at all

whatswhat

its_steve116 wrote: »

Watford in Hertfordshire, or the Watford Gap in Northamptonshire??

Northhamptonshire:)

They’ve started saying ‘was’ where they should be using ‘were’ far too much. Innit.

thejuggler

They use the term loft instead of attic.

cbb1982

English people say “I’m going shop or I’m going pub” it used to drive me mad we would say I’m going to the shop...

Worked with a girl her neighbours and best friend was the Smith Family always referred to them as the “Smiffs”

Also had a guy in work throw in word pedantic or facetious at any given opportunity

Widdershins

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

There's only one way to be sure.

Where is your toaster ?

amadangomor wrote: »

Maybe you use some particular terms that they use Kerry? Do you have a parent from there?

My father is only from 20 miles away from where I was brought up but I do notice that some of terms he uses would be different to the local ones and I would use some of them.

The closest is a grandparent from Cork.
I've always loved Kerry (not Killarney so much as West and Beara) but I've no blood relatives from Kerry. None that I've spoken to or know of. Spoke to someone from Kerry a lot last year and if anything it was noticeable that my pronounciation and vocabulary is a bit different (although I recognised a lot of his, from my Kerry teacher at primary school. I don't count him for this as he taught us in Irish). I expected to get an English result because I socialise with so many English born people but I try not to pick up their ways of saying things (if I ever say "savvy" I hope someone mercy kills me). Sorry, I guess I'm just the fluke of that quiz.

Capt'n Midnight: technically I don't own/use a toaster but there is one here for other people's use. It lives on the counter or worktop next to the chopping block or surface. I use any of those terms

fryup

one think i've noticed about Brit speak esp the english is that they can't pronounce ing at the end of words they pronounce it as ink

e.g. something - some'ink, going - go'ink, running - runn'ink

Widdershins

Most of the examples are of regional accents.
They're not formal...

blinding

Widdershins wrote: »

Most of the examples are of regional accents.
They're not formal...

Our Irish Informality has broken out !

Widdershins

Widdershins wrote: »

Most of the examples are of regional accents.
They're not formal...

Call the cops.

Hangdogroad

cbb1982 wrote: »

English people say “I’m going shop or I’m going pub” it used to drive me mad we would say I’m going to the shop...

Very much a North Of England thing, Lancashire/Yorkshire.

blinding

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Call the cops.

Old Bill , Mate / Chum / Pal in Scotland

blinding

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Very much a North Of England thing, Lancashire/Yorkshire.

Yorkshire People are ribbed for being a bit tight ; So they don’t believe in wasting words

I am a bit tight myself so I can see where they are coming from !

Alun

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Very much a North Of England thing, Lancashire/Yorkshire.

Kind of. They're not saying "I'm going pub", it's common in Northern England to shorten "to the" to a very short 't, sometimes so short that it's barely discernible, but it's there.

the beer revolu

I find it funny that people are picking very colloquial and regional expressions and seem to think that all English people speak the same way.

Also people have picked out extremely antiquated and/or extremely upper class expressions and ways of speaking and seem to be suggesting that it's the norm.

On the other hand, lots of people are suggesting that all Irish people use the same terms that they do.

Accents, and vocabulary areextremely diverse in both countries and there is much crossover.

Many people also seem to think that expressions that have been in common usage for 30 years in Ireland are, somehow, a new thing.

blinding

blinding wrote: »

Old Bill , Mate / Chum / Pal in Scotland

The polis.

blinding

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

The polis.

Is that North of England and / or Scotland ?

blinding

blinding wrote: »

Is that North of England and / or Scotland ?

Glasgow is where I’ve heard it.

Nigel Fairservice

Alun wrote: »

Kind of. They're not saying "I'm going pub", it's common in Northern England to shorten "to the" to a very short 't, sometimes so short that it's barely discernible, but it's there.

I'm goingt Rovers as they'd say in Coronation Street.

I do like the colloquial expressions from the north of England.

I like how they use the word our when talking about their family. Our John went on holidays.

Widdershins

Ive one friend from Glasgow and somehow he escaped that pit of nastiness with a heart of gold intact. Yes that is true "polis" is glasgow slang. I cannot stand glaswegian vernacular and attitude. Brings my red mist. Belligerent sly untrustworthy people who would double cross you in their sleep.

blueser

Always loved the word "bobbins" when I was growing up in Manchester.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bobbins