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Is there any slang you have from your area or any idioms or sayings?

  • 05-10-2017 09:38PM
    #1
    Gerrup Outta Dat!
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 489 ✭✭


    I'm from the Fingal area, I'm not sure if these are specific to here:

    Put no pass on him = Ignore him.
    Dalk = thorn.
    Bunched = something is broken / fucked or someone is tired. I'm bunched = I'm tired. The laptop is bunched = The laptop is broken.


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  • #2
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,009 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    comehereandilltellyourefyourenothingbutahandicaaaaaaap


  • #3
    Deneb Cygnus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭Deneb Cygnus


    I can't think of many that I'm pretty sure are all over Ireland, but one I picked up from my grandad is "How are ya making out?", as in "How's it going?".
    From East Mayo btw


  • #4
    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    Fingalian did have it's own dialect of middle English.


  • #5
    Gerrup Outta Dat!
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 489 ✭✭Gerrup Outta Dat!


    Atoms for Peace wrote: »
    Fingalian did have it's own dialect of middle English.

    I know !! :) I read up on it. There's so little bibliography on it and unfortunately most written records of it are destroyed / not available. We can only speculate as to the pronunciation it.


  • #6
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 56,719 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Gout ya hoor ya. ( Used when trying to get an awkward cow out of a field).


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  • #7
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    That would be an ecumenical matter: fucked if I know.


  • #8
    barney shamrock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭barney shamrock


    Where I come from, a "piece" is a gun.
    Where some friends of mine come from, a "piece" is a sandwich.
    We tried to rob a bank once...with hilarious consequences!


  • #9
    Deneb Cygnus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭Deneb Cygnus


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Gout ya hoor ya. ( Used when trying to get an awkward cow out of a field).

    Ah yeah, round here people say "I'm an awful hoor for the <whatever>". It's usually bout being a hoor for thedrink or fags


  • #10
    Beanntraigheach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Beanntraigheach


    Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »
    I'm from the Fingal area, I'm not sure if these are specific to here:

    Put no pass on him = Ignore him.
    Dalk = thorn.
    Bunched = something is broken / fucked or someone is tired. I'm bunched = I'm tired. The laptop is bunched = The laptop is broken.
    Presumably from Irish dealg.


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