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Formal words that the UK use but we don't

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  • 14-04-2020 10:55am
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    veryangryman
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    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.


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


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    #3
    Dave0301
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    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:


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    AlphabetCards
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    Delph vs crockery.

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


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    Salary Negotiator
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    Administration and liquidation are 2 different things.


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    artanevilla
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    Furlough is more American.


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    ninebeanrows
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    A couple of pints

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


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


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    the beer revolu
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    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.


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


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    Allinall
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    Ta-ra


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    Allinall
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    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


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    Zaph
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    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! :D


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    Dymo
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    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.


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    the beer revolu
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    Zaph wrote: »
    Spot the Protestant! :D

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


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    Salary Negotiator
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    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.


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    #17
    the beer revolu
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    Footpaths are rough and through woods or fields, to English people, pavements are what people walk on in towns and cities.


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    WoollyRedHat
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Nope.
    Both parents Catholic.
    I don't have a religion.

    Is that you in the corner?


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    #19
    the beer revolu
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    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    Is that you in the corner?

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


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    blueser
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    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".


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    #21
    the beer revolu
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    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?


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    PARlance
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    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.


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    blueser
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    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".


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    Hangdogroad
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    Calling dinner teatime.


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    blueser
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    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.


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    the beer revolu
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    Calling dinner teatime.

    Or supper!

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


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    Hangdogroad
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    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.


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    JohnnyFlash
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    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.


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    #29
    the beer revolu
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    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.


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    Banana Republic.
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    Lawn Tennis, in Ireland it’s just Tennis :D


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    #31
    the beer revolu
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    JohnnyFlash wrote: »

    Started to be used here I’ve noticed.

    That's just normal speak for Ireland.


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