Formal words that the UK use but we don't

veryangryman · 14-04-2020 10:55AM #1

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 · 14-04-2020 10:57AM

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

Dave0301 · 14-04-2020 10:59AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:00AM

Delph vs crockery.

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

Salary Negotiator · 14-04-2020 11:01AM

Administration and liquidation are 2 different things.

artanevilla · 14-04-2020 11:03AM

Furlough is more American.

ninebeanrows · 14-04-2020 11:03AM

A couple of pints

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

cavemeister · 14-04-2020 11:07AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:12AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:16AM

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

Allinall · 14-04-2020 11:20AM

Ta-ra

Allinall · 14-04-2020 11:22AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:23AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:28AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:31AM

Zaph wrote: »

Spot the Protestant!

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

Salary Negotiator · 14-04-2020 11:33AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:33AM

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

WoollyRedHat · 14-04-2020 11:35AM

the beer revolu wrote: »

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

Is that you in the corner?

the beer revolu · 14-04-2020 11:36AM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Is that you in the corner?

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

blueser · 14-04-2020 11:36AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:37AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:37AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:42AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:45AM

Calling dinner teatime.

blueser · 14-04-2020 11:46AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:47AM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Calling dinner teatime.

Or supper!

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

Hangdogroad · 14-04-2020 11:47AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:52AM

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 · 14-04-2020 11:53AM

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. · 14-04-2020 11:54AM

Lawn Tennis, in Ireland it’s just Tennis

the beer revolu · 14-04-2020 11:54AM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Started to be used here I’ve noticed.

That's just normal speak for Ireland.

Formal words that the UK use but we don't

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