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Formal words that the UK use but we don't

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    #92
    Capt'n Midnight
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    kravmaga wrote: »
    lol Was in a post office in London to buy a stamp to post something back to Dublin , circa 2002, is that for Southern Ireland love, I replied, Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland is a region not a country.

    She had not a clue
    Republic of Ireland is a soccer team. ;)


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    #93
    Spanish Eyes
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    I find this fascinating. Thanks to all contributors.

    Must be a link to the Vikings or whatever. The Normans had a great influence on our lingo.


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    #94
    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    arctictree wrote: »
    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.

    Yeah here it would be ‘away out foreign’


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    #95
    Spanish Eyes
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    UK Ex Pats abroad are not immigrants ever. Gets me every time.


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    #96
    GunnerBlue
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    MenloPete wrote: »
    A bold child is an Irish thing.

    Bold means brave to the Brits

    Bold means brave to the dictionary


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    #97
    Marcusm
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    Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »
    Administration and Liquidation are two different legal concepts. Administration is just rarer in ireland.
    Allinall wrote: »
    As far as I know, administration in the Uk is the equivalent of receivership here, and Chapter Eleven in the US

    Examinership is the Irish equivalent. The U.K. would generally refer to an administrative receivership.


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    #98
    Marcusm
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    Nigel Fairservice wrote: »
    When I worked in the UK everyone in my office called lunch time dinner time.

    Northerners only!


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    #99
    Hangdogroad
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    MenloPete wrote: »
    A bold child is an Irish thing.

    Bold means brave to the Brits

    I remember being confused when that used to appear in children's books to describe the hero, "bold Sir Robin" etc.


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    #100
    blinding
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Nope.
    Both parents Catholic.
    I don't have a religion.
    Thats nearly a Protestant !


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    #101
    Yoghurt87
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    ‘High Tea’ was on the menu when I staying in the local maternity hospital two years ago, which still amuses me. It involved a choice between miscellaneous congealed slop and unidentifiable miscellaneous congealed slop.


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    #102
    Hangdogroad
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    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s and gingers were redheads. Never heard the word foxy, ever...it actually sounds like something the English would use. It’s certainly not a common irish term.

    The way it would be used was "the foxy fella" or foxy headed to describe a red haired person.


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    #103
    HBC08
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    kravmaga wrote: »
    lol Was in a post office in London to buy a stamp to post something back to Dublin , circa 2002, is that for Southern Ireland love, I replied, Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland is a region not a country.

    She had not a clue

    You sure put that post office worker in a foreign country back in her box.
    I'd say she remember the day as well as yourself 18 years later.


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    #104
    65535
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    an before h
    most annoying
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/is-it-a-or-an


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    #105
    Electric Sheep
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    trashcan wrote: »
    We tend to say it because it's grammatically correct. Same with "I was just stood there". No, you were just standings there.
    Yes, just as in the UK they use "shalll" when it's grammatically correct.


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    #106
    Sir Guy who smiles
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    veryangryman wrote: »

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

    Secondment is used a lot here. Depends where you work I suppose.


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    #107
    stoneill
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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".

    Airing cupboard - pfffft.
    That will always be the corporation press.


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    #108
    theteal
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    mikemac2 wrote: »
    Brennans Bread have posters on bus shelters in Ireland about the perfect sambo

    Apparently the Brits think sambo is racist :eek: bizarre

    The poor Brits, I pity them for their lack of sambos washed down by a rock shandy

    Very true, I nearly got into a bit of trouble in the office with that one when I first moved over.


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    #109
    theteal
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    65535 wrote: »
    an before h
    most annoying
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/is-it-a-or-an

    Boils my pi$$. All because they cant pronounce their own language correctly.

    "I've not taken many trips in an helicopter" :confused:


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    #110
    HugoRune
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    Airing cupboard is full on "la-di-da". Hot press for me. Presses are also places to keep things like teatowels, the iron and an uneven number of part-used batteries.

    Note: I'm not from the city. Which is where I first heard the term sambo - to which I said "what?"


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    #111
    Jakey Rolling
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    Took me ages to get my head around to the Irish use of the conditional in non-conditional phrases. I'd always be left hanging waiting for the "if".

    e.g. "I would be a fan of Gary Glitter" — should be followed by a qualifying "if he didn't fiddle with little boys" clause.

    I used to wind my wife up about this turn of phrase, until we came to Ireland and realised it was ubiquitous here. My English teacher would be apoplectic if he ever came to visit!

    100412.2526@compuserve.com



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    #112
    Fr Tod Umptious
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    Banana Republic. wrote: »
    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.

    Craic is just a "gaelcisation" of the English work crack.

    The term originated in the north of England, it's not originally Irish.


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    Fr Tod Umptious
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    Banana Republic. wrote: »
    Lawn Tennis, in Ireland it’s just Tennis :D

    Rarely do I hear the English distinguish between tennis and lawn tennis.

    But they certainly refer to what we call "rugby" as 'rugby union", obviously to distinguish it from "rugby league"


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    #114
    the beer revolu
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    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    Yes you do, your catholic too. Ask your parents.

    Difficult, considering my dad is dead.

    I chose my religion or lack of it, no one else.

    You're, not your.


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    #115
    Badly Drunk Boy
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    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    I was stood at the door,

    I was sat on the floor.

    And the floor means anywhere inside or outside aswell.

    I amn't a fan of that usage either. :pac:


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    #116
    All that fandango
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    Always notice the Brits always say "I've not had my tea yet". Whereas nearly everyone in Ireland would say "I haven't had my tea yet". Be interesting to know what thats about if someone could explain?


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    #117
    All that fandango
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    Also, Afternoon Tea. I know its catching on in Ireland a lot the last couple of years but never heard of Afterrnoon Tea until I went to work in a hotel in London nearly 10 years ago, its a huge thing over there for people. The idea of going to a fancy hotel or restaurant just to have tiny cakes and scones and tea served on a fancy serving thing and paying good money for it was bizzare to me.


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    #118
    blinding
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    All that fandango wrote: »
    Also, Afternoon Tea. I know its catching on in Ireland a lot the last couple of years but never heard of Afterrnoon Tea until I went to work in a hotel in London nearly 10 years ago, its a huge thing over there for people. The idea of going to a fancy hotel or restaurant just to have tiny cakes and scones and tea served on a fancy serving thing and paying good money for it was bizzare to me.
    Do they not go for a shag afterwards ? I always that was a bit of a Euphemism for a bit of the other ! !


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    #119
    cbreeze
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    Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »
    British people tend to say ill or poorly, rather than sick.

    When we say 'poorly' it means you are at death's door, the undertaker is on speed dial and the grave is dug


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    #120
    All that fandango
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    blinding wrote:
    Do they not go for a shag afterwards ? I always that was a bit of a Euphemism for a bit of the other ! !


    Haha it would be a good way to explain such an odd thing!


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    #121
    the beer revolu
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    All that fandango wrote: »
    Always notice the Brits always say "I've not had my tea yet". Whereas nearly everyone in Ireland would say "I haven't had my tea yet". Be interesting to know what thats about if someone could explain?

    "I've not had" is a contraction of "I have not had".

    "I haven't had" is a contraction of "I have not had".

    Both are correct.


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