Country folk

luckat · 29-03-2008 11:02PM #1

Was on the bus with Galway people the other day, and a little girl, adored by all her family (and me, to be honest) was on her phone. What she heard pleased her.

"Sound out," she said.

Another kid of my acquaintance was told that her grandfather might not be able to manage if his family weren't there to help him plant his veggies, and might get into trouble.

"Fear of him," she said.

And a Waterford friend confided to me that he liked to visit Galway. Why, I asked. "Mighty women in Galway," he said.

What other cute rural usages have people noticed?

Bmark · 29-03-2008 11:05PM

"Put a hauld on your whisht" -Be quiet !! nearly pissed myself when i heard this !

Shryke · 29-03-2008 11:07PM

Whisht is a highly versatile word. I see nothing cute about its usage. This topic offends me. And I'm very hungry. VERY hungry. I'm going now.

Supercell · 29-03-2008 11:09PM

I don't see "langer" there

Cork girls have the most sexy accent on earth - FACT.

Where in this story did a cork girl tickle my loins?

longshanks · 29-03-2008 11:10PM

bleedin rapid,
loike, a total roide
god save the queen

all from a few joined up villages on the east coast

TerrorFirmer · 29-03-2008 11:14PM

"Go away with the head on you like a schticky bun".

Said to a knacker by a friends friend - and not in jest.

MizzLolly · 29-03-2008 11:17PM

When my friend gets angry she starts ranting and says the funniest things. One day in our old job, some of the other women we worked with let some equipment in the middle of a narrow hallway. My friend started ranting and getting hilariously annoyed with them, saying about the "feckin polish girls leavin stuff all over the place" and then when I laughed at her she says ; "seriously, they shouldn't be leavin' things in the middle of the way"

I'm from the country too (though I've lived in Dublin for ages) but I just find that very cute.

Mossy Monk · 29-03-2008 11:18PM

luckat wrote: »

And a Waterford friend confided to me that he liked to visit Galway. Why, I asked. "Mighty women in Galway," he said.

I am from Waterford and never hear that. Must have been a city boy.

Cadyboo · 29-03-2008 11:25PM

"Doubt ya boy" Cork thing, its hilarious when a fella from the country says it!

xOxSinéadxOx · 29-03-2008 11:27PM

MizzLolly wrote: »

When my friend gets angry she starts ranting and says the funniest things. One day in our old job, some of the other women we worked with let some equipment in the middle of a narrow hallway. My friend started ranting and getting hilariously annoyed with them, saying about the "feckin polish girls leavin stuff all over the place" and then when I laughed at her she says ; "seriously, they shouldn't be leavin' things in the middle of the way"

I'm from the country too (though I've lived in Dublin for ages) but I just find that very cute.

i thought everybody says in the middle of the way :eek::eek:

MizzLolly · 29-03-2008 11:29PM

lol noooo...

If something is in the hallway in you're trying to get by, then you say that "_____ is in the middle of the hallway", OR "______ is in the way"

middle of the way is adorable.
Awww ...

star-pants · 30-03-2008 12:05AM

Gossin (not sure how to spell)
friend of mine from Althone used it a lot, and a friend from Cavan.
I think it's awful cute

Supercell · 30-03-2008 12:09AM

No sexeh cork girls , this tread fails imho.

bleg · 30-03-2008 12:29AM

something that's "cat" never heard it before i went to college

Fast_Mover · 30-03-2008 12:30AM

bleg wrote: »

something that's "cat" never heard it before i went to college

lol..yeah, I only heard it when I went to college aswell.
My friends from Roscommon and kerry use it all the time.

Das Kitty · 30-03-2008 12:36AM

bleg wrote: »

something that's "cat" never heard it before i went to college

If it's really bad it's Cat Melodian (pronounced mel-o-gin).

That one makes me giggle because of the image is brings to mind.

ninty9er · 30-03-2008 12:37AM

"well feck me pink" is one my granny uses on occasion....something along the lines of feck sake.

"yis sound like a baga cats" was a (none too complimentary) phrase of a teacher from Cavan in choir practice.

"would ya be well" same individual as above...derived from why the **** would you do....

30-03-2008 12:37AM

star-pants wrote: »

Gossin (not sure how to spell)
friend of mine from Althone used it a lot, and a friend from Cavan.
I think it's awful cute

Yeh! that's common around here, the missus uses it all the time!

30-03-2008 12:39AM

bleg wrote: »

something that's "cat" never heard it before i went to college

A common expression from where I grew up in the east of england, must be widespread.

Lizzykins · 30-03-2008 12:56AM

Das Kitty wrote: »

If it's really bad it's Cat Melodian (pronounced mel-o-gin).

That one makes me giggle because of the image is brings to mind.

I havent heard that in an age! My mother used that phrase and her mother was from Wexford. I absolutely love those Irish sayings!

30-03-2008 01:45AM

When someone says something that bullsh1t - "packets!"

Rb · 30-03-2008 01:57AM

Something from south tipp afaik, "how bad", I've heard it countless times but still don't get it.

I've heard Cork people calling drink "gat" and hash "draw", I think they got the "gat" thing from rap but the "draw" thing I've never heard outside of Cork.

Longfield wrote:

No sexeh cork girls , this tread fails imho.

Needle in a haystack tbh, and that needle sure isn't going to be surfing the internet at 12pm on a saturday night again, tbh.

star-pants wrote:

Gossin (not sure how to spell)

Agreed. Don't fully understand it but I've heard it a fair few times.

Cadyboo · 30-03-2008 02:08AM

Not sure where gait comes from either, but always went gaiting at the weekends, that, or bushin!
Give us a "toke" off ur fag, is another one!

thelordofcheese · 30-03-2008 02:11AM

longshanks wrote: »

bleedin rapid,
loike, a total roide
god save the queen

all from a few joined up villages on the east coast

...

Fast_Mover · 30-03-2008 02:15AM

Few of the lads im friendly with in college are from tipp and I luv their accent:

Their use of 'Well' for hello.
or their use of the word 'fair': Eg: He's fair good at the hurling!

kerash · 30-03-2008 02:19AM

star-pants wrote: »

Gossin (not sure how to spell)

Do ya mean, a small boy i.e - "This is my young Gossen (is how i'd spell it)

"A rake of childer" (a lot of children)

"cat" is one i use often "Pat Kenny is pure cat"
my dad says cats meraddle (cats shít)? (spelling not sure!)

"your in the middle a me way" i say that too.

"its far from your arse, you wont sit on it"! (to be used when someone is complaing)!

kerash · 30-03-2008 02:22AM

Fast_Mover wrote: »

'Well' for hello.
quote]

I jus realised I say that all the time, particularly answerin the phone, the response i get from those not from home is "well what?"

Of course the correct reply is to say well back!

johnmahon010186 · 30-03-2008 02:31AM

Fast_Mover wrote: »

Few of the lads im friendly with in college are from tipp and I luv their accent:

Their use of 'Well' for hello.
or their use of the word 'fair': Eg: He's fair good at the hurling!

Some fella I work with is always saying 'Well'. I thought he wasa just a bit of a wierdo but I realise now its a culchie thing!

Thank God for that

30-03-2008 02:40AM

luckat wrote: »

And a Waterford friend confided to me that he liked to visit Galway. Why, I asked. "Mighty women in Galway," he said.

Truer words were never spoken.

Spyral · 30-03-2008 02:41AM

well !

well is indeed a culchie thing !!

longshanks · 30-03-2008 02:47AM

well is a waterford saying, so is cat and cat malojen, and if something is really really awful, then its malojen cat bad.
however, in kilkenny something isn't placed against a wall, its up agin tha wall thar.
in wexford something wouldn't be a bit dodgy, it'd be quare bad.
in tipp all crisps are taytos.. i'll have a packet of taytos please... eh, they're perri... ok i'll have a packet of perri taytos

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