Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum
Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026
Country folk
Comments
-
Oh very common indeed. And the opposite of "cat" is "Savage". or "Mighty"bleg wrote:something that's "cat" never heard it before i went to college
e.g. "How was the match?"
"Ah, twas savage!" meaning, "It went rather well"
"Gattin'" is when one spends a weekend drinking spirits in Cork.
"Shur y'know yerself like" - this phrase can follow any sentence in Cork, city or county.
"would ya be well" again, popular in Cork!!
In my school, a 5th year English class (OL i think) had to write a letter of complaint to a hotel. One girl signed off her letter thus:
"With your bad hotel" (pronounced: "Wit yer baaaad ho tell)
:D:D 0 -
-
-
-
longshanks wrote: »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
i say well and quare and i'm not from waterford or wexford
i think it's older people who say taytos for crisps! 0 -
Advertisement
-
-
xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »i think it's older people who say taytos for crisps!
No no, I'm 18 and i love Walkers Thai Sweet Chilli TAYTOS:D:D
However, when an old person sees modern technology, or some new-fangled gadget, they'll invariably respond with:
"Twas far from that I was raised!":D
My sister and me use it as many times as possible coz its such a great saying!0 -
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
deisedevil wrote: »I wouldn't notice them that much because I'm from the country so it's normal to me.
I would notice Dublin sayings and slang.
Bleedin, Gee bag, Story Bud, Yizer (put yizer coats on), Me bollix, Skanger, Scarlet (more like scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarle) Scoops (crap word for pints) Moth (girlfriend, wtf?, where did that come from?) And everyones name ends in an 'o'. Anto deco steveo tommo johno davo eugeno marmadukeo
God I hate Dublin slang and accent for that matter. I heard a stand up saying once that it won't be long before the dublin accent turns into a high pitched scream and they'll be screaching at each other like Dinosaurs, lol.
Much rather the "cute" country slang.
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: Bit selective there to say the least. It's a fairly select group that use that slang and who add 'o' to the end of everyones name, I don't know any of them.
Annnnnyhow, let's not turn it into a Dublin v country thread ffs.
It's 'mot' not 'moth'
No idea where it comes from, and yes that term is as crap as your post.
I don't think 'yizer' counts as slang, it's just a sign of someone with a really poor grasp of the language.When someone is telling a story about how bold their child is, the person they're talking to will say: "Well it's not from the stones he licked it!" In other words he takes after you.
Black cat, black kitten.0 -
something that's "cat" never heard it before i went to college
Aye the oul man always uses that
I lived in the sthicks for years, I still like referring to severely drunk as balloblus And rowdy drunk is "bananas drunk" :pac:
And a Waterford friend confided to me that he liked to visit Galway. Why, I asked. "Mighty women in Galway," he said.
It may be a godforesaken windswept lonely hole on the edge of the earth, but jesus that is true, some fcukin beauts down there for some reason. Id never go back (seeing as its cheaper to go for a weekend abroad rather than a 50 yoyo train fare there) but alot of Galway women are animal.0 -
-
-
Mot is an 18th-century term. Sorry that you don't like my accent
Brewer's dictionary of Irish phrase and fable says :A colloquial Dublin term for a girl or girlfriend ('the mot') often pronounced 'moth' or 'moh'. The derivation of the word is uncertain.
Though dictionary of Hiberno-English though says that its English dialect coming from Old English meaning "an atom" fig: suggesting something precious or "a small creature"0 -
-
Mot is an 18th-century term. Sorry that you don't like my accent
Does it go back that far, I thought it would have been recent. Thanks.
Ya just can't like it, anytime i'm with friends from Dublin it drives me mad, lol.
The-Rigger "and yes that term is as crap as your post."
Nothing wrong with my post, I don't like the accent and that's why you don't like my post maybe?
What groups use the 'o' at the end of a name?0 -
-
-
Advertisement
-
deisedevil wrote: »
Nothing wrong with my post, I don't like the accent and that's why you don't like my post maybe?
Nah I don't mind if you do or not, but there is a lot of variance in accents in any county - including Dublin, it depends on the person.
Personally I wouldn't/couldn't say I 'dislike the Waterford/Sligo/Cork/Other accent' (those counties were randomly chosen) accent, it depends on the individual, some people have nice voices/accents/inflections, some sound dire.deisedevil wrote: »What groups use the 'o' at the end of a name?
Skangers? I know you love that word, I think that term is used country wide.
Almost all* of the things you listed are things I expect either:
A: Only skangers to say.
B: To be said by someone tongue planted in cheek to impersonating a skanger.
*Except for:
Scoops: Non-skangers could say scoops, I rarely here anyone use it though, skanger or lay person.
Scarlet: (but not pronounced scarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrlehhhhhhhhhh!!!11!) As long as the term 'scarlet' is used 2 times or less per annum (by females only) - that's permitted and that won't gain someone 'skanger' status due to it.0 -
The-Rigger wrote: »Nah I don't mind if you do or not, but there is a lot of variance in accents in any county - including Dublin, it depends on the person.
Skangers? I know you love that word, I think that term is used country wide.
Almost all* of the things you listed are things I expect either:
A: Only skangers to say.
B: To be said by someone tongue planted in cheek to impersonating a skanger.
*Except for:
Scoops: Non-skangers could say scoops, I rarely here anyone use it though, skanger or lay person.
Scarlet: (but not pronounced scarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrlehhhhhhhhhh!!!11!) As long as the term 'scarlet' is used 2 times or less per annum (by females only) - that's permitted and that won't gain someone 'skanger' status due to it. thanks for clearing that up.
I have a few female friends in Dublin and they are constantly saying 'scarlet' but they are by no means scangers. (either that or they are very highly educated and currently in high paying jobs types of scangers) they are all from different areas too, finglas, coolock and tallaght. Could be because they were all hanging around together and started using it all the time. 0 -
-
The-Rigger wrote: »Well 'I was scarlet' isn't quite the same as 'bleedin' scarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrlehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!111!!1'
Ya fair enough, i get your point then 0 -
-
-
-
Cork city - not countryside.I don't see "langer" there
Here I am!No sexeh cork girls , this tread fails imho.
Very Cork - stupid tbh."would ya be well"
"Toke" is universal - but it's usually used to refer to a joint.Give us a "toke" off ur fag, is another one!
Grrr... hate that!Fast_Mover wrote: »Their use of 'Well' for hello.
"Older" as in actual elderly people, or just people who aren't teens?xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »i think it's older people who say taytos for crisps!Eh, I say "Well" and "Cat" and i'm not from Waterford:rolleyes:
Yep, that really warrants the auld rolleyes smiley... Lighten up.ABW, tbh :rolleyes:
The usage is countrywide.
Oh god, another one I hate!"hows she cutting?" - how are you keeping?
Very Cork.South-Tipp man here and while I use/understand "How bad!" I would have thought it was more of a Waterford/Cork expression.
Nah, I don't find boggerisms "charming" at all.0 -
-
Advertisement
-
Advertisement