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I hate when Irish people say: "can I get a..."

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  • #32
    TanG411
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,836 ✭✭✭TanG411


    I say 'Can I get', and then take some time to think.

    So it's like 'Can I get, ahh. . .'.

    Completely different OP, completely different.


  • #33
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    I think it's polite, just saying "give me chips" is rude.


  • #34
    magick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭magick


    "A Cod and a large wan!" To Quote The Van


  • #35
    Bob Z
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    SuperInfinity wrote: »
    You hear this phrase in takeaways, restaurants, pubs, from Irish people. And it's PURE American. Not just people who are "cool" and modern either, old people from rural areas also say it nowadays.

    It's worse than just American english, it's SLANG. It's idiomatic slang. "can I get a" is a slang expression. In Irish slang you should say something like "gizz a double cheeseburger with chips".

    I've a right mind to go up to them and say: "what are you on about, what country to you think you're in, ya PLANK!!!!"

    *suspects hate from people who do say it*

    theres less to this post than meets the eye
    :rolleyes:


  • #36
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Wow, you've out-caseyed Casey.


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  • #37
    NoHornJan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 553 ✭✭✭NoHornJan


    Q. Can I get a..?
    A. Yeh sure, it's over there on the second shelf.

    Q. Can you get me a ?
    A. Just one second please.


  • #38
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Oh yeah? C'mere a minute!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXb8b6J8vUc


  • #39
    furiousox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,317 ✭✭✭furiousox


    Was at an all nighter many years ago when someone said to me ''would you care for some charles?''
    Still makes me smile thinking about it, manners cost nothing. ;)

    You are a khaki coloured bombardier, it's Hiroshima that you're nearing.



  • #40
    minister poxbottle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 439 ✭✭minister poxbottle


    SuperInfinity wrote: »
    You hear this phrase in takeaways, restaurants, pubs, from Irish people. And it's PURE American. Not just people who are "cool" and modern either, old people from rural areas also say it nowadays.

    It's worse than just American english, it's SLANG. It's idiomatic slang. "can I get a" is a slang expression. In Irish slang you should say something like "gizz a double cheeseburger with chips".

    I've a right mind to go up to them and say: "what are you on about, what country to you think you're in, ya PLANK!!!!"

    *suspects hate from people who do say it*


    Here's another pure american term COCKSUCKER


  • #41
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,160 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Greetings, young gentlemen/my dearest lady! It is indeed a favourable evening! May I gather some of your attention towards my food order? May I partake in your chipped potatoes and a mince disk?


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  • #42
    landsleaving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,345 ✭✭✭landsleaving


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Greetings, young gentlemen/my dearest lady! It is indeed a favourable evening! May I gather some of your attention towards my food order? May I partake in your chipped potatoes and a mince disk?

    I was giggling a little, then I got to mince disk and cracked up completely. Well played sir.


  • #43
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    I thought this was gonna be a rant about phrases like "Can I get a HOLLA!!" or "Can I get a witness" or something. Which would be Americanisms.

    "Can I get a cheeseburger" is not an Americanism. It's a food order.

    This is probably the pettiest, most pointless rant I have ever read on AH. Which is actually a staggering achievement.


  • #44
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    It's when you hear someone say 'I can haz cheezburger?' and they're not a cat that you have to worry.


  • #45
    landsleaving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,345 ✭✭✭landsleaving


    monkeyfudge wrote: »
    It's when you hear someone say 'I can haz cheezburger?' and they're not a cat that you have a furry.

    FYP


  • #46
    aDeener
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭aDeener


    i really doubt that is american slang as a very old teacher of mine used to tell us the difference regularly between "can i go to the toilet" and "may i go to the toilet?" and that he had been doing it for as long as he could remember and his teachers used to do it too.

    his response usually was something like "i don't know, can you?" :)


    anyway, a very pathetic thing to get upset about


  • #47
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    SuperInfinity wrote: »
    You hear this phrase in takeaways, restaurants, pubs, from Irish people. And it's PURE American. Not just people who are "cool" and modern either, old people from rural areas also say it nowadays.

    Using PURE before a word is worse.

    Especially if its said as Peeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuooooorrrrrr!

    as in "Hes a peeeeeauuuuooooorrrr handicaaaaaaaaap!" which is something us residents of Limerick here on a daily basis from the more evolutionary challenged who we share this city with.


  • #48
    Awful_Bliss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭Awful_Bliss


    If I was the shop keeper and my customer said "Can I get a Mars bar please", I'd say, "yes you can" then wait for the awkward silence. I'd agree with the OP, this is a new, Americanized trend that has started. I cringe when I hear it.


  • #49
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    I might say "Can I get xyz please?" (among other phrases) in a takeaway or whatever just because it's a valid way of communicating and I wouldn't really put any thought into it or consider myself to be complying with an Americanised trend. Seriously. Reading into something taken to a whole new level...
    krudler wrote: »
    Using PURE before a word is worse.

    Especially if its said as Peeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuooooorrrrrr!
    I say that a lot... :o


  • #50
    F1ngers
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 11,531 Mod ✭✭✭✭F1ngers


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    Who says "gizz us a....."?

    Idiots? Perchance...


  • #51
    flag123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 374 ✭✭flag123


    I don't think it's American to say that.

    But if they have an american twang like many fully Irish teenagers these days they deserved to be slapped and shown the door..:)


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  • #52
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    1/10

    Must try harder.


  • #53
    Wagon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,119 ✭✭✭Wagon


    SuperInfinity wrote: »
    You hear this phrase in takeaways, restaurants, pubs, from Irish people. And it's PURE American. Not just people who are "cool" and modern either, old people from rural areas also say it nowadays.

    It's worse than just American english, it's SLANG. It's idiomatic slang. "can I get a" is a slang expression. In Irish slang you should say something like "gizz a double cheeseburger with chips".

    I've a right mind to go up to them and say: "what are you on about, what country to you think you're in, ya PLANK!!!!"

    *suspects hate from people who do say it*

    eewww! I hate the way Irish people fall down stairs ewww!!...

    **** OFF WITH THESE STUPID THREADS! RANT ABOUT SOMETHING IMPORTANT!


  • #54
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    What exactly is american about this? I used to be told in school to say "may i go to the toilet" instead of "can i go to the toilet" and i had never seen american television. So "can i get a can of coke" sounds perfect in my head since i've been using it since i was 4.


    OP, fuking shlt thread.


  • #55
    Victor_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,608 ✭✭✭Victor_M


    Wow, successful thread you started there OP.

    Can I get the last 3 minutes of my life back please?


  • #56
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    "An' a chip."

    Just the one, sir?

    yeah... right here on the shoulder...


  • #57
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,267 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Can I get a vowel please Carol.


  • #58
    GalwayKiefer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,005 ✭✭✭GalwayKiefer


    aDeener wrote: »
    i really doubt that is american slang as a very old teacher of mine used to tell us the difference regularly between "can i go to the toilet" and "may i go to the toilet?" and that he had been doing it for as long as he could remember and his teachers used to do it too.

    his response usually was something like "i don't know, can you?" :)

    Must be a teacher thing. I'd a teacher in Galway who said that for 5 long years, after the first few weeks we just said it to annoy him.


  • #59
    charmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭charmer


    ronaneire wrote: »
    Ask Axe me bollix


    FYP :pac:


  • #60
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Oh and what heinous question is being asked of the customer by the way?

    Not 'what can I get you?' by any chance is it?


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  • #61
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    the correct annoying americanism is "I think I'd like a...." ye think? :mad:


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