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

gent9662 · 27-08-2010 10:34AM

Sure the yanks have messed up the english language altogether. As a fact, my young daughter already has an American twang from watching too many US programs.

I for one hate when Irish people put on an American accent when in the company of Americans, I try to do the opposite. It's funny, I live in a rural part of Galway which is on the tourist trail down to Clare. Every now and again an American walks into the pub and says something ridiculous to the bar man. The other day four of them walked in and one went to the bar and asked for a dry martini straight up. The bar man laughed his head off and said "It's not a James Bond movie your in now love, it's Ballinderreen!

I also hate the way young teenage girls and some boys put "loike" into every bloody sentence. Drives me nuts!

alfa beta · 27-08-2010 10:38AM

i've just read all five pages of this thread - and that in itself rather worries me

filthymcnasty · 27-08-2010 10:43AM

Pointless and frankly bizarre to be getting your knickers in a twist about this.
cheer yourself up and go look at some of the Luas stalker guys videos.

ibarelycare · 27-08-2010 10:53AM

Poor SuperInfinity.

Will he ever return?

mikemac · 27-08-2010 10:56AM

OP, I suggest you stroll over the ranting and raving forum to see how proper rants work.

Very poor effort here

SuperInfinity wrote: »

In Irish slang you should say something like "gizz a double cheeseburger with chips".

Tbh going up to any shop assistant and starting with "give me a" is pretty abrupt imo. Maybe I'm just too polite, I wouldn't do it.

Lately in our local chippers, I hear people call a bag of chips a single.

"Just a single"
Strange term, only heard this recently

RoryMurphyJnr · 27-08-2010 11:24AM

Can I get a "hell yeah"

Chairman Meow · 27-08-2010 11:29AM

Yeah, f*ck people who say things. Seriously, if there one thing i hate its people who words

tony 2 tone · 27-08-2010 11:31AM

gavredking wrote: »

Can I get a vowel please Carol.

Can I get a "P" please Bob?

Cheeky_gal · 27-08-2010 11:52AM

Agricola wrote: »

eamonn

Haha brilliant

NothingMan · 27-08-2010 11:56AM

Can I get a WOOP WOOP!!!

Terry wrote: »

OP, I hate being Irish too. We're quite embarrassing.
I don't know how to deal with this affliction.
Perhaps you have a solution.

A final solution?

feelingstressed wrote: »

Lately in our local chippers, I hear people call a bag of chips a single.
"Just a single"
Strange term, only heard this recently

That's what it was always called in my chipper growing up and I never understood it so I always asked for a bag o' chips, that was about the extent of my childhood rebellion.

Donkey Oaty · 27-08-2010 12:00PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Lately in our local chippers, I hear people call a bag of chips a single.

Haven't heard that for a while.

Does anywhere still sell "bunburgers"?

walshb · 27-08-2010 12:59PM

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Humans are social creatures, we take in social influences from others, that includes all the trashy American TV.

Nail on the head...

I don't see a problem with "Can I get." I never ever say "Gizza." What is so wrong with trying to speak in English, proper English?

SuperInfinity · 27-08-2010 01:11PM

Deleted User wrote: »

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.

What the hell???? The "can" part of the word has nothing to do with it, it's the "get" part of it. It's amazing that people seem to be so immersed in American culture that a lot of them can't even tell when a phrase that used to never be used in Ireland, was never part of our lexicon.

The correct way to say it is "can I have", not can I get. As for Irish slang, a piece of Irish slang for "pass me the mayonnaise please" is "show me the mayonnaise there willya", which is constantly being eroded away because it's not "cool" to say it.

But of all the things I expected to see in this thread, the fact that you can't even tell that the keyword is GET and not CAN is something that's really surprised me. I'm telling you, I never used to hear it except on tv until recent times.

i57dwun4yb1pt8 · 27-08-2010 01:15PM

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*

And I hate it when you dont put enough napkins in with the order .

landsleaving · 27-08-2010 01:16PM

SuperInfinity wrote: »

What the hell???? The "can" part of the word has nothing to do with it, it's the "get" part of it. It's amazing that people seem to be so immersed in American culture that a lot of them can't even tell when a phrase that used to never be used in Ireland, was never part of our lexicon.

The correct way to say it is "can I have", not can I get. As for Irish slang, a piece of Irish slang for "pass me the mayonnaise please" is "show me the mayonnaise there willya", which is constantly being eroded away because it's not "cool" to say it.

But of all the things I expected to see in this thread, the fact that you can't even tell that the keyword is GET and not CAN is something that's really surprised me. I'm telling you, I never used to hear it except on tv until recent times.

This is still bothering you?

SuperInfinity · 27-08-2010 01:18PM

landsleaving wrote: »

This is still bothering you?

.....

It's not actively "bothering" me, it just annoys me.

landsleaving · 27-08-2010 01:21PM

SuperInfinity wrote: »

.....

It's not actively "bothering" me, it just annoys me.

Dude, you should like, totally chill. Can I get a promise you'll stop worrying about this?

Wile E. Coyote · 27-08-2010 01:37PM

Shopkeeper: What can I GET you?
Me: Can I get a...?

Still failing to see the issue here OP.

27-08-2010 01:42PM

SuperInfinity wrote: »

What the hell???? The "can" part of the word has nothing to do with it, it's the "get" part of it. It's amazing that people seem to be so immersed in American culture that a lot of them can't even tell when a phrase that used to never be used in Ireland, was never part of our lexicon.

The correct way to say it is "can I have", not can I get. As for Irish slang, a piece of Irish slang for "pass me the mayonnaise please" is "show me the mayonnaise there willya", which is constantly being eroded away because it's not "cool" to say it.

But of all the things I expected to see in this thread, the fact that you can't even tell that the keyword is GET and not CAN is something that's really surprised me. I'm telling you, I never used to hear it except on tv until recent times.

cry me a river.

AskMyChocolate · 27-08-2010 01:51PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

OP, I suggest you stroll over the ranting and raving forum to see how proper rants work.

Very poor effort here

Tbh going up to any shop assistant and starting with "give me a" is pretty abrupt imo. Maybe I'm just too polite, I wouldn't do it.

Lately in our local chippers, I hear people call a bag of chips a single.
"Just a single"
Strange term, only heard this recently

It's quite an old term. I remember once, back in the day, my brother was working in a pub which was next door to a chipper. He was running out of one pound notes one day and he gave one of the loungeboys (possibly not the fizziest drink in the fridge) a £20 note and asked him to run in next door and see if he could get twenty singles. You can guess the rest.

charmer · 27-08-2010 01:54PM

SuperInfinity wrote: »

What the hell???? The "can" part of the word has nothing to do with it, it's the "get" part of it. It's amazing that people seem to be so immersed in American culture that a lot of them can't even tell when a phrase that used to never be used in Ireland, was never part of our lexicon.

The correct way to say it is "can I have", not can I get. As for Irish slang, a piece of Irish slang for "pass me the mayonnaise please" is "show me the mayonnaise there willya", which is constantly being eroded away because it's not "cool" to say it.

But of all the things I expected to see in this thread, the fact that you can't even tell that the keyword is GET and not CAN is something that's really surprised me. I'm telling you, I never used to hear it except on tv until recent times.

I would generally be completely on your side OP. Backing you up 100%. Thinking how could they not get it?! How could they not see this shameful error?!

But wait...

i_have_a_crab_hat.jpg

Can I get a :pac:?

SuperInfinity · 27-08-2010 01:55PM

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

It's quite an old term. I remember once, back in the day, my brother was working in a pub which was next door to a chipper. He was running out of one pound notes one day and he gave one of the loungeboys (possibly not the fizziest drink in the fridge) a £20 note and asked him to run in next door and see if he could get twenty singles. You can guess the rest.

LOL! :P :pac:

changes · 27-08-2010 02:26PM

Excuse me..... would you mind awfully preparing me a cheeseburger and some chips please!!

aDeener · 27-08-2010 03:18PM

i'll be honest a lot of the americanised phrases do slightly annoy me when spoken here but people often forget that the irish themselves contributed an awful lot to those -isms considering how many millions of us went over there, no doubt they had an influence on the speech and sayings which have been brought back here

landsleaving · 27-08-2010 03:24PM

charmer wrote: »

I would generally be completely on your side OP. Backing you up 100%. Thinking how could they not get it?! How could they not see this shameful error?!

But wait...

Attachment not found.

Can I get a :pac:?

Yes.

:pac:

HavingCrack · 27-08-2010 03:34PM

MistyCheese wrote: »

WTF is the problem with "Americanisms"??! Considering the amount of American TV most people watch.

So :mad:ing sue me if I say "douchebag" or "sidewalk" or "assholeface". I learned probably 60% of my English through watching TV and the vast majority of that is American TV.

It'd be freakily unnatural for me to come out with something like "Ta tu an anchuinse!" when I've heard "You're a freak" about 100,000 times more often.

You don't actually say sidewalk or doucebag do you ??? Actually since you said "so f*ucking sue me" which is possibly the most irritating Americanism in existence I'd say you probably do.... I don't see what a poorly translated Irish version of 'you're a freak' has to do with anything either... Ta tu an chuinse(shockingly poor, you learn how to say that correctly in 1st class if I recall).

Or possibly you're joking but sarcasm and the internet really do not go well together..

Rabble Rabble · 27-08-2010 03:48PM

Why the f*ck are we protecting the purity of the English language. I understand why English nationalists might care, but why would anybody in Ireland care if we talked American English, or UK English, or either mixed up with Hibernian English.

And what is American about this phrase anyway.

EDIT:

apparently get rather than have.

Well, I can see that. Someone else is doing the getting, true enough. Still the correct English is

May I have.

Because you can have or get what you want, unless the shop is protected by perspex but you may not. /Comicguy

Wolfe Tone · 27-08-2010 04:00PM

"I would like a big mac please"

Ush1 · 27-08-2010 04:06PM

Sea Sharp wrote: »

I usually opt for:
Giz one of them yokes over there.

I usually slobber, pant and point in the general direction of what I want.

daz801 · 27-08-2010 04:13PM

would you prefer we say
"one would like a..........."

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

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