Does it annoy you when the Gardaí are referred to as the Garda?

paky · 20-09-2011 12:54PM #1

Personally I prefer peelers but honestly there is a difference?

biko · 20-09-2011 12:55PM

At least peelers are better than cops or feds imo.
I prefer British slang to American slang.

Wattle · 20-09-2011 12:55PM

Peelers? Are you from the 19th century?

Seachmall · 20-09-2011 12:56PM

I do it because I can't find the fada.

Sooopie · 20-09-2011 12:56PM

no

i have enough to be getting on with.

cosmicfart · 20-09-2011 12:57PM

The garda are know as the 'Big Denny Fry up Gang' were i come from

Forest Master · 20-09-2011 12:58PM

Sooopie wrote: »

no

i have enough to be getting on with.

Like posting on Boards in a topic about how the Gardaí are referred to as the Garda saying you have better things to be doing than worrying about the Gardaí being referred to as the Garda...

Claasman · 20-09-2011 12:59PM

i use the term 'feds'. it makes them sound good at what they do.

4leto · 20-09-2011 01:01PM

I read something Brendan Kennelly wrote.

Us Irish to distract us from real issues we are obsessed with trivia. So true.

I usually refer to them as the guards.

Up de Barrs · 20-09-2011 01:02PM

I find it even more annoying when they are referred to as "the police".

Edinduberdeen · 20-09-2011 01:02PM

It annoys me when they're referred to as the 'gorthee' on the news.

pablomakaveli · 20-09-2011 01:02PM

I call them the "shades". A lot of people i know do. That or gards anyway.

dlofnep · 20-09-2011 01:04PM

'Doirty Gaaaaaaaards'

Seachmall · 20-09-2011 01:04PM

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I call them the "shades". A lot of people i know do. That or gards anyway.

Ya, "Shades" is pretty popular around here too.

I'm going to start calling them "G-men".

Wolfe Tone · 20-09-2011 01:10PM

Dionysus to AH

mikemac · 20-09-2011 01:12PM

Been shades in Limerick for a long time

Snakeblood · 20-09-2011 01:12PM

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I call them the "shades". A lot of people i know do. That or gards anyway.

I call them guards. Or Gardai, it's sort of interchangeable. The fada is indeed a problem when typing.

I've also heard the busies, which I never understood, and the filth, which I don't agree with but it makes me laugh for sheer offensiveness.

Annasopra · 20-09-2011 01:13PM

no

jsd1004 · 20-09-2011 01:15PM

I think it is an understandable error from non irish speakers. Most other countries 'police' is plural and singular. Natural assumption that in Irish it is the same.

ejmaztec · 20-09-2011 01:17PM

The Heat.

kfallon · 20-09-2011 01:17PM

It annoys me when people refer to the Gardai as "competent" :pac:

Sooopie · 20-09-2011 01:17PM

Forest Master wrote: »

Like posting on Boards in a topic about how the Gardaí are referred to as the Garda saying you have better things to be doing than worrying about the Gardaí being referred to as the Garda...

Jesus, have you ever heard of a comma?

:rolleyes:

4leto · 20-09-2011 01:19PM

I do laugh at the poor guards on the push bike, I do wonder what they did to upset the Sargent.

MagicMarker · 20-09-2011 01:19PM

Po Po

t1mm · 20-09-2011 01:20PM

Shades
Federalis
5-0
LAPD
The Fuzz

Rawhead · 20-09-2011 01:22PM

"the filth"

msg11 · 20-09-2011 01:23PM

Policia Local

seanybiker · 20-09-2011 01:25PM

Why would you ask us our opinion between two names then go off and use a completely different name yourself then?

Do you like jedward or do you hate them? Just wondering because I like stone sour.

See? Its odd

superfish · 20-09-2011 01:30PM

The tax collectors !

DoneDL · 20-09-2011 01:31PM

Just refer to them as cuonstable and see how you get on.

bigwormbundoran · 20-09-2011 01:31PM

The Filth or 5-0 by most people I know

Does it annoy you when the Gardaí are referred to as the Garda?

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