corblimey wrote: » I was talking to a Cork based friend tonight and just happened to mention "Panna", but she had no earthly idea what I was talking about and even when it was explained, was still clueless. She was raised on Model Farm road until she was about 12 (in the 90s) and then moved to the Ovens area. I've lived in Cork since about 2004. How can this be? Is Panna northside slang or something? How does a Cork person not know Panna?
evilivor wrote: » Do you mean Pana?
hoodwinked wrote: » I've heard people calling it pana but it sounds awful!why people can't just say patricks street.... its not that hard to pronounce! :eek: Anyway i find when talking to true corkonions about streets in town its nearly always the same Conversation me - "ok i'll meet you on *insert street name* (say winthrop street) them - "where's that again?" me- "between patrick street and oliver plunkett street" them - Blank stare me - "the one with Mc donalds on it" them - "the blue Mcdonalds or the other one" me - "the other one, it also has Hallmark" them - *sudden realisation* "oh there... its the one around the corner from Brown thomas?" me - "yes" *dies a little inside*
leahyl wrote: » To be honest, I've only really heard people calling it pana in the last 5 years or so - before that it was just always Patricks Street to me - still is! And I'm born and bred in the northside of Cork City biy!:D
hoodwinked wrote: » Anyway i find when talking to true corkonions about streets in town its nearly always the same Conversation me - "ok i'll meet you on *insert street name* (say winthrop street) them - "where's that again?" me- "between patrick street and oliver plunkett street" them - Blank stare me - "the one with Mc donalds on it" them - "the blue Mcdonalds or the other one" me - "the other one, it also has Hallmark" them - *sudden realisation* "oh there... its the one around the corner from Brown thomas?" me - "yes" *dies a little inside*
Padraig Mor wrote: » Same here. Being living here all my life and only heard it being called 'Pana' in the last few years.
pwurple wrote: » ^^ Blow-ins with their Brown Thomas instead of Cashes. ^^
pwurple wrote: » ^^ How can this be? Must be a blow-in of some kind... Parents not from Cork maybe? Or not from the city?
Padraig Mor wrote: » LOL. Father from the Marsh, mother from Douglas. I first heard of the term 'Pana' on PROC, and its use seems to have taken off as 'ironic cool' in the years since.
gimmick wrote: » The is no "ironic cool" about it. It is a well known Cork colloqualism. Its been Pana to me for as long as I can remember. Likewise Barracka.
gimmick wrote: » You must have lived a very sheltered existense then. Or posh, very posh
pwurple wrote: » ^^ Blow-ins with their Brown Thomas instead of Cashes. ^^ How can this be? Must be a blow-in of some kind... Parents not from Cork maybe? Or not from the city?
leahyl wrote: » My dad's from the Northside of Cork City and has never once referred to it as Pana! We're no blow ins!:pac: