Irishisms

123 LC · 22-10-2012 1:23am

I will ya = no

Apanachi · 22-10-2012 10:20am

Michellenman wrote: »

'Grand'.

That's a uniquely Irish thing apparently that tends to confuse people who aren't from here!

My English cousin finds it hilarious when I say "grand". I was over visiting her a while back and she kept asking me questions for which the standard Irish person's answer would be "grand" and kept giggling, took me a while to cop on...

shrewd · 23-10-2012 12:11pm

using the word "Jumper." instead of a sweater

This had in confused state for a couple weeks after arriving in Ireland.
i was determined to find the origin of this word.

then one day,someone told me that it became famous due to the song by The sultans of Ping FC. "Where is my jumper"

Big Nasty · 23-10-2012 12:17pm

shrewd wrote: »

using the word "Jumper." instead of a sweater

This had in confused state for a couple weeks after arriving in Ireland.
i was determined to find the origin of this word.

then one day,someone told me that it became famous due to the song by The sultans of Ping FC. "Where is my jumper"

People were saying jumper loooooong before that song came out.

fehenry · 23-10-2012 1:33pm

MCMLXXV wrote: »

People were saying jumper loooooong before that song came out.

Ah, jumper was in common use long before the Sultans came along.
I'm in Enda Kenny's age bracket and it was widely used when I was a child and probably for long before that.

shrewd · 23-10-2012 1:48pm

fehenry wrote: »

Ah, jumper was in common use long before the Sultans came along.
I'm in Enda Kenny's age bracket and it was widely used when I was a child and probably for long before that.

wow..,really?. Jaysus! <--that's another common irish saying.

Hidalgo · 23-10-2012 1:52pm

If we get anything resembling a heat wave
'tis too hot'.

replacing the word great with mighty. Sure twas mighty craic altogether.

Old lads pronouncing cap as cwap and calling anyone by the name of Séamus Shamus

Big Nasty · 23-10-2012 1:54pm

Hidalgo wrote: »

Old lads pronouncing cap as cwap and calling anyone by the name of Séamus Shamus

Say wha?

Agricola · 23-10-2012 2:06pm

Holy scutterin' Jaysus!

bob the bob · 23-10-2012 2:21pm

referring to the weather (as we do)

"it's fierce mild"

GastroBoy · 23-10-2012 2:57pm

Not liking the "cut" of someone...

or for that matter..

Not liking the cut of someones "jib"

Hidalgo · 23-10-2012 10:55pm

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Say wha?

Cap is often pronounced kwáp. Not a very good attempt at trying to spell it phonetically. Could be just a phrase used in certain parts of the wilderness.

PhlegmyMoses · 23-10-2012 10:57pm

GizAGoOfYerGee wrote: »

Phoney comes from fáinne, meaning ring: A cheap-ass ring that Irish emmigrants flogged to the Yanks.

Smithereens comes from smiodarín / smidrín: meaning 'little bits'.

Galore comes from Go Leor: Plenty.

There are many more, but these ones are confirmed.

"Can you dig it?" comes from "An dtuigeann tú?", meaning "Do you understand?"

trashcan · 23-10-2012 11:27pm

MCMLXXV wrote: »

People were saying jumper loooooong before that song came out.

Absolutely. It's always been a jumper to me. I've never heard any Irish person refer to it as a Sweater, never.

Scruffles · 23-10-2012 11:28pm

despite being an irish-english native of england to a rough talking tipp dad, and donegal mum,and having a irish upbringing,there is some words that am caught out by,and which also bring many a laugh to those who can understand his accent.
firstly,-
-turd [third]. eg,dad anouncing his latest hospital appointment 'have to go to osbidal on the turd'. or otherwise anouncing the third of a month gets some looks and laughs.
-tree [three]. eg,he used to ask locals where a riding school was when had first started going and because it had the name 'three' in it,they all assumed he meant tree and thus denied all existance of the place.
-danus [dangerous],he makes the word sound less serious than it shoud be.
-cripes. whenever talking to his bredrins in ireland he cannot stop saying cripes.
-fierce bad. -he is also the same with this one,eg 'cripes dats fierce bad alan,da weathor isnt to bad over here,some storm clouds maybe...'.
-tae. uncle is mad for using this instead of tea.
-filim.
-jaysus get away wid yah.

Paddyfield · 23-10-2012 11:33pm

One of my kids was born premature a spent a long time in a Special Care Baby Unit.

During that time, I encountered many other parents from various parts of the world who were often left bewildered by the irishisms of the medical staff.

One French mum asked a a doctor about her little son who weighed less than 1KG.
"He's grand" came the reply which translates as 'big' in to French.

Another parent, I'd say she was Polish, was told that her son "...was not too bad". She burst into tears as she took this as bad news.

My favourite was when a dad of African origin asked from a nurse who came from the ar$e end of Mayo about his child. "She's sucking diesel" came the reply.

_____________________________________________
All kids, including my own, survived and thrived.

Smidge · 23-10-2012 11:51pm

-Leelo- wrote: »

Gis a goo - Let me see

LOL, hadn't heard that in ages

Or "put the goo on me for....." ie a craving for something.

Also, has anybody said "What's de story?" yet?(tlr after pg 10:D)

One of my favorites

"Ya blind feckin goobee"

Smidge · 23-10-2012 11:53pm

humberklog wrote: »

We go to the shops for messages, some of these messages are minerals. We put some of these messages in a press.

And when you really want to confuse the fordiners tell them about the "hot press":pac::pac:

mrsdewinter · 24-10-2012 12:20am

Hidalgo wrote: »

If we get anything resembling a heat wave
'tis too hot'.

replacing the word great with mighty. Sure twas mighty craic altogether.

Old lads pronouncing cap as cwap and calling anyone by the name of Séamus Shamus

Cwap? Kwap? I've heard 'kyap' - but neither of those variants...

mrsdewinter · 24-10-2012 12:20am

Gah - accidental replication. Apologies

cyril peter · 13-03-2013 2:06am

i cant keep up with you dragging behind me.

now i know where i am, i'm lost.

Latchy · 13-03-2013 2:12am

'' How's the form '' ?

which to an English/British person sounds like

'' How's the farm '' ?

and is usually met with the reply

'' but I don't live on or own a farm ''

:pac:

Sensual Cucumber · 13-03-2013 2:31am

West Kerry elderly relation who refuses to curse.

Well holy be to peter = Oh my fcukin god
"Ah Jeeerrusalem" in a very loud and aggressive tone = ah for fcuk sake

P.Walnuts · 13-03-2013 3:45am

I was often called a "Ludramon" in my youth, not sure how common that one is.

brandon_flowers · 13-03-2013 9:07am

Latchy wrote: »

'' How's the form '' ?

which to an English/British person sounds like

'' How's the farm '' ?

and is usually met with the reply

'' but I don't live on or own a farm ''

:pac:

However the French say "en forme?" all the time so it's not the worst one.

Northern people saying "I'll lift ya at your house".

Kerry people saying "yerra ya" meaning no.

Cork people saying "I will, boyyy" meaning no.

Ludramán would be a common replacement for amadán in Gaeltacht areas.

Crooked Jack · 13-03-2013 9:19am

That feen is clayn rulya.
Yon beure is pure munya.
How's the gassuns and gershas?
Yer ma's yer da. (your mas is your da.)
How's it segastiating? Fierce combunctious.

IM0 · 13-03-2013 9:45am

****ed if I know

get out a dat garden

go wan ta ****

what are you on?

El Inho · 13-03-2013 9:47am

i remember a big black lad in San Diego had to be calmed down fairly lively when I asked him "Could I bum a fag?".

Crooked Jack · 13-03-2013 10:17am

He's some boy for one boy.

ruthloss · 13-03-2013 11:07am

"well, if it is'nt yourself"!

(On unexpectedly meeting an aquaintance).

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