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Words Irish people don't use. (Not slang)

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  • #32
    Mr.Prodston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,305 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Prodston


    Israeli Superiority wrote: »
    I think that falls under the "slang" category.

    Alright mister persnickety.

    Ooh I got a good one: Persnickety :pac:


  • #33
    wil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    thou, thee, thy

    Ye used to be common

    nosh - for food

    sidewalk

    Gung-ho kowtow

    adios, amigo, pinata


  • #34
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Howdy


  • #35
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    Speisekarte wrote: »
    I find Irish people tend to be averse to using the verb "ought to". They say it a lot more in America and Britain. I rarely hear Irish people say it.

    May or Shall


  • #36
    fatknacker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭fatknacker


    "I was sat there"

    Thank feck no one here says that.


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  • #37
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,530 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    "Aren't I?" rather than "Amn't I?"


  • #38
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭camel jockey


    Munting


  • #39
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    The 'floor' for the 'ground'


  • #40
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,530 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Don't think I've ever heard an Irish person, in a non sexual context, use the word "naughty".

    It's always "bold".


  • #41
    shankespony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 278 ✭✭shankespony


    Cathedral, Thorn, Thatcher, we can't pronounce th


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  • #42
    Viper_JB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Viper_JB


    Blisterman wrote: »
    Don't think I've ever heard an Irish person, in a non sexual context, use the word "naughty".

    It's always "bold".

    Avoids confusion in the bedroom :D


  • #43
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,707 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    'Whom'


  • #44
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,743 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Mend


    As in "I shall mend that 안녕하세요 yonder"


  • #45
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,773 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    "He told me off".

    We would always say he was "giving out to me". I never realised "giving out" was an Irish thing until a few English people were looking at me with blank faces and had no understanding of what "giving out" meant.


  • #46
    who_me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭who_me


    Bankerphile.


  • #47
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭camel jockey


    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    Mend


    As in "I shall mend that 안녕하세요 yonder"

    You'd hear 'mend' more than 'yonder'.


  • #48
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    Soda/pop for lemonade

    Do you concur?


  • #49
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,085 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    Be gorrah & bejeepers
    &
    Top of the morning to ye.

    Strange American expressions.


  • #50
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭camel jockey


    Boombastic wrote: »
    Soda/pop for lemonade

    Do you concur?

    No, I don't agree. Soda/pop covers all 'soft drinks' / 'fizzy drinks', not just lemonade.


  • #51
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Antipiristanical.


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  • #52
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    camel jockey wrote: »
    No, I don't agree. Soda/pop covers all 'soft drinks' / 'fizzy drinks', not just lemonade.

    Yes, but who says 'soda pop'?

    Do you concur?


  • #53
    Chinasea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,568 ✭✭✭Chinasea


    Vexed
    naughty
    Baaathroom


  • #54
    saabsaab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,154 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    Splendid, Fantastic, Excellent, Standard, need, hound, hither, tither and yon.


  • #55
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭camel jockey


    Boombastic wrote: »
    Yes, but who says 'soda pop'?

    Do you concur?

    I agree but don't concur.


  • #56
    miss flutter ups
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭miss flutter ups


    Pudding to describe dessert


  • #57
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,942 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    indoors, for at home.

    herself indoors, for the wife!


  • #58
    AlexisM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭AlexisM


    Blisterman wrote: »
    Don't think I've ever heard an Irish person, in a non sexual context, use the word "naughty".

    It's always "bold".
    'Bold' meaning naughty is a very Irish thing - to the rest of the english-speaking world, bold means brave/dashing (bold Sir Robin sort o thing). I can't hear the word naughty without thinking of the Life of Brian 'He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy'...


  • #59
    TheLastMohican
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭TheLastMohican


    Fuck my old boots


  • #60
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Half, as in half pint of beer. Got some blank looks in England when asking for a glass of ale.


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  • #61
    tim3000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭tim3000


    "Wee" as in small

    Aye for yes


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