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

gugleguy · 02-07-2013 07:34PM

Coterminus - some process has the same end result as another

SarahBM · 02-07-2013 07:44PM

A single - as in a bag of chips. I think its just a Dublin thing, but I never heard it before I moved to Dublin, so I reckon most Irish people dont use that word. Is it more slang though?

I also had to look up the word faucet in the dictionary after watching Grease. Its the first place I think I ever heard the word.

SpaceTime · 02-07-2013 07:59PM

I still remember a friend of mine from the states diligently ironing all the towels because my housemate told him to 'make sure you put the towels in the hotpress when they come out of the dryer!"

He thought she was some kind of obsessive neat freak who ironed all the towels so tried to humour her!

stefan idiot jones · 02-07-2013 08:32PM

Chivalry

Irish Guitarist · 02-07-2013 08:52PM

You rotter.

MissD93 · 02-07-2013 08:56PM

the phrase '' i will not pass on any gossip i hear'' and you (instead its ya)

humbert · 02-07-2013 08:57PM

Wossack wrote: »

안녕하세요

Joking aside, Irish people seldom say hello or goodbye. Perhaps it's just the circles in which I travel.

Mariasofia · 02-07-2013 08:59PM

My neighbour has recently started to say "you betcha".
Me : see you tomorrow
her: you betcha (she's Irish)
should i grab something to belt her with????

delaad · 02-07-2013 09:10PM

Pouring with rain

stefan idiot jones · 02-07-2013 09:11PM

Loaf/pan

You/ye

Chips/chip

Paedophile/priest

Mariasofia · 02-07-2013 09:14PM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

Loaf/pan

You/ye

Chips/chip

Paedophile/priest

I hate to be picky but your soooo wrong.... I use all these

Gremlinertia · 02-07-2013 09:45PM

Pen, a lot of us say biro.. The blank looks i'd get at work about a box of biros.

Corvo Attano · 02-07-2013 10:15PM

Crazy dosent get used a whole lot. Its generally mad.

And mad isnt really used for anger its raged or raging.

Pumpkinseeds · 02-07-2013 10:32PM

I was at the bar at a Goth night in Yorkshire many years ago. A chap said 'By eck lass, that's a powerful set of rings'. Was like something out of an hovis advert.

They also use 'while' instead of til, as in I'm working 9 while 5.

Teyla Emmagan · 02-07-2013 10:56PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I was at the bar at a Goth night in Yorkshire many years ago. A chap said 'By eck lass, that's a powerful set of rings'. Was like something out of an hovis advert.

They also use 'while' instead of til, as in I'm working 9 while 5.

And to what was he referring exactly?!

DenMan · 02-07-2013 11:07PM

SarahBM wrote: »

A single - as in a bag of chips. I think its just a Dublin thing, but I never heard it before I moved to Dublin, so I reckon most Irish people dont use that word. Is it more slang though?

I also had to look up the word faucet in the dictionary after watching Grease. Its the first place I think I ever heard the word.

The first time I ever heard faucet was in Resident Evil 2.

desbrook · 02-07-2013 11:11PM

In the UK it's a "waste paper basket " - here it's just another bin. Strange.

Alice1 · 02-07-2013 11:11PM

We rarely say "Pardon" or "I beg your pardon" when we didn't hear what was said. We say "sorry" or (I hate this one) "come again"

normal lad · 02-07-2013 11:12PM

supper

desbrook · 02-07-2013 11:13PM

normal lad wrote: »

supper

That's because Irish people rarely eat while drinking

normal lad · 02-07-2013 11:16PM

Out of interest..anyone say "night clothes" instead of pajamas or "push chair" instead of pram. Or is that just me.

ozmo · 02-07-2013 11:23PM

"My name is.."

Its the first phrase a non english person learning English might learn- yet i dont think its ever used if you think about it...

Mariasofia · 02-07-2013 11:27PM

ozmo wrote: »

"My name is.."

Its the first phrase a non english person learning English might learn- yet i dont think its ever used if you think about it...

Slim shady uses it a lot.

cantdecide · 02-07-2013 11:29PM

'I guess' instead of 'I suppose'.

Bozo Skeleton · 02-07-2013 11:30PM

From working in a bar:
"Irish Cofee"
And worse still, "Black and Tan". (A nightmare to pour.) The only people who ask for these drinks are tourists, under some illusion they're traditional Irish drinks.
Where do Americans (for it is mainly they) get this notion? Serious question for any Americans on here.
Has any Irish person ever asked for a Black and Tan?

C.K Dexter Haven · 02-07-2013 11:33PM

humbert wrote: »

Joking aside, Irish people seldom say hello or goodbye. Perhaps it's just the circles in which I travel.

The circles in which I travel:D

MissD93 · 02-07-2013 11:40PM

have a nice/good day. its always best of luck or may god be good

EDit · 02-07-2013 11:40PM

Zelda Short Spleen wrote: »

"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.

To many English people, myself included, "giving out" can mean the same as "putting out" so that may have been the reason for the blank faces (especially if you said something like "my mum was giving out to me"). Its a bit like an American telling you their dad "blew them off"...has a completely (and perfectly normal) meaning over there, but not here or in the UK

vektarman · 02-07-2013 11:43PM

Irish people don't wait 'for' something, they wait 'on' something...

ongarboy · 02-07-2013 11:46PM

SpaceTime wrote: »

Anything to do with US car related language:

Freeway - Motorway
Highway - Main road.
Beltway - Ring road.
Hood - Bonnet
Fender - Bumper
Trunk - Boot
Gas - Petrol

An American also wondered why we'd big orange vans with flashing lights for Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). They knew we drank a lot but...

Totalled is another one as in the car is written off/beyond repair.
Some states use expressway rather than freeway to describe motorways.

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

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