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Things said in Ireland that no one says in England

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Living in England, I've noticed things I say that no one in England says. Here are a couple of examples.

What They Say: Cupboard
What We Say: Press

What They Say: Pub Quiz
What We Say: Table Quiz

Anyone who's lived in England notice any other examples?

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ZeitgeistGlee

Jacks as slang for the toilet.

Actually surprised me a bit given the term is derived from the Ajax (the first modern toilet) which was designed by Englishman John Harrington.

May just have been a Northern England unfamiliarity though.

SpaceTime

There are just as big regional differences in England though.

My Yorkshire friend gets the absolute pi$$ taken out of her in London.

They all say Ay! up! When they meet her and spend hours getting her to say things like "upper".

She also gets corrected for saying things like " I was stood standing there for an hour" or "I was sat sitting on bus when..." and for her refusal to use "the" or "a".
Put kettle on!

The worst bit was when people were asking her to say " They're full of oaty goodness " just to mock her accent.

Also when she went home to "Wet baby's (h)ead"

(Go to a christening)

Bepolite

While we're digressing into other regionalities, the Andrew Marr 3 parter on Scottish lit was amazing. Well worth a watch for anyone into the evolution of language.

mapaca

"We won't feel it till Christmas"

Said this one day to my English colleagues, puzzled faces all round.

deise08

We go to mass.
they go to church.

Jumboman

"Would you cop your self on"

I dont think they say that in England.

The Adversary

"Thank you"

Irish: sound or sound out.

English: lovely jubily.

sw33t_r3v3ng3

Whats the story?

Any sca?

Arii

Sound Man

Bepolite

Top of the Morning... only ever said in England.

Bigus

We say; the car needs to be fixed !

They say;the car needs fixing !

Are we more grammatically correct or do we need teaching ( or to be taught )

Buona Fortuna

deise08 wrote: »

We go to mass.
they go to church.

They're feckin heathens

tac foley

deise08 wrote: »

We go to mass.
they go to church.

They are probably not going to a Roman Catholic church.

tac

tac foley

The Adversary wrote: »

"Thank you"

Irish: sound or sound out.

English: lovely jubily jubbly.

Fixed.

tac

tac foley

ZeitgeistGlee wrote: »

Jacks as slang for the toilet.

Actually surprised me a bit given the term is derived from the Ajax (the first modern toilet) which was designed by Englishman John Harrington.

May just have been a Northern England unfamiliarity though.

The word 'jakes' for lavatory/toilet was common usage in medieval and Tudor England.

tac

tac foley

Not2Good wrote: »

"She had the face of a melted welly … " heard from a Tipp man describing a girl in the disco who in his opinion wasn't as pretty as the other girls. I guess this was a one-off expression which didn't take off (Thank God)

Slightly OT, but on the same subject - 'she had a face like a bulldog licking pi$$ off a nettle.'

Not a raving beauty, then, I guess?

tac

con___manx1

mod9maple wrote: »

See I don't get this. I know lots of people say the latter, have done my whole life.

I'm from the south east and I have never heard anyone call st Stevens day Boxing Day . I'd imagine in Northern Ireland it would be called Boxing Day .

who the fug

bubblypop wrote: »

What????!!!!
Most of my extremely well educated Yorkshire family would disagree.

Cheek!!

Yorkshire born yorkshire bred strong in't arm thick in't 'ead., as me old fella use to say :cool:

Builderwoman!

Spring Onions in England
Scallions in Ireland

MoodeRator

English - Overtake him/here
Irish - Pass him/her out

English - The thing I can think of the name for
Irish - YOKE!

SpaceTime

Builderwoman! wrote: »

Spring Onions in England
Scallions in Ireland

Scallion's actually the technically correct term. Spring onion is a colloquialism in this case. They also call them "Salad onions" which just sounds completely stupid.

They're scallions in the USA too.

SpaceTime

MoodeRator wrote: »

English - Overtake him/here
Irish - Pass him/her out

English - The thing I can think of the name for
Irish - YOKE!

That'd be a "thingie", a "whatyamaycallit" or a "thingimebob"

What's his name in England often = "what's his face" too.

con___manx1 wrote: »

I'm from the south east and I have never heard anyone call st Stevens day Boxing Day . I'd imagine in Northern Ireland it would be called Boxing Day .

I don't usually remember it due to all the food consumption! I do a mixture of French and Irish xmas traditions so I have to eat 13 desserts (Treize desserts pour noel ... allegedly something religious but, I think it's mostly about eating 13 desserts), set a log on fire, eat a turkey, champagne, oysters, brandy, a christmas cake, christmas pudding, wine, beer, spiced beef (a Cork thing), ham the list goes on and on...

Multiculturalism is sometimes bad for the waistline.

con___manx1

your one or your man. the english dont no what your on about when you say your one. ; ) that hot one over there at the other side of the bar : )

tommy100

yep we say higher it up. 'bring it upstairs with ya' don't see anything wrong with that???

and we use to always call it 'mala' (mawla)

tommy100

yeah its billy jo-el ( thats its pronunciation)

tommy100

also, heard of both pairer and topper, but where we are from it was called a 'pointer'

tommy100

pigs trotters ??? cubeen???

tommy100

crubeens????

tac foley

tommy100 wrote: »

crubeens????

Sure - crúibín = Irish for pig's foot.

My dad would often eat one while my mom was away with relatives somewhere - not kosher, y'know.

tac

SpaceTime

How often do pigs feet come up in conversion. They're hardly something eaten in either Bundy since the 19th century.
Crubeens sounds much less primitive than calling them trotters.

Stepping Stone

They say 'I was sat' we say 'I sat' or 'I was sitting'.

We are grammatically correct. That said, I repeatedly hear 'I do be' here and I die a tiny bit every time. 'I would have bought, etc' is another uniquely Irish one. Conditional tense mixed in there must be confusing for anyone from outside Ireland.