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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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Purple Mountain

bjork wrote: »

Pop

ffs..it's lemonade!

I remember being in a UK pub once and asking for a dash of white lemonade as a mixer.
The barmaid asked curiously what other kind of lemonade we have in Ireland and when I answered red lemonade she was aghast!

bjork

Pop

ffs..it's lemonade!

El_Duderino 09

In Ireland we discuss politics in a way that people don't seem to, in the UK.

Constant droning on about a lost cause like Irish water and nonsense talk about how all politicians are crooks.

For good or bad I have never heard people discuss politics like that in the UK

John C

Some years ago in a pub in Schull in West Cork the sign for the men's toilet was Jacks. The ladies sign was Banjacks.

It was in the year 1998 so my memory has faded.

It is a clever word game.
Ban is Irish for a woman.
Banjaxed is broken or even ruined.

John

tac foley

Re - 'Jacks'

In Tudor England a privy was first referred to as a jakes in 1530. In modern Ireland the cognate term jacks is still used, and is a very common method of referring to the toilet.

tac

franglan

The phrases "country bumpkin" and "foodie" spoken in a home counties accent displeases me greatly.

RED L4 0TH

Running Balance wrote: »

Not sure if its been mentioned. If you ask where is the jacks ? You get some right odd looks. To which I respond outloud to my self go away you gowlbag!!

Ditto with the phrase, "I've spent all day in the bog". Alot of English people might tell you to pop in to the doctor's to get it sorted.

pickarooney

Knowall Macduff wrote: »

Its very simple you take the food from the takeaway and bring it home...

...from the takeaway?

I still don't get it.

Mearings

Basil3 wrote: »

Generally you bring something to where you are, and you take it if it's going away.

I always ask my Mrs why you guys don't have a bring-away on a Saturday night instead of a take-away

Quite. We do, however, have bring and buy sales.
And, of course, we would take the eye out of your head.

Knowall Macduff

Basil3 wrote: »

Generally you bring something to where you are, and you take it if it's going away.

I always ask my Mrs why you guys don't have a bring-away on a Saturday night instead of a take-away

Its very simple you take the food from the takeaway and bring it home

Nesta99

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

I'm not sure where I heard this:

I heard it comes from olden times when one's servants couldn't be relied upon to either read or remember a list of groceries. So one would write a brief message to the local greengrocer thusly.

Dear Mrs Greengroser,

Please furnish my man-servant with the following items and add the cost to my bill.

Yours faithfully,
Lord Downton

At school we were told that as the post office was also the local shop when one was sent down to pick up the messages or telegrams they also picked up groceries and the expression evolved in to usage beyond telegrams but still used or associated with grocery shopping. 'will ye do a message for me run up the town for me cigs' .... i can see my English cousins confusion when ye read back!

I know my gran said one time that there was only one phone in her area (local shop) and that people abroad and the like would call and leave messages usually to say that they would ring at a certain time and to have somone there from the family to take the call, so I can see how the term may have persisted.

Mearings

From today's online Irish Independent:

<<Fine Gael TD Patrick O’Donovan is from Newcastle West and knows the wounded garda officer.

"I'm only just after hearing really" he told the Herald.>>

Hiberno English is still strong.

madmaggie

Buying fruit and veg in UK by the pound weight instead of individually, weird of what? A pound of apples, feck off ya eejit.

El_Duderino 09

Yer man or yer wan. The English don't get that at all

I told someone the score is 'nill all'. Apparently that's not normal

El_Duderino 09

Touche Tac. Not sure what point you're contributing but let's assume it has been made.

Anyhoo

One of my favourites is...

"You're 'avin ma eyes out, sunshine"

Translation: You're attempting to deceive/short change/lie to me, but I've seen through.

tac foley

In Co. Wickla they are referred to as 'tinks'. Your mileage may differ.

tac

El_Duderino 09

kristian12 wrote: »

For me the strangest one is going/gone to get the messages.

Nobody has yet been able to tell me why grocery is called messages.

I'm not sure where I heard this:

I heard it comes from olden times when one's servants couldn't be relied upon to either read or remember a list of groceries. So one would write a brief message to the local greengrocer thusly.

Dear Mrs Greengroser,

Please furnish my man-servant with the following items and add the cost to my bill.

Yours faithfully,
Lord Downton

El_Duderino 09

tac foley wrote: »

Do you mean 'tinks'?

I've never heard of 'Irish travellers' as anything but the much-unloved itinerant element of the Irish population who clutter up the landscape here in UK. As for the comments directed at you, all I can opine is that you sure do have some strange 'mates'.

tac

Never heard 'Tinks' but have heard them referred to as 'Gypos' but that refers to Roma and Irish Travelers. I'm living up North near Durham though. 'Tinks' sounds like a southern word.

Out at rugby training doing scrum practice they joked that someone would have to keep an eye on the scrum machine or I would have it for scrap.

Just relaying my experience

tac foley

Do you mean 'tinks'?

I've never heard of 'Irish travellers' as anything but the much-unloved itinerant element of the Irish population who clutter up the landscape here in UK. As for the comments directed at you, all I can opine is that you sure do have some strange 'mates'.

tac

El_Duderino 09

We say Traveler to refer to our nomadic cousins.

They say Irish Traveler to refer to the same thing but some think the term Irish traveler refers to any Irish person who has traveled to England. I have been asked if we ALL live in caravans or do some of us have houses.

My mates over here were making scrap metal jokes towards me for a week before I asked what they were on about.

tac foley

P. Breathnach wrote: »

Of course you can - so long as you don't express it.

:rolleyes:

tac

SpaceTime

Plug it into the ESB...

My granny was always asking did things run on batteries or if you could charge them on the ESB.

Mearings

tac foley wrote: »

'Hames'.
Only in Ireland. tac

<<<I heard of a fair in the County Clare
At a place call Spancil Hill
Where my brother James got a rap of the hames
Poor Paddy they tried to kill.>>>

http://mainlynorfolk.info/anne.briggs/songs/sullivansjohn.html

P. Breathnach

tac foley wrote: »

You can be critical of the Irish, but I cannot be.

Of course you can - so long as you don't express it.

tac foley

P. Breathnach wrote: »

??

You can be critical of the Irish, but I cannot be.

tac

P. Breathnach

tac foley wrote: »

I hope you'll pay careful note that it was not I who said that.

tac

SpaceTime

Call the Guards!

It always sounds like a mediaeval king or queen calling for their guards.

tac foley

I hope you'll pay careful note that it was not I who said that.

tac

P. Breathnach

tac foley wrote: »

'Hames'.

Only in Ireland.

tac

We have more need of the word than most other people.

Into The Blue

tac foley wrote: »

'Hames'. Only in Ireland

Is it?! Well I never..