Things said in Ireland that no one says in England

feargale · 21-09-2014 1:28am

lulu1 wrote: »

Did anyone ever notice when they go to stay with friends/family in england that they would drink tea all day and nothing to eat with it..

Much the same as we drink other stuff

feargale · 21-09-2014 1:34am

Sam Kade wrote: »

I'm Irish and around a long time I've never heard of a pencil parer called a topper.

It was common decades ago. Last time I heard it most of you weren't born.

feargale · 21-09-2014 1:41am

sammyjo90 wrote: »

Runners/takkies for trainers..and pants for trousers

Pants in USA too. Linguistically we're kind of halfway between England and America.
I believe takkies is originally South African, and began its Irish life in Limerick about 40 years ago.

Jumboman · 21-09-2014 2:12am

We say Garda.

They say Old Bill.

SpaceTime · 21-09-2014 2:27am

I remember a colleague of mine in London shouting "Call the Guards!" because someone had just broken into our office.

My English and American coworkers thought she was doing an impression of Queenie from Black Adder or thought she was a mediaeval monarch of some sort.

Guards: seize him!!!

Plenty of English colloquialisms that leave Irish and Americans completely befuddled too though. It works both ways.

Bepolite · 21-09-2014 9:45am

aaronc182 wrote: »

going to the shop to get the messages,

think this is an irish thing

That's a Scottish term, I think I heard it here once or twice in 10 years, in Scotland it would be common parlance, usually amongst older people.

Afroshack · 21-09-2014 9:52am

The way we pronounce the letter 'R'

We say 'urrr'
They say 'ahhhh'

They've also never heard of chicken fillet rolls.

Big Nasty · 21-09-2014 10:01am

KungPao wrote: »

I'm gonna guess that comes from 'grazie mille' which means a thousand thanks...but 'mille' sounds like a million.

Never heard Go raibh mille maith agat then? Infinitely more likely it came from Irish than Italian.

21-09-2014 10:09am

tac foley wrote: »

That is a Northern way of speaking, typically Yorkshire/Lancashire people who are not as well educated as they might be.

tac

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

Cheek!!

Buona Fortuna · 21-09-2014 10:28am

This is probably more about pronounciation but for the first few weeks when we moved people would say:

"The midges are out"
"Look out for the midges"
"Feckin midges"

Meaning the horrible little flies that swarm and bite at certain times of the year.

But what I heard was:

"The midgets are out"
"Look out for the midgets"
"Feckin midgets"

It caused my wife considerable amusement when I asked what everyone had against dwarves, and how come I hadn't seen any.

pickarooney · 21-09-2014 10:45am

Sam Kade wrote: »

Mala is also Mallow town in Irish.

No. Mala, the town, has no fada. Different sound and spelling.

Floody Boreland · 21-09-2014 10:48am

Sam Kade wrote: »

I'm Irish and around a long time I've never heard of a pencil parer called a topper.

Never heard a pointer called either of these misnomers before:p

Not2Good · 21-09-2014 11:03am

Now you're suckin' diesel (heard down in Waterford)

Not2Good · 21-09-2014 11:03am

Don't ask me what it means!!!! But heard lots of people saying it! And I wasn't at a tractor show's exhibition on fuel siphoning ...

Not2Good · 21-09-2014 11:12am

"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)

mikemac1 · 21-09-2014 11:15am

Not2Good wrote: »

Don't ask me what it means!!!! But heard lots of people saying it! And I wasn't at a tractor show's exhibition on fuel siphoning ...

Sucking diesel means things are going great and better then expected. Like a carpenter started a two day job but everything is flying along and he might get done in half the time

Not2Good · 21-09-2014 11:17am

Excellent, thanks ……. so they were being nice to me ….

AnLonDubh · 21-09-2014 11:34am

pickarooney wrote: »

No, it's marla (no fada). Mála means a bag.

Just to say Márla is a perfectly valid spelling and the traditional one. It is pronounced with a fada in most of the dialects, but not in Clare Irish (on which the standard is based), or types of Conamara Irish.

gugleguy · 21-09-2014 11:45am

In Ireland : ya complete looodermawn.

In England : you moron.

Bepolite · 21-09-2014 12:58pm

You Langer.

ZeitgeistGlee · 21-09-2014 1:02pm

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 · 21-09-2014 1:06pm

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 · 21-09-2014 1:17pm

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 · 21-09-2014 1:24pm

"We won't feel it till Christmas"

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

deise08 · 21-09-2014 2:44pm

We go to mass.
they go to church.

Jumboman · 21-09-2014 2:46pm

"Would you cop your self on"

I dont think they say that in England.

The Adversary · 21-09-2014 3:06pm

"Thank you"

Irish: sound or sound out.

English: lovely jubily.

sw33t_r3v3ng3 · 21-09-2014 3:19pm

Whats the story?

Any sca?

Arii

Sound Man

Bepolite · 21-09-2014 3:37pm

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

Bigus · 21-09-2014 4:01pm

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 · 21-09-2014 5:55pm

deise08 wrote: »

We go to mass.
they go to church.

They're feckin heathens

tac foley · 22-09-2014 10:51am

deise08 wrote: »

We go to mass.
they go to church.

They are probably not going to a Roman Catholic church.

tac

tac foley · 22-09-2014 10:52am

The Adversary wrote: »

"Thank you"

Irish: sound or sound out.

English: lovely jubily jubbly.

Fixed.

tac

tac foley · 22-09-2014 10:54am

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 · 22-09-2014 10:59am

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 · 22-09-2014 11:00am

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 · 22-09-2014 12:55pm

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! · 22-09-2014 1:54pm

Spring Onions in England
Scallions in Ireland

MoodeRator · 22-09-2014 3:16pm

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

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

SpaceTime · 22-09-2014 3:31pm

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 · 22-09-2014 3:35pm

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 · 22-09-2014 5:18pm

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 · 22-09-2014 7:22pm

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 · 22-09-2014 7:22pm

yeah its billy jo-el ( thats its pronunciation)

tommy100 · 22-09-2014 7:24pm

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

tommy100 · 22-09-2014 7:25pm

pigs trotters ??? cubeen???

tommy100 · 22-09-2014 7:25pm

crubeens????

tac foley · 22-09-2014 7:32pm

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 · 22-09-2014 7:35pm

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 · 22-09-2014 7:36pm

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.

Things said in Ireland that no one says in England

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