*Men in platform shoes being arrested for bombings
*Shamrock
*Toothless simpletons
*Leprechauns
*Horses running through council estates
*Eyebrows on the cheeks
This made me laugh, and most of it is actually very true. I never call crisps "Taytos" though and I don't recall ever being afraid of the wooden spoon :eek:. In Dublin, people usually say "Ma" instead of "Mammy", especially on the north side. "Ma, will ya come he-yar for a minihh" (minute). People often refer to mams as "yer aul one"
"Here you, will ya meet me mate" - common phrase among teenagers.
Anything that's even slightly ridiculous can be described as "a load of bollox".
People's girlfriends are often reffered to as "birds" or "moths" :
"Is that yer bird?" .. "I'm headin' into town with me moth tonight so I am".
Some of that might only apply to the younger generation though, I'm not too sure. Sure I'm only a wee lad myself
This made me laugh, and most of it is actually very true. I never call crisps "Taytos" though and I don't recall ever being afraid of the wooden spoon :eek:. In Dublin, people usually say "Ma" instead of "Mammy", especially on the north side. "Ma, will ya come he-yar for a minihh" (minute). People often refer to mams as "yer aul one"
"Here you, will ya meet me mate" - common phrase among teenagers.
Anything that's even slightly ridiculous can be described as "a load of bollox".
People's girlfriends are often reffered to as "birds" or "moths" :
"Is that yer bird?" .. "I'm headin' into town with me moth tonight so I am".
Some of that might only apply to the younger generation though, I'm not too sure. Sure I'm only a wee lad myself
I now see where most Scouse expressions come from
I always wondered why no one outside Liverpool understood the second meaning of 'meeting'
Things are "savage" over here in Ireland and the first time someone described someone as a "gas man" I wondered what their job had to do with anything!
I know this is meant to be a ligth-hearted thread BUT my OH often points out things in the mainstream newspaper taking the pi55 out of the Irish.
He is only semi serious when he points them out, however he does have a point. It's as though the Irish are the last ethnic group you can poke fun at. Why is this OK though? :eek:
I know this is meant to be a ligth-hearted thread BUT my OH often points out things in the mainstream newspaper taking the pi55 out of the Irish.
He is only semi serious when he points them out, however he does have a point. It's as though the Irish are the last ethnic group you can poke fun at. Why is this OK though? :eek:
It bugs me when people say things about the Irish in a derogatory way but seriously a lot of those are funny because they are true (not joking!)
Things are "savage" over here in Ireland and the first time someone described someone as a "gas man" I wondered what their job had to do with anything!
I've not spent much time round the Northside of Dublin so is Sheila Chic accurate in screeching "Scarleh for yer ma" around the place? Never heard it outside Katherine Lynch's shows.
I know this is meant to be a ligth-hearted thread BUT my OH often points out things in the mainstream newspaper taking the pi55 out of the Irish.
He is only semi serious when he points them out, however he does have a point. It's as though the Irish are the last ethnic group you can poke fun at. Why is this OK though? :eek:
Because the irish like a bit of craic and can have a laugh at themselves!
I don't know if it's just an Irish saying but 'Thanks a million' is used a lot but what is Irish is how it's often compressed into one word so sounds like 'Tanksamillion' and you are guaranteed to hear it from cabin crew when getting off an Aer Lingus flight.
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"Do you like a good drink?" = Legless
The Leprechauns like to eat Trolls ....:rolleyes:
:sleep: Please read the rest of the thread before you post
And a hearty :rolleyes: to you too.
Maybe if you explained your self in the first post and why you had written it people woudnt jump on it .
Or then again...maybe you could read the few posts between mine and the last one.
Rihanna is told to cover up in a corn field by a farmer! WHAT!
Too right, most other places the farmer would have wipped out his phone, snapped a few pics and flogged them to the tabloids...profit.
pretty sure it might not have been only his phone other farmers would have whipped out!
"Here you, will ya meet me mate" - common phrase among teenagers.
Anything that's even slightly ridiculous can be described as "a load of bollox".
People's girlfriends are often reffered to as "birds" or "moths" :
"Is that yer bird?" .. "I'm headin' into town with me moth tonight so I am".
I now see where most Scouse expressions come from
I always wondered why no one outside Liverpool understood the second meaning of 'meeting'
They use meeting in parts of Yorkshire too, often shortened to a meet. Means anything from a walk with someone to a kiss, grope to full nookie.
He is only semi serious when he points them out, however he does have a point. It's as though the Irish are the last ethnic group you can poke fun at. Why is this OK though? :eek:
It bugs me when people say things about the Irish in a derogatory way but seriously a lot of those are funny because they are true (not joking!)
They're 'only brutal' in Dublin.
*shudder*
Jesus Christ with who? the deaf, dumb & blind?
Nope. I can't stand it myself and think the acting is 'only brutal' but lots of people who I would consider to normally have good taste watch it.
Because the irish like a bit of craic and can have a laugh at themselves!