Funny colloquial sayings (29)
CAITLIN765: Have you ever thought about how we sometimes say things and what they would mean to someone listening in if they werent from here.
For example in Derry people often say things like ....Im away up the stairs to throw myself down (meaning Im away to bed for a while) or
They called at the door when i was sitting in the middle of my tea - (They called at tea-time)
Is this Ireland wide or a Derry thing?
For example in Derry people often say things like ....Im away up the stairs to throw myself down (meaning Im away to bed for a while) or
They called at the door when i was sitting in the middle of my tea - (They called at tea-time)
Is this Ireland wide or a Derry thing?
First of all I have never said nor heard saying number 1
Saying two I have heard.
But the thing that always got me about Derry lingo is the way the great you in the street, not hello or hi but YES,,, what's that all about I never ask you a question
In Lisburn we said hi yeh, short for hello, hince the hi bit.wittyone: First of all I have never said nor heard saying number 1
Saying two I have heard.
But the thing that always got me about Derry lingo is the way the great you in the street, not hello or hi but YES,,, what's that all about I never ask you a question In Lisburn we said hi yeh, short for hello, hince the hi bit.
Saying two I have heard.
But the thing that always got me about Derry lingo is the way the great you in the street, not hello or hi but YES,,, what's that all about I never ask you a question In Lisburn we said hi yeh, short for hello, hince the hi bit.
they and greet
wittyone: First of all I have never said nor heard saying number 1
Saying two I have heard.
But the thing that always got me about Derry lingo is the way the great you in the street, not hello or hi but YES,,, what's that all about I never ask you a question In Lisburn we said hi yeh, short for hello, hince the hi bit.
yeah that got me as well as calling the kids wains odd but the one derry saying i hate is wats the bars meaning hi wats new in your life Saying two I have heard.
But the thing that always got me about Derry lingo is the way the great you in the street, not hello or hi but YES,,, what's that all about I never ask you a question In Lisburn we said hi yeh, short for hello, hince the hi bit.
awful 
cause i live in dublin but go to college in dundalk iv picked up bits of everything, now instead of saying hello i say well, instead of just yes i say aye yes, instead of i havnt i say iv not. have also been told for a dublin girl i say the words no and horse with rather strong country accent 
guess its down to what you listen to all the time and what you pick up
oh another one, instead of saying someone is just mad they are as mad as a box of frogs or as mad as a brush
guess its down to what you listen to all the time and what you pick up
oh another one, instead of saying someone is just mad they are as mad as a box of frogs or as mad as a brush
salanky: cause i live in dublin but go to college in dundalk iv picked up bits of everything, now instead of saying hello i say well, instead of just yes i say aye yes, instead of i havnt i say iv not. have also been told for a dublin girl i say the words no and horse with rather strong country accent
guess its down to what you listen to all the time and what you pick up
oh another one, instead of saying someone is just mad they are as mad as a box of frogs or as mad as a brush
guess its down to what you listen to all the time and what you pick up
oh another one, instead of saying someone is just mad they are as mad as a box of frogs or as mad as a brush
mad as a hatter, not that I have ever been told this
wittyone: mad as a hatter, not that I have ever been told this
also bouncing off the walls and crawling on the ceiling 
If your telling porkies
Aye right - and my mother's Jewish ..
Aye right - and my mother's Jewish ..
salanky: also bouncing off the walls and crawling on the ceiling
so what does flowery mean in dub?
wittyone: so what does flowery mean in dub?
erm doesnt have a different meaning to me my sisters fave one for people getting too big for their boots is get back in your box and my mams one is get up outa that
salanky: yep have come across that one alright. thing for me is that my class come from all over, some are cavan, some monaghan, one from clare and a few from dublin. lecturers are from all over too, donegal, newry, kildare, belfast and meath so we have one hell of a mix of words now
I would imaging you have,the Donegal slang is the worse though to understand,Wain as others have said and wild which i take means very
misspecial: I would imaging you have,the Donegal slang is the worse though to understand,Wain as others have said and wild which i take means very
yeah she does often translate for us but her main thing is to add "and whatever" to everything 
misspecial: flowery SPUDS?
Pure Balls of Flour
salanky: yeah she does often translate for us but her main thing is to add "and whatever" to everything
Its funny though that we dont realise how some of the things we say can be confusing to others,i have a habit of saying "thats it now" and never realised until it was pointed out to me.
misspecial: Its funny though that we dont realise how some of the things we say can be confusing to others,i have a habit of saying "thats it now" and never realised until it was pointed out to me.
i always notice things like that, i say aye a lot now since i started saying it. sister says i said says i all the time and it wrecks my head, she would say it maybe 4 or 5 times in one sentence if shes talking about a conversation shes had salanky: i always notice things like that, i say aye a lot now since i started saying it. sister says i said says i all the time and it wrecks my head, she would say it maybe 4 or 5 times in one sentence if shes talking about a conversation shes had
Another Derryism is putting 'you know' after every sentence...have you ever heard someone from Derry on radio or TV - its full of 'you know' swittyone: First of all I have never said nor heard saying number 1
Saying two I have heard.
But the thing that always got me about Derry lingo is the way the great you in the street, not hello or hi but YES,,, what's that all about I never ask you a question In Lisburn we said hi yeh, short for hello, hince the hi bit.
My dad used to say that all the time....mum was always thinking 'Im going up the stairs to push you down' Saying two I have heard.
But the thing that always got me about Derry lingo is the way the great you in the street, not hello or hi but YES,,, what's that all about I never ask you a question In Lisburn we said hi yeh, short for hello, hince the hi bit.
CAITLIN765: Have you ever thought about how we sometimes say things and what they would mean to someone listening in if they werent from here.
For example in Derry people often say things like ....Im away up the stairs to throw myself down (meaning Im away to bed for a while) or
They called at the door when i was sitting in the middle of my tea - (They called at tea-time)
Is this Ireland wide or a Derry thing?
For example in Derry people often say things like ....Im away up the stairs to throw myself down (meaning Im away to bed for a while) or
They called at the door when i was sitting in the middle of my tea - (They called at tea-time)
Is this Ireland wide or a Derry thing?
Think it is probably an Irish thing, I have heard both those sayings used where I come from (Cavan).
I love this one, Was chatting to a fella from Armagh one day, my brother asked him was the pub he was in the night before busy.
Yer man said..." Jaysus it was that packed you couldn't turn a sweet in your own mouth"
Another one in Kildare...about a bendy road... It is that bad you will see the back of yer own head going around it..
Donegal Version, again about a bendy road...you will meet yourself coming back
I love all the different sayings, they have to be confusing for Non Nationals though.
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For example in Derry people often say things like ....Im away up the stairs to throw myself down (meaning Im away to bed for a while) or
They called at the door when i was sitting in the middle of my tea - (They called at tea-time)
Is this Ireland wide or a Derry thing?