Irish in the UK - what are the things that it took you ages to realise people don't say here.

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Inspired by the thread about Pancake Tuesday.

That thread has cracked me up because SO many posters are insisting no one EVER calls pancake Tuesday - it's Pancake Day - and sayu it's weird and wanky to call it that. And then all the Irish people on the thread are like ' wait, we've always called it that and never noticed that no one else did.

So what else you got?

For me, and I'm here 20 years, I only found out about a year ago that no one here calls a birth certificate a 'birth cert'. My English husband thought it was proper weird that I kept saying that. I had never picked up that it wasn't a thing! I think Irish people are so used to talking about the Leaving Cert or Junior Cert etc. that the Cert but feels natural. DH says no.

What other ways have I been unknowingly embarrassing myself for 20 years?

Ah you’ve reminded me of ludraman (pronounced lew-dra-mawn) for an idiot.

Not sure if these have been mentioned yet but people don't seem to know what's meant by 'the Hall door' or 'that child has my heart roasted'.

What else would you call a hall door?

The front door.

There used to be a lot more chocolate on them years ago. ☹️

my hubs English family wondering why I needed their pajama sizes for them to watch a tv show last visit … (Late late toy show night )

Why would you?

Was them bringing their own not an option?

Much of my family are in Northern Ireland, Fermanagh (right on the border to the republic, so not sure if that makes a difference), I do have family and friends in Dublin too so there’ll be a few from there no doubt

Mickey - penis
Chipper - Chip Shop/Chippy
If you order chips it’s always in the singular ‘large chip’
Tin of instead of can of drink
Well or Bout ye - walking past someone or people you know and acknowledging them/using it instead of saying hello
Aul’ wan- mum
If you ever asked what was for dinner you get the response shite (pronounced ‘shoy’ from my Dublin family)
Gas meaning funny - that’s gas (gaaahs)
Scunnered - embarrassed

Seeing well for a greeting goes one bit further in Waterford as in "well boi" or "well girl". Waterford has their own language - they have a dictionary for blow-ins such as myself.

Shellaybooky for snail and gallybander for catapult, lack for girlfriend.

Beour for girl or young woman but that's nationwide.

I used to be forever getting into bother with my English friends fo saying "I will yeah" 😆

This thread is deadly!

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@diddl …The late late toy show is an Irish institution… family’s buy special matching toy show Pajamas from penneys ( primark) the money goes to charity so I wanted his family to feel included … it makes sense to an Irish person there are also jumpers mugs shops do sweet packs take a ways do special deals and most people dream of getting a ticket to go to the show itself ( you get free gifts from the shows sponsors .. one for everybody in the audience…. You can come away with up to €1500 of goodies .. . ) the nation falls in love with at least one child presenter each year… there will be a sob your heart out wonderful moment .. Irish Twitter (x) goes into overdrive .., it’s a huge deal

Grand out. Class thread.

Off topic ....do Irish ppl marry out more than most ?

What's the context for the child having your heart roasted? We would say that child has my heart broken to mean they are killing me / causing me stress etc.

Thank you.

How lovely that it's for charity.

Had heard of the Late Late show (with Gay Byrne!) but not this.

Oh yeah and Mickey money = children's allowance

Oh, the Mickey money 😂
My school friend told me that it was named Mickey money after the minister who brought in the legislation to provide that benefit, Michael somebody, I can't remember who she said, but that is what I believed for years!! Decades. It eas only when my mother said "would you please stop saying that" and I asked a few other people that I discoveredit wasn't widely understood to have been named after a government minister 😅

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In my family it was, she has my heart scalded!

I just heard another one that I’d forgotten on The Great Pottery Throw down. I’m not sure if it’s been mentioned yet and that’s to make a hames of something.

Another one I heard in Waterford was 'gives me a pain in me bulb' 😆 Definitely a Vocabulary of its own.

It was heart scalded in our family.

@Hushabyelullaby in Belfast it’s scundered for embarrassed. My Glaswegian friend says they use scunnered for annoyed!

I read the first 10 pages and then skipped to this one so might have missed it but has lost the run of themselves come up yet? Usually follows the taking of notions if they’re not clamped down on quick.

Yes @harrietm87 .People are forever ' losing the run of themselves' hereabouts. They can be snapped out of it with a dose of : ' Are ya mad or what ?'

Although this can also be the reply to a perfectly innocent inquiry. Eg do you think these trainers are nice / worth 50eu / etc. No offence meant like.

"Hames" is one of my favourites! I must use it on a daily basis if not in school then at home 😆

I've used hames on here a few times. I didn't realise people would not know what I meant

I love the religious expressions, the general exclamations that can be said in anger or surprise or happiness. I'm not sure how many of these are exclusively Irish or Catholic.

• Jesus Mary and Joseph!
• mother of God!
• Holy Mary Mother of God!
• Lord above!
• Lord Bless and save us!
• Jesus H Christ!