Following on from the scallions thread . . . . .

[SrSteveOskowski]

Isn't the 'language' difference between Ireland and the UK amazing all the same? And I don't mean the literal language, ie: speaking Irish instead of Welsh, English etc.
More that although we're all speaking English, it can be so different.

For example (I'm Irish) would I confuse people in the UK if I started talking about buggies, minerals, rashers, taytos, the messages and the hot press to name but a few?

How many of you would know what all these things are, or would you just think "What on earth is she on about?"

Geordie here. Lathered usually means hot, sweaty rather than tired per se, but there can be a sense of being worn out because it's too hot, so maybe that's how she's using it.

Lathered would be drunk round my way. 'Did you see the state of him? He was quare lathered so he was...'

I like:

Ride
Brutal
Bold
Lads
C'mere to me

When my ILs are in the kitchen and talk about the living room, they say 'inside', which confused me immensely when I first met them!

Oh, and flaithulach!!

My mum used to call me a daft apeth (sp?). Never heard anyone but her call it. Is it an Irish thing?

One that hasn't been mentioned yet, and I don't know how widespread it is:

When my mam would tell me something (usually some family gossip) that wasn't suppposed to be common knowledge she'd say "don't pretend anything" but she would really mean pretend you don't know about it. Anyone else come across this?

@oldowlgirl You're claiming to want me out the thread, but you're just extending my participation in the thread. Where do you think you get the right to bully or shut people up just because you don't like what they say? I have completely stayed on topic, that's verifiable. The OP's premise was misguided, I pointed that out and also talked about minerals and ginger, got flamed and now I'm to blame? Hmm. I didn't press the point, made it once and others choose to take my comments up with unhelpful insults but WITHOUT substantial commentary. So lots of froth-mouthed ad hom and gaslighting and BSing and bruised egos, but none of the points with which anyone took issue have in any way been problematized. But there you go, why not take a few minutes and add some more flaming, that's the clever thing.

Chance "Daft ha'porth" is another phrase well used in NE England.

I forgot about flaithulach, now that's real Irish

Cherry my mother says “don’t pretend a thing” too. West coast?

I'm in my 50s and have never seen flaithulach written down before. Great word!

Plámás is one that I've always liked. You can hear the over the top flattery in the extended vowels. Plaaaaawmaaaaaws

Yes Milomar , must be a west thing! Thanks for replying . Never heard anyone outside my family say it.

i'm in my 50s and have never seen flaithulach written down before

Me either

@TheTitOfTheIceberg, yes, I think she means it more in that sense. If it's very warm she often says she's lathered or if she's been rushing around all day.

Is polluted just an Irish word for 'absolutely drunk off your head'? ie: "Did you see the state of your man? Totally polluted last night!"
Is that used in the UK too?

i'm in my 50s and have never seen flaithulach written down before

I admit I googled to check the spelling! (never studied Irish, in my defence)

I will yeah
Do you know the 5 lamps
Com’mere til I tell you
Young one young fella
In all in anyways
Do you know what I mean like l?

My mum used to call me a daft apeth I've heard that on Corrie but not in Ireland.

What about keep your hand on your ha'penny?

A word I haven’t seen mentioned on here yet ‘Sleekit’ meaning sly.

‘Watch him, he’s a sleekit cunt’.

Anyone?

I love plámás. And knawvshawling, though that’s definitely more my parents’ generation. And bockety. And shellityhorn. And sceptic.

My English-born DS uses all of these, in his cut-glass English accent.

Oh, and ‘G’way!’ being used to mean ‘You don’t say say! Tell me more!’

And cute hoor.

I have to explain to non-Irish friends that a ‘cute hoor’ is not a good-looking prostitute.

CherryBlossom23, my Limerick mother says "preten' nohin'" which I think is a garbled version of pretend nothing.

I might have missed it, but has anyone gone spare lately?

'a ‘cute hoor’ is not a good-looking prostitute.'

When I think 'cute hoor' I immediately see a member of the Healy-Rae clan. Doubt they'd make much of a living as a sex worker