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?"

@Ottessa, low at 'good looking prostitute'.

I'm watching Supervet here and Noel Fitzpatrick has just said "Now you're sucking diesel".

Is that just an Irish expression? Noel's going to make it mainstream anyway.

@WaterQuarter, I met MHR. He was very, erm, cuddly!

Did you pay him for that cuddle though?

Oh I love "now you're sucking diesel"! It's a country expression but Noel is from Laois I think. Love that he used it!! ❤️

@WaterQuarter. No, he wasn't that cute
@CherryBlossom23, it was in the middle of a dog's operation. All seems to have gone well

@NabooThatsWho my mum would say Sleekid for someone who was sly.

@NabooThatsWho "A word I haven’t seen mentioned on here yet ‘Sleekit’ meaning sly. ‘Watch him, he’s a sleekit cunt’. Anyone?"

To a mouse:

Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a pannic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi' bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee,
Wi' murd'ring pattle!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_a_Mouse

Some of the words I miss saying since moving to the UK are.... banjaxed, fecking eejit, press, langers, codding ya and yer man

Rona, I'm going to assume, charitably, from your absolute deafness to tone that you are something of a dune le Dia, with a monomania about 'nationalists' and leave it at that.

@Otessa I’m not supporting Rona, but that “duine le Dia” comment isn’t very nice!

Shite patter too, as they say in Glasgow, which is usually to be expected from wannabe bullies who seek and rely on the advantage of numbers rather than their own wit and wiles. Still, a bit more respectable as a put down than a picture of a toy troll posted by an adult male, seen a lot of half-cooked catiness in my time but that was pretty cringe inducing.

Procrastination, I find it an inclusive and non-othering term, personally. But thank you for knowing what I meant through my autocorrect, which made it sound as if I were talking about religious sand.

Isabelle ** I did not know this!! This has made my day

Another phrase I like is 'it's far from X you were reared'

I remember being in a shop in LA with a friend and both of us mildly grumbling that we couldn't find any (I think) pomegranate molasses. We both came out with 'it's far from pomegranate molasses we were reared'

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html

I am from the NW England, but have lived abroad and further south in the UK. This quiz pinpointed correctly to the NW.

I asked someone for a “lift” , they asked me where to.
Also the term “hanging” ie disgusting.

Stop the lights!

I knew you were Irish from your first sentence.

I notice that we order sentences differently sometimes when relaxed, it is more like Irish language converted to English.

Isn't chocolate lovely altogether. (Nach bhfuil seaclaid iontach air fad)

Sorry if that isn't perfect, its about 20 years since I was in school but hopefully you know what I mean.

@Ottessa- “religious sand”

Does anybody else call the living room 'the house'? Me ma towl me til take the cup of tae in to the house

We used to call it 'the room'.

I've heard it called 'the house' (different region, maybe?), but we called it 'the room' or 'inside'. My grandmother had a room which was kept locked unless the priest or very important visitors came, or it was Christmas Day -- even though it meant the rest of time, all sitting, homework, relaxing, TV watching etc took place in the kitchen.

We both came out with 'it's far from pomegranate molasses we were reared'

DH and I say a version of this every time we read an Ottolenghi recipe in the weekend Guardian.

Does anyone else/parents use "abroad" as a synonym for "out in" ? My dad will often say "it's abroad in the garage" if I'm looking for something that's in the garage

Yes, or 'inside in the...' instead of 'in the...'

Yes Cherry and I also say things like they're beyond in field, he's behind in the shop, she's within in the house

Who had a back-kitchen growing up?