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?"

What is washing the pots if not the post dinner (not tea, tea is a drink) clean up?

Yeah it’s washing the dishes. Pots is just weird though. They’re plates and cutlery and glasses. Not pots.

I'm English & I know all of those expressions - but that's because DH is Irish & I've lived in Ireland for many years.

I use most of them too, but have to switch back to using the English versions on visits home or nobody has a clue what I mean

Doing the dishes!

The word poorly makes me want to boke! It's banned from my house. I love saying "amn't" and waiting for someone to smugly tell me it's not 'proper' English .

Does anyone here use the phrase "it's cat" for something that's a disaster? I don't notice it much among people my age (20s/30s) but my mam used to say it all the time.

I knew my DH had converted me to part Irish when I started telling him to look for his things in the press! Didn't have a clue what he was on about when we first met 😂

And mywaddy or however you spell it! Not a clue what he was on about...!

Urgh, hate poorly. Totally banned in our house.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English

Some good vocab and grammar here for our British friends

It was only the other day (on here) that I realised pots as in washing up wasn't national

I'd only heard this on Teen Mom UK! I couldn't work out why Chloe was so cross with Jordan not washing up pots specifically rather than the washing up in general. They are in Nottingham, is it a Midlands thing?

Sorry to derail OP. I'd know all of your but lived in NI for 3 years and been confused before. First time I was staying at someone's house and they told me to help myself to a towel from the hot press I had no idea what it was.

Always been absurdly happy that my English accented kids say ‘boak’ ‘gutties’ and ‘scundered’ !

We also have a big bowl, hotpress and big light... I mean are you even Irish if you don’t call the overhead light in the living room the ‘big’ light??

Diddies
Bogging
Bake
Bout ye
Gutties
Hoak
Poke

I love saying "amn't" and waiting for someone to smugly tell me it's not 'proper' English wink.

Does anyone here use the phrase "it's cat" for something that's a disaster?

Yes!
“Did you hear Topshop in town is closing?”

“Ah for fuck sake. That’s cat!”

I love minerals. I was telling someone at work just last week about minerals.

First time I heard that one was at some AmDram. In the interval there was announcement that crisps and minerals were available. I was imagining something like those salt licks you get for guinea pigs.

It’s cat malojen I believe is the proper phrase...

It's also amazing how many regional differences there are between different parts of the UK. I'm Scottish like Mokepon but unlike her I have no idea what a hot press is, because it isn't used in my area.

I know that rashers are bacon, hot press is airing cupboard, taytos are crisps, scallions are spring onions can't remember the others. I only know as one of my best friends is Irish

Are gutties plimsolls, or did I make that up?

I knew all of the words in the OP... from previous MN threads

I do know buggies, rashers and messages though.

Oh messages are errands

And that Taytos are a crisp brand.

How is 'the messages' used in a sentence?

“Where’s mum?”

“Getting the messages”

How is 'the messages' used in a sentence?

“Mam, quick, the Angelus is on”
“She’s not there, she’s gone off up town to do the messages. She’ll be down soon”.

@CherryBlossom23, no just cat but catmalogen!

Yes, poorly or ill in the UK. In Ireland we're just 'sick'.
Also, the first time I met my cousin's English girlfriend (he lives in England, brought her home to Ireland one Xmas) I completely confused her when I asked her what her second name was. She looked at me a bit oddly before saying 'Jane'. I kept saying "No, no, not your middle name, your second name". She finally said "Oh you mean my SURNAME!"