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?"

'redding her room up'

Missed that. Used to hear that a lot as a teen.... "go red up that mess" 😀

Yes, we used marla in primary school TheHolySmirk! Sometimes called it play-doh at home but usually marla

@Countess Constance, yes that's me. Just doing my bit in these times of Brexit

@JaneJeffer, knock off the big light in the sitting room there lads.
'Lads' does not necessarily refer to a group of males. It can be absolutely anyone, male or female and might only be two or three people.

It has taken me decades in the UK to remember that Irish people are 'off sick' from work but British people are 'ill'. 'Sick' in the UK seems to mean vomit, whereas to me it means, I suppose, the equivalent of 'poorly' 😀.
I also have fond memories of morla (plasticine) at school, and practising my writing in my copybook!

People in my part of Scotland are off sick or not well. No one is poorly...

It has taken me decades in the UK to remember that Irish people are 'off sick' from work but British people are 'ill'

I would say I was "ill" or "off sick" in reference to work. But not just "sick" or indeed not "off ill"!

I still call my shoes runners, hate the word trainers. I miss being able to call tousers "pants" too. I mean my jeans, not my knickers!! 😂

Scundered where we lived was a wonderful word with a real breadth of meaning. Much like the English “fucked.”

For example, “he went to the bar and got wile scundered” (drunk/fucked)
“Man that was a long day, I’m scundered now” (tired/done in/fucked).

As well as fed up, broken etc.

My favourite

StoneofDestiny

We are on the west coast. I had no idea it was an East coast thing too.

DappledThings

I'm Scottish and we all say "off sick" .

I'm from the South West (England) and most of these had me lost :p I knew rashers, taytos and the hot press. Yay me..

This was highly entertaining! And here I thought Norwegian dialects were not like the UK and Ireland because they were like different languages. Not so unlike the UK and Ireland at all eh!

Yes I suppose you do have sick leave. I've just noticed that if I say, the kids are sick, it's assumed they are throwing up, rather than just 'poorly'. I'm in London mind you, it's probably different elsewhere.

DH is English and he loves a good 'gobshite' on occasion

When the Childer were weens I'd tell them the guards would get them when they were bold.
Will I fuck means no.
I will yeah means I most certainly will not
Fuck off has many many meanings.

Whats her face - does anyone use this anymore?
Is it specific to Dublin/Ireland?

@isabellerossignol OMG! The Maine Man is online?!? Excellent!

@ForeverFaithless I use whatsher/hisface A LOT

(I'm from Dublin)

What about I stay/ where you staying? That used to really confuse me in Scotland where it seems to mean where do you live.
Is that the same in Ireland?

No. that's just Scottish.

Yes ForeverFaithless, still used. Along with yer man/yer one

Does anyone say c'mere to me when you want to tell someone something. Or say Ah Here when you're getting ready to give out.

I'm originally from Scotland but have now lived in England (dare I say it) 66 years, so as you can imagine do usually use English expressions so reading this thread has brought back so many memories when I read the words and expressions. My mother was from NI so for me it was a mixture of Irish and Scottish vocabulary.

I remember quite a lot of confusion when I first got married (husband English) between a basin or a bowl, a bucket or a pail and even a spade or a shovel!

Mentounasc - skanger is a chav or a knacker of the tracksuit wearing drug dealing type type nothing to do with women.

My mum says get my head showered which means get ten mins quiet.

My dh says “I will in me hole” which means he definitely will not do something.

My colleague calls dressing gowns house coats and socks stockings. We had a really weird conversation about the birth of her child where she was moaning about having her stockings on in labour. I thought she meant sexy stockings and not sports socks.

@ShiveringCoyote I’m Irish and I would always say come here and tell me or c’’mere to me now

We used ‘message’ is wales when I was growing out top, I wonder if it travelled over from Ireland?

What’s a buggy? A pushchair?