Norn Ironisms

arkonite_babe

bingo_bango wrote:

AB....just as a wee addon to this thread....any idea how many Norn Iron users there are? There seem to be quite few, but it'd be nice to know just how many active users there are?

Bingo, no idea I'm afraid and I'm not sure if the forum team would be able to break down that info. Sorry

arkonite_babe

I used both thran and staughy or however you want to spell it :rotfl: on a regular basis.

Sleekit is another one in my vocabulary. Ermmmm, I do use other ones which I'm sure haven't been mentioned, but I can't think of them

steveymp

Hi youse gone stop postin all these Norn Iron words on here I'm sposed to be workin and can't get any done cause of the tears rolling out me eyes:rotfl:

Pure quality thread people haven't laughed so much in ages and the dictionary Jellynose:T :T Quality

Just a few more additions

Pondies - Potatoes mashed down with butter and milk
Champ - Spuds and Scallons of course
Mingen or Minging - not very nice;)

Back to work:rotfl:

declanmcc

Ulster Scots link:

http://www.ullans.com/dialect/Dialect.shtml

startrekker

Shut yer Bake....

Yur leepin so yu are

Ask yer ma bout me

Would this be classed as a typical Norn Irish person.

Walkin down the road at the height of the troubles, and wearing a Parka jacket with a great big target on the back, used to crease me up that did:rotfl:

badabing

or what about wearing your bomber jacket!!!

PandaPants_2

im ashamed to say that i dont really know what most of those words mean. I only heard gutties for the first time a few months ago! lol

jellynose

[ Here are some common sayings you might come across on your visit to Northern Ireland. ]


See if you can slip them into your next conversation with a Northern Irish person.


"What about ye big mawn, what are ye at the day?"
Translates as: How are you? Are you doing anything interesting this fine day?


"Taxi fer White" -usually heard at nightclubs and bars. Refers to someone who has consumed too much alchohol or drugs and is vomiting.


"Till Till Till" -this a rare. Be on the look out. Feel priviledged to hear it if you do. Translates as: Two minutes to Two


"Fancy a wee pint down the bar, or do ya wanna go till the Offies for a carry out?"
Translates as: Would you like to join me in some merriment at our local hostelry or would you rather purchasing some alchohol from the local Off License?


"Getawaydafug ya wee gat. Who'd ya fink y'are? Wee Slabber......"
Translates as: You'd better leave my vicinity in a hurry. I don't like you. Go away and don't come back. Who do you think you are? Go away.


"Givuz ah way bitta pace!"
Not a cry for an end to violence but a plea for time alone.


"Fer fuhsake catch yerself on ya fuggen goat ye..."
Translates as: Look, you better review the situation. You look rather silly

"Man, he's a fuggen dickbax, no bones about it. I'd knack the ballbegs ballix in...."

Translates as: I'm not particularly fond of said person in question, but by jove, I'd hit him if I saw him.

badabing

yer heads a marley!!

yer a poultice!

shut yer bake or yill geta dig in the coupon!!

startrekker

After knockin the door the wee old woman said
"Sorry to trouble ye love, but is this where the dead man lives?"
Aye it is, she replies
" Im sorry to hear about it and i hope it was nothin serious.........