Cute means smart, and smart means irreverent, along with saucy, which does not mean sexy, nor does foxy, which means ginger. Desperate does not mean desperate, but rather emphasises any word it precedes, as does awful, which does not mean terrible, which does. Sure means Well, and well means hello, which is not the same as hi, which generally means Oi you!, which is pretty similar to c'mere, which does not mean come over here, but rather is the generic start of an Irish sentence, meaning something along the lines of, "Please listen carefully, I am about to speak." Its opposite would be "Go on" which does not mean go on at all, but rather, "Please put down the phone, I am finished speaking with you," which is much more polite than saying, "Get away to fuck" which does not mean "Please leave so you can procreate", but rather is the same as "Go on", except with added snarling.
Are we clear yet?
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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"Go on, now" = you are shitting me.
"Now, ya are sucking Diesel" = you are doing something correct, and about time too. Not to be mistaken for " now, you are hurling", which has similar but lesser meaning. And, "a bit of a ride" a term for an enjoyable woman not necessarily one for the bed, but usually does.
I dinnae ken when you'se blether a laid a pish in Oirish.
"See me reet?" = Now take me for example.
"Hello Mary-Doll" = I'd like to go through your purse for my beer money.
"Och" = Away and boil your head.
You could do a whole dictionary just on Cork expressions. "I'm allergic." "You're langers." "You would." "I'm having a rahbee." "I'm inashit." And so on and so forth.
They have done. It was very funny. Every Norrie I know near died with the giggles, so they did.
The post was stuck up inna hurry, as I've not been well. Could you tell?
I just found it funny to begin at one point and trawl through the first few confusing alt-meanings that came into my head. Must be difficult for... let's say Americans, when they hear us call our Taoiseach a "cute hoor".
Lurgy still affectin' ya? Ya crater...
The vapours, Radge! The vapours!
Heard a great one from the sister recently, which I'm sure must be confined to Cork: "lightning" as in "He's a lightning asshole".
And 'a holy terror altogether' is not a mullah talking up jihadist activity with a group of pals.
What about 'wagon', what does that mean?
Yup, that's my Conan... you always get it, you do.
Rightio,
Lightning has nothing to do with weather, unless one is emphasising an electrical storm, which would make it lightning lightning. A holy terror altogether is not a mullah talking up jihadist activity with a group of pals, or indeed the collective noun for a group of paedophile priests, although their housekeepers may be referred to as wagons, which have nothing to do with modes of transportation or infrastructure, in much the same way as doing a line has nothing to do with trains and everything to do with groping wagons.
Clear again?
I think you may have invented a new game...Doing a line could also be a reference to illicit drug use not to be confused with illicit liasons with aforementioned wagons, while coming down can have a whole range of meanings...
Hup!
Ha. Years back I did a huge ist of Cork slang and then saw an updated version up on The People's Republic of Cork website. Gowls.
Anyway... Sweary, even when sick your talent makes me shit.
I'm very happy that I've managed to unclog you, Kevin dear.
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