Jaysus Merv don't encourage him, he'll set one up for respect of languages and culture forbye.big mervyn wrote:homaighnéasachBaggyTrousers wrote:Despite being as gay as the next man Rooster, I'll have to decline, your missus would gub me.Rooster wrote:Ar mhaith leat gnéas a bheith agat liomsa?
Very useful phrase
We should have a similar thread for Ulster Scots - infinitely more entertaining.
Can't find a satisfactory Ulster Scots word for gay.
"Big Jessie" has been suggested but I don't really buy that one.
"A wee bit shy of hiself" is the best I've found
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NEVER MOVE ON. Years on, I cannot ever watch Ireland with anything but indifference, I continue to wish for the imminent death of Donal Spring, the FIRFUC's executioner of Wee Paddy & Wee Stu, and I hate the FIRFUCs with undiminished passion.
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Jaysus Merv don't encourage him, he'll set one up for respect of languages and culture forbye.big mervyn wrote:homaighnéasachBaggyTrousers wrote:Despite being as gay as the next man Rooster, I'll have to decline, your missus would gub me.Rooster wrote:Ar mhaith leat gnéas a bheith agat liomsa?
Very useful phrase
We should have a similar thread for Ulster Scots - infinitely more entertaining.
Can't find a satisfactory Ulster Scots word for gay.
"Big Jessie" has been suggested but I don't really buy that one.
"A wee bit shy of hiself" is the best I've found
NEVER MOVE ON. Years on, I cannot ever watch Ireland with anything but indifference, I continue to wish for the imminent death of Donal Spring, the FIRFUC's executioner of Wee Paddy & Wee Stu, and I hate the FIRFUCs with undiminished passion.
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Was good in years past out and about the pubs and discos south of the border if a few girls started talking between themselves about you, that really stopped them as they then thought you had understood all they had saidBaggyTrousers wrote:Despite being as gay as the next man Rooster, I'll have to decline, your missus would gub me.Rooster wrote:Ar mhaith leat gnéas a bheith agat liomsa?
Very useful phrase
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"Gay" in Ulster Scots is "gay", but spoken in a Ballymena accent.
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and nearly always prefaced with the word 'wee'.Gary wrote:"Gay" in Ulster Scots is "gay", but spoken in a Ballymena accent.
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Taxi in Irish is pronounced TAXI
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But, for the avoidance of any doubt, it is spelt TACSAI. It all just goes to show that there are a good few easy words to learn folks.
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As the end of the world as we know it approaches from the East you may be interested to know that he word for SNOW is SNEACHTA - and if you want to pronounce it properly here is a useful link - https://www.bitesize.irish/inirish/1429
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Is Sneachta not something a weemin might sit on .
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I fecking hope the press never see this forum and take rums posts as out attitude towards wahmenrumncoke wrote:Is Sneachta not something a weemin might sit on .
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WEEK 5 - another easy one this week. The Irish for Banana is ........ Banana.
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Does the Irish 'Banana' not just mean a female Anna?HwoodMike2umate wrote:WEEK 5 - another easy one this week. The Irish for Banana is ........ Banana.
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WEEK 6 - lets have some help from Trip Advisor - https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Travel-g1 ... Slang.html