St. Patrick’s day is almost here and in the spirit of the holiday I wanted to share a little bit of my Irish life with you! My husband is from County Antrim, Northern Ireland and he has the Irish slang that comes with it. There are many times in a day when I cannot think of the AMERICAN word for something because all day long I hear the Irish version. I have a tendency to say footpath instead of sidewalk, trolley instead of cart, pram instead of stroller and dummy instead of pacifier…. usually when I don’t have coffee.
On my last trip to Ireland I wrote down funny random sayings and words as I heard them into a little address book. I found this book when I was cleaning out my garage recently and figured I might as well share. So here they are….. REAL Irish Sayings from the wife of an Irishman.
Things Chris says to me when he is annoyed - You are frying my head, Your doing my head in, Your wreckin my head (lol… yes I drive my husband nuts, it is my specialty). Wise Up, Cop on, Come off it. What are you on about?
The many ways to say DRUNK- Plastered, Airlocked, Stocious, Blocked, Coming sideways, coming with a load on, The Rip, Lash, Buckled,
Sayings- Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, Sandwich short of a picnic, Tight as ducks, Bum is a Plum
Here are some words…..
- Sound- Reliable
- Aye- yes
- Dead on- That’s good
- Grand- fine, ok
- Like, Hi, Butt, So it is - used at the end of many sentences
- Scunnered- Pissed Off
- Red Sauce- Ketchup
- White Sauce- Who knows but they use it a lot
- Brown Sauce- Gravy
- Wee Dumpy Article - homely person
- Feck sake- OMG
- Wee Fizzy Mineral- Soda
- Have a greedy gut- Eat too much/full
- Egit- Silly Person
- Putting the fool on them- Hitting on them
- Rashers,Bangers- Sausage
- Pissing- Raining
- Booking- Puking
- Champ- Mashed Potatoes
- Ya- You, Ye- Yous (and yes… they say “yous” regularly)
- Class- Good
- Good Craic- A good time
- Your Arse is a Daisy - You are lieing
- A Bad Egg- Bad person
- Foothpath- Sidewalk
- Moggy- Sad
- Boggin, Mucky - Dirty
- Shopping Trolley - Shopping cart
- Dummy- Pacifier
- Trainers- Running Shoes
- The Boot- The trunk of the car
- The Bonnet- The hood of a car
I actually have TONS more but just wanted to list out what I had here in my little book. I hope everyone has a great St. Patrick’s day, stay safe and have tons of fun!
This is awesome! I’m going to brush up on my “Irish Speak” for St. Patrick’s Day 🙂
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Lol you should Jennifer!
This was a ton of fun to read. I especially like the things your husband says to you when he’s annoyed haha!!
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Lol… the slang REALLY comes out when he is annoyed Amy! Glad you enjoyed these 🙂
Love it! I need to file this away as a translator for my next conversation with Chris!
Lol Dena! Take note!
OMG these are hilarious! Eww white sauce…I just think of mayo. I had fun reading all of these! 😀
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Lol.. Heather I think it is def some form of mayo… runny mayo 🙂 Glad you enjoyed the post!
So I made the mistake of reading this after I had two glasses of wine, I’m over here laughing my head off at these sayings. My family thinks I’m nuts. This is an awesome list you made. It sounds like you and your hubby have a lot of laughs together. I think I might have some new sayings to say to Clyde. Your Wreckin my Head!!
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Haha Courtney, I love it!! And yes we do!!
These are hilarious! My good friend married an Irishman two years ago, and the wedding was out of control! Lots of these sayings, lots of ‘airlocked’ people, but overall a good craic (not sure if I used those quite right, but I’m still laughing)!! Fun post to read! Hope you guys are having a festive weekend!!
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Lol… you used them perfectly Katie! Too funny
Aaah I love this….I’m from Co Antrim too - where’s he from?!
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He is from Dunloy.. where are you from Janice?!
So cute! Oddly, or maybe not… I say and hear a lot of these sayings here in the South.
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Love this post. Found you through the Wednesday Whatsits party hop. I have family and friends in Ireland so I have heard more than my fair share of slang. My favorite one has to be bollocks! And if I remember correctly their white sauce concoction is milk, butter and flour.
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Lol….. I have eaten my fair share of “white sauce” Chrystal and this is the first time I have heard what is in it!!