Strange things people say where you live that seem normal to you but nobody else would understand

[Witty]

http://www.inyourpocket.com/northern-ireland/belfast/How-till-spake-Norn-Iron-A-guide-to-local-phrases_70619f

I was going through that list and it's accuracy is hilarious.

Any of you dudes have examples? I like to learn interesting colloquialisms

[Witty]

O is for...
Offie: Off Licence. “Let's go to the offie and buy some beer”
Oul: Old. “This pub is really oul”
Oul-Doll: Old Lady. “That oul-doll looks like your Ma”
Oul-Lad: Old Man. “That oul-lad lives up our street”

P is for...
Pastie-Lip: Someone with a big bottom lip. “Here comes pastie-lip with his new girlfriend”
Peelers: Police. “The peelers do my head in”

D is for...
Da: Father. “I seen your Da in the pub last night”
Dander: Walk. “Lets go for a dander”
Dead-On: Good, decent, alright. “I like him, he's dead-on”
Does my head in: Expression. Someone who really annoys you. “That dipso does my head in”

E is for...
Eejit : An Idiot. “You are an eejit”

F is for...
Faffin': Messing around, acting an eejit. “Stop faffin' around and do some work”

Fiddle: A Violin. “Get that fiddle out and let's have a sing-song”
Fire: Throw. “I was out firing stones at the Peelers"

H is for...
Haul: Hold. “Your man can't haul his beer”, “Haul my jacket”
Hoak: Rummage. “That wee man hoaks through the bins”
Hole: Bottom, Bum. “Get your lazy hole out of bed and go to work”
Hoop: Bum, bottom. “That child has a face like my hoop”

[Witty]

And of course -

The Black Stuff: Guinness. "You comin' out to the pub for a pint of the black stuff?"

[veritas]

round: homeboy
fall: pronounced "fawl" homeboy
whoadie: homeboy

[Mr. J]

Toilet...local rappers mixtapes

[Ghost1]

Leaned@tags


Jawn - this is basically a noun lol Strikta
Hemie - dope fiend
Yins - you an yours...or yall..or in philly - yous...lol savages
Bust down - the short end of a smoked cig

[Strikta]

lol yes it is.

[TayTay]

Go on and git nigger, : leave

[PancakeBrah]

lol it's funny because it's racist! you're funny! i'm laughing at your joke! it's so edgy!

[Witty]

Vintage Dancake.

[Allen Knight]

lol it's funny because it's racist! you're funny! i'm laughing at your joke! it's so edgy!

Lmaoo

[oats]

I'd say the majority of Hawaiian vernacular would make no sense to anyone here. Part of why language is so interesting. I work with a bunch of Euro/Commonwealth fucks from Ireland, Scotland, England, Australia etc, and it's fun to see how they teach English to Korean kids, and how it differs from Americans.