A bit o' Dooblinese.....

[Discoteque]

Some folks in another thread were talking about the Dublin "needle" that's being built, which I hadn't heard about, so I looked it up....and I came across a couple of hiliarious sites about Dublin-speak/Dublinese. Omg, they have nicknames for everything, I wouldn't be able to keep up!

Feel free too add your own!

http://www.bluepages.ie/site/content/cityguide/dictionary/

some "monumental" nicknames for city sites:

http://www.bluepages.ie/site/content/cityguide/dubssubs/stilettoinghetto.shtml

 

[u2er]

"outta me trolley"..

 

[Laura M]

Its just like cockney rhyming slang; mince pies-eyes, trouble & strife- wife

Our Dialect: http://speaknorniron.8m.net/common.htm *shudder* we dont ALL speak like that though phew

 

[Lemon Meringue]

Those are great! I found this when we were planning a trip to Scotland.

http://www.paidmyre.demon.co.uk/

 

[Giant Lemon]

Dublinese: "Anto and that bird were down the buzzer having a couple of scoops and they got blottoed and they were wearing the face of each other."

Man, if I ever go to Ireland I'm going to need a translator!

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

here's a site where you can type in something and it will give it to you in Irish slang (they also have a scottish and english ones)
http://www.ck-net.com/wdb/main.asp?pageid=home&topic=home