Is it discrimination to hate people who say 'super!' ?

Absolutely
Like
Totally
Amazing
Riiiiiiight

In that order.
 
Marion said:
So, nothing wrong with "perfect!" or "obviously" then.

Great!



Marion
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"Perfect" is grand, "obviously" is old hat, the 'like' brigade don't use it at all. So, nope, no objections.

 


That's wierd since the correct Kerry pronunciation is, of course, 'lishen'. The closer you get to the Cork border ( people of Rathmore- you know who I'm talking about) the more it ends on an upward inflexion.

Around here 'sh' appears in all sorts of words commonly, for example 'bishqit' for biscuit.

Normal responses to questions here include 'grand', 'work away', 'very good' and so on. 'Actually' is a word that teenagers and younger children use frequently until they realise that that too is annoying. 'Super!' is just nerve grating. She must have been a foreigner, the more I think about it, from Dublin or someplace like that...
 
My favourite "Kerryism" is:

"was no way _____ faith".

e.g. Jaysus, he was no way drunk faith lash night. Meaning he was very drunk last night.

Has the use of the word "whist" declined, I used it recently and only a percentage of the people were familiar with it. It basically means be quiet or shut up, depending on the tone. Probably not the most polite of terms.
 
LOL. That sentence should read either ' Faith he was no way drunk last night' or 'Jaysus, he was no way drunk lash night, faith.'

A very subtle difference but it's all in the nuances.

'Whisht' would still be used but really only between people who are very familiar with each other, families etc. So you wouldn't hear it too often because of that.

Also phrases such as ' I do be going...', 'yerra', etc all still common place.
 
anyone annoyed by the starting of the sentence with "basically..."
Loike,You don't have to break it down to loike, that level if you know what I mean.
 

A variation being "wudje ever hould yer whisht!'.
 

ohmygod us corkies have excellent speech like!!!!! your only jealous purple coz we have the best hurling team..... like

My OH says "to be honest" at the beginning of ALOT of his sentences!!! grrrr....
 
I say super all the time but then again I'm a Yank at heart anyway. The corporate-speak has to be the worst. Someone mentioned 'going foward'. How about being asked to 'progress' or 'action' something. I hate the word 'bespoke' for some reason. where did that come from.
 
Purple said:
I hate people who say 'like' all the time.
I also hate people who are intolerant and people who generalise and people who dont use punctuation or know how to structure sentences properly.
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...like about nurses, eh Purple?



Quote: "True, but I don't see them proposing anything other than "decrease my hours and increase my pay". That would be fine if their representatives didn't spend the rest of their time talking about a crisis in A&E (and everywhere else in the health service). "
 
Sorry, sorry, sorry....I couldn't resist replying to that comment about "generalising", but I certainly DO NOT want to re-open that debate on the nurses.

Happy Patrick's Day everyone!
 
originally posted by pat 127
нет, но я говорим русского
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sprechen Sie Russisch nicht aber haben Sie passierbares Deutsch!
 
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