Post by fionnuala on Jun 9, 2008 20:59:09 GMT
HOW TO SPEAK NORN IRON ;D 
;D 
Northern Irish is a relatively simple language to learn, but there are many stumbling blocks! We are here to help you avoid situations that may arise if you can't understand what a Belfastian is saying to you.
This simple guide to Northern Irish will entertain as well as educate.
If you are from Northern Ireland and are visiting this page, don't think you know all the things in this site. There are plenty of Northern Irish people who don't understand Northern Irish.
A
Afeard - scared
Ah - I or me, ie Ah don't feel well
Aminal -common mispronounciation of Animal
Amptinat? -I most definitely am.
Arsehole -calling someone a rectum
Aye -meaning "yes"
B
Balleex -"bollocks" Thats balleex - Used in context when disagreeing with someone
Bake -someones face
Baltic - quite cold
Banjaxed - drunk
Bate -beat, I bate her up so ah did
Bate The Wife - bottle of cider
Beezer - Very good, Thats Beezer
Beg -wafer thin plastic vessel; good for carrying shopping :also "oul' beg" when referring to an
elderly female
Blurt -Slang for female genetalia
Boggen - dirty, unclean
Boulin' -messing about
Bout Ye -"Hello"
Brave - large
Brew - weekly benefit
Buggered -broken
C
Cameracorder -grannies use of the word "camcorder"
Cheeser -like Beezer, meaning "very good" or "exellent"
Chicken -child slang for "afraid"
Chinks -popular Chinese food Take Aways
Childer -children
Class - "amazing"
Cracker -not something you put cheese on, means beezer
Craic - 'to have craic' NOT in a drug sense. It means to have fun, to have a class time. "What's the craic?" means "what's going on then?"
Creamed -tired
D
Dander -a walk, ie I'm goin fer a dander
Dawg -canine, dog
Digikil -common mis-prounciation of "Digital"
Drawers -underwear
Dour -a door
Duncher -Cap
E
Earlee-er -before the present
Eejit -derived from "Idiot", means "Idiot"
F
FaakAaf - Excuse me my good man, kindly vacate the premises
Faaler -father
Fally - follow
Fillum -a movie or film
Fingy -someone whose name you can't remember
Frig -polite word for "F***", also used: Flip
Fit - a word to describe a good looking girl/boy
Flour - a floor
Fut - foot
G
Gat -slang, You're a wee gat or get
Geg -fun, "Ats a geg"
Getawaydaf**k -go away now
Givuz -give me
Glass -Half-Pint
Goes -replaces the word "Said" ie And I goes: What? Are you slabberin'?" And then she goes,
"Yip."
Great - another word to describe a good looking girl/boy
Gutties -training shoes
H
Happy Days - that's good
Hardly -meaning "Thats not true" ie Hardly now. Hardly.
Hectic - See Mad
Heel -not to be confused with the back of your foot, means end of a loaf
Heerzme - "And then I said..."
Hippy - someone who likes Bon Jovi; "yah huppie bawtard, cut yer hair liek"
Houl On - please wait
I
I'd do her - a sentence said by many Norn Iron boys when saying they would like to say how pretty a girl is, or how "fit" she is.
J
Job -activity usually carried out under the cover of night
Joken -joking
K
Kudn't -couldn't ie Ah kudn't do that...
L
Lairdindeyit -please do start eating (or drinking) see also "wiredintillit"
Leenantarsapees -Famous Italian landmark
Legend - "that guys a legend like" used to say how cool someone is
Lifted - arrested
Lingo -language
Like - a casual sentence filler; "nah like" "I'm alright like"
Love - used when talking to someone "here love, bate us 'at 'er"
M
Mad - See Hectic
Mairshen - Emersion Heater
Magic -not tricks, but another word meaning great or good
Majassif - large
Mawn -a man, male
Meander - to walk, like "dander"
Meat Wagon -RUC Landrovers
Melt -no actual meaning, used as: "I'll knock your melt in"
Messages - weekly shopping
Milly -name given to teenage females. See also: Steek
Moufythingy - rather outspoken person
Mucker -a friend or mate
Muller -Mother or "Ma"
N
Nah - "no"
Nek it - drink that drink in one
Nice One
;D 
Northern Irish is a relatively simple language to learn, but there are many stumbling blocks! We are here to help you avoid situations that may arise if you can't understand what a Belfastian is saying to you.
This simple guide to Northern Irish will entertain as well as educate.
If you are from Northern Ireland and are visiting this page, don't think you know all the things in this site. There are plenty of Northern Irish people who don't understand Northern Irish.
A
Afeard - scared
Ah - I or me, ie Ah don't feel well
Aminal -common mispronounciation of Animal
Amptinat? -I most definitely am.
Arsehole -calling someone a rectum
Aye -meaning "yes"
B
Balleex -"bollocks" Thats balleex - Used in context when disagreeing with someone
Bake -someones face
Baltic - quite cold
Banjaxed - drunk
Bate -beat, I bate her up so ah did
Bate The Wife - bottle of cider
Beezer - Very good, Thats Beezer
Beg -wafer thin plastic vessel; good for carrying shopping :also "oul' beg" when referring to an
elderly female
Blurt -Slang for female genetalia
Boggen - dirty, unclean
Boulin' -messing about
Bout Ye -"Hello"
Brave - large
Brew - weekly benefit
Buggered -broken
C
Cameracorder -grannies use of the word "camcorder"
Cheeser -like Beezer, meaning "very good" or "exellent"
Chicken -child slang for "afraid"
Chinks -popular Chinese food Take Aways
Childer -children
Class - "amazing"
Cracker -not something you put cheese on, means beezer
Craic - 'to have craic' NOT in a drug sense. It means to have fun, to have a class time. "What's the craic?" means "what's going on then?"
Creamed -tired
D
Dander -a walk, ie I'm goin fer a dander
Dawg -canine, dog
Digikil -common mis-prounciation of "Digital"
Drawers -underwear
Dour -a door
Duncher -Cap
E
Earlee-er -before the present
Eejit -derived from "Idiot", means "Idiot"
F
FaakAaf - Excuse me my good man, kindly vacate the premises
Faaler -father
Fally - follow
Fillum -a movie or film
Fingy -someone whose name you can't remember
Frig -polite word for "F***", also used: Flip
Fit - a word to describe a good looking girl/boy
Flour - a floor
Fut - foot
G
Gat -slang, You're a wee gat or get
Geg -fun, "Ats a geg"
Getawaydaf**k -go away now
Givuz -give me
Glass -Half-Pint
Goes -replaces the word "Said" ie And I goes: What? Are you slabberin'?" And then she goes,
"Yip."
Great - another word to describe a good looking girl/boy
Gutties -training shoes
H
Happy Days - that's good
Hardly -meaning "Thats not true" ie Hardly now. Hardly.
Hectic - See Mad
Heel -not to be confused with the back of your foot, means end of a loaf
Heerzme - "And then I said..."
Hippy - someone who likes Bon Jovi; "yah huppie bawtard, cut yer hair liek"
Houl On - please wait
I
I'd do her - a sentence said by many Norn Iron boys when saying they would like to say how pretty a girl is, or how "fit" she is.
J
Job -activity usually carried out under the cover of night
Joken -joking
K
Kudn't -couldn't ie Ah kudn't do that...
L
Lairdindeyit -please do start eating (or drinking) see also "wiredintillit"
Leenantarsapees -Famous Italian landmark
Legend - "that guys a legend like" used to say how cool someone is
Lifted - arrested
Lingo -language
Like - a casual sentence filler; "nah like" "I'm alright like"
Love - used when talking to someone "here love, bate us 'at 'er"
M
Mad - See Hectic
Mairshen - Emersion Heater
Magic -not tricks, but another word meaning great or good
Majassif - large
Mawn -a man, male
Meander - to walk, like "dander"
Meat Wagon -RUC Landrovers
Melt -no actual meaning, used as: "I'll knock your melt in"
Messages - weekly shopping
Milly -name given to teenage females. See also: Steek
Moufythingy - rather outspoken person
Mucker -a friend or mate
Muller -Mother or "Ma"
N
Nah - "no"
Nek it - drink that drink in one
Nice One
(as in yer dirty wee baste ya).