Codology
Sheaths
Floppy Disk.
Logarthmic tables
Deutschmark, Franc, Guilder, Drachma, Escudo, Peseta, Markka, Lira, Punt.
"hello?"
You know , because they never answer their phones
Ha, I'm in my mid 50s, and I never answer my phone either.
Quote from: Jell 0 Biafra on September 20, 2024, 02:07:49 AMHa, I'm in my mid 50s, and I never answer my phone either.
yup. If its important they will leave a message
Tapes, CDs, DVDs.
I don't get a message from the young lad now without having to ask what a random load of letters is supposed to mean.
Quote from: Orior on September 20, 2024, 12:02:02 AMLogarthmic tables
That brought a shiver down my spine there!
I think I still have that wee yellow book somewhere!
Quote from: johnnycool on September 20, 2024, 09:07:16 AMQuote from: Orior on September 20, 2024, 12:02:02 AMLogarthmic tables
That brought a shiver down my spine there!
I think I still have that wee yellow book somewhere!
What do they call logarithmic tables now?
Quote from: lurganblue on September 20, 2024, 07:48:47 AMTapes, CDs, DVDs.
I don't get a message from the young lad now without having to ask what a random load of letters is supposed to mean.
Are films/TV shows even released on DVD any more?
Quote from: lurganblue on September 20, 2024, 07:48:47 AMTapes, CDs, DVDs.
I don't get a message from the young lad now without having to ask what a random load of letters is supposed to mean.
LOL
Ludremain
Quote from: armaghniac on September 20, 2024, 11:09:10 AMQuote from: lurganblue on September 20, 2024, 07:48:47 AMTapes, CDs, DVDs.
I don't get a message from the young lad now without having to ask what a random load of letters is supposed to mean.
LOL
LOL?
I saw a post a while back on some of the socials - basically a parent texting a grown up child to let them know a grandparent had died. They ended the text with "lol".
The child text back asking what was so funny about it....to find out the parent thought "lol" = "lots of love".
lol (the laughter version)
John Hume once said, if the word 'No' didn't exist, the Unionists would be speechless. I feel the same about the work 'Like' for the younger generation.
Quote from: mouview on September 20, 2024, 11:36:31 AMJohn Hume once said, if the word 'No' didn't exist, the Unionists would be speechless. I feel the same about the work 'Like' for the younger generation.
Nah, I've an older brother who used "like" extensively in every sentence decades ago. He's still fond of it.
Abbreviations;
ngl
tmr
idk
Only the last one I could get the first time round.
Fernenst
Looksie
Quote from: screenexile on September 20, 2024, 02:40:56 PMFernenst
😀😀😀thought it was only older Down folk that used this one!
Besum.
Mayo4Sam
Mineral
Quote from: ONeill on September 21, 2024, 11:17:41 PMMineral
A fella in work mentioned "the Mineral Man" a few months ago and most people had no idea what he was talking about!
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 22, 2024, 10:20:02 AMQuote from: ONeill on September 21, 2024, 11:17:41 PMMineral
A fella in work mentioned "the Mineral Man" a few months ago and most people had no idea what he was talking about!
I bet they have never heard of "the bread man" either ::)
Quote from: AustinPowers on September 22, 2024, 01:00:35 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 22, 2024, 10:20:02 AMQuote from: ONeill on September 21, 2024, 11:17:41 PMMineral
A fella in work mentioned "the Mineral Man" a few months ago and most people had no idea what he was talking about!
I bet they have never heard of "the bread man" either ::)
Or the "insurance man"
Quote from: armaghniac on September 22, 2024, 01:29:22 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on September 22, 2024, 01:00:35 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 22, 2024, 10:20:02 AMQuote from: ONeill on September 21, 2024, 11:17:41 PMMineral
A fella in work mentioned "the Mineral Man" a few months ago and most people had no idea what he was talking about!
I bet they have never heard of "the bread man" either ::)
Or the "insurance man"
The man has been in decline over the last 30 yrs. The milkman, coal man, insurance man, bread man and mineral man all scarce these days. I remember in the early days of VHS a man used to come with tapes in the boot of his car.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 22, 2024, 01:57:19 PMQuote from: armaghniac on September 22, 2024, 01:29:22 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on September 22, 2024, 01:00:35 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 22, 2024, 10:20:02 AMQuote from: ONeill on September 21, 2024, 11:17:41 PMMineral
A fella in work mentioned "the Mineral Man" a few months ago and most people had no idea what he was talking about!
I bet they have never heard of "the bread man" either ::)
Or the "insurance man"
The man has been in decline over the last 30 yrs. The milkman, coal man, insurance man, bread man and mineral man all scarce these days. I remember in the early days of VHS a man used to come with tapes in the boot of his car.
The porn man?
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on September 22, 2024, 03:35:43 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 22, 2024, 01:57:19 PMQuote from: armaghniac on September 22, 2024, 01:29:22 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on September 22, 2024, 01:00:35 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 22, 2024, 10:20:02 AMQuote from: ONeill on September 21, 2024, 11:17:41 PMMineral
A fella in work mentioned "the Mineral Man" a few months ago and most people had no idea what he was talking about!
I bet they have never heard of "the bread man" either ::)
Or the "insurance man"
The man has been in decline over the last 30 yrs. The milkman, coal man, insurance man, bread man and mineral man all scarce these days. I remember in the early days of VHS a man used to come with tapes in the boot of his car.
The porn man?
I'm sure he was for some ;D
Porn person these days.
Quote from: lurganblue on September 23, 2024, 09:07:44 AMQuote from: armaghniac on September 22, 2024, 01:29:22 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on September 22, 2024, 01:00:35 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 22, 2024, 10:20:02 AMQuote from: ONeill on September 21, 2024, 11:17:41 PMMineral
A fella in work mentioned "the Mineral Man" a few months ago and most people had no idea what he was talking about!
I bet they have never heard of "the bread man" either ::)
Or the "insurance man"
The Tick Man
You don't see "Please Do Not Ask For Credit As Refusal Often Offends" anymore.
Phonebox
Our wee boy just thinks it's something superman comes out of ;D
Go on to phrases.
Your heads a marley.
Quote from: Square Ball on September 23, 2024, 10:29:02 AMGo on to phrases.
Your heads a marley.
My da used to say something similar
Where did it come from?
Quote from: Pub Bore on September 23, 2024, 11:39:01 AMQuote from: AustinPowers on September 23, 2024, 11:03:20 AMQuote from: Square Ball on September 23, 2024, 10:29:02 AMGo on to phrases.
Your heads a marley.
My da used to say something similar
Where did it come from?
Marley = marble
Like the street song Tommy Makem used to sing. Wee Willie lost his marley, down the Springfield Road
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 22, 2024, 10:20:02 AMQuote from: ONeill on September 21, 2024, 11:17:41 PMMineral
A fella in work mentioned "the Mineral Man" a few months ago and most people had no idea what he was talking about!
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My ma used to quote some oul boy who said 'I could drink minerals, looksie, if I was in the shoulders to snow'.
Quote from: thebuzz on September 23, 2024, 01:21:35 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 22, 2024, 10:20:02 AMQuote from: ONeill on September 21, 2024, 11:17:41 PMMineral
A fella in work mentioned "the Mineral Man" a few months ago and most people had no idea what he was talking about!
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My ma used to quote some oul boy who said 'I could drink minerals, looksie, if I was in the shoulders to snow'.
;D is it a north Ulster thing as the chap from work is from north County Derry. My granny's (N. Antrim) Mineral Man went to her funeral as she had been buying for about 40 years!
Was always minerals in west of Ireland. Remember science class once and the teacher (priest) asked class if they could name examples of minerals. One lad, not even trying to be smart, of course said: Coke, Fanta, 7 Up.
Quote from: weareros on September 23, 2024, 01:53:19 PMWas always minerals in west of Ireland. Remember science class once and the teacher (priest) asked class if they could name examples of minerals. One lad, not even trying to be smart, of course said: Coke, Fanta, 7 Up.
The words Queran or Ojus. More used in border regions or up north id imagine
Thran, the missus uses it now and again, great word.
is it ulster scots?
Coggily - to look unstable. Eg. That wall is a bit coggily looking!
Taen (like taken without the k) - took. Eg. He taen it with him.
Crabbit - bad humour. Eg. He was awful crabbit this morning.
Quote from: imtommygunn on September 23, 2024, 02:36:13 PMis it ulster scots?
The word thran is an Ulster-Scots term that means stubborn, cranky, or obstinate in a negative way. For example, "He's so thran he wouldn't go even if he wanted to". The closest English word to thran is "obdurate".
Tarra
As in, "that's tarra" meaning bad.. I presume it comes from terrible
Quote from: Square Ball on September 23, 2024, 03:03:41 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on September 23, 2024, 02:36:13 PMis it ulster scots?
The word thran is an Ulster-Scots term that means stubborn, cranky, or obstinate in a negative way. For example, "He's so thran he wouldn't go even if he wanted to". The closest English word to thran is "obdurate".
I would use it too but was never sure of it's origins ulster scots wise.
Nightclub
Quote from: tbrick18 on September 20, 2024, 10:49:21 AMQuote from: johnnycool on September 20, 2024, 09:07:16 AMQuote from: Orior on September 20, 2024, 12:02:02 AMLogarthmic tables
That brought a shiver down my spine there!
I think I still have that wee yellow book somewhere!
What do they call logarithmic tables now?
Scientific calculators.
Blackguard
Forbye - meaning "as well" or "in addition to"
Thon
Thonder
Coinbox
Postal order
Quote from: AustinPowers on September 23, 2024, 03:25:03 PMTarra
As in, "that's tarra" meaning bad.. I presume it comes from terrible
And oddly, "that's not tarra" meaning exactly the same thing.
The bog
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on September 23, 2024, 09:34:12 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on September 23, 2024, 03:25:03 PMTarra
As in, "that's tarra" meaning bad.. I presume it comes from terrible
And oddly, "that's not tarra" meaning exactly the same thing.
Are you sure they're not just saying "'n'at a tarra" as a shortened "isn't that a tarra?"
Please
Clunge
Chinese burn
Suck it up, and get on with it.
sheugh
Rickle
"Through other". Unkempt, untidy.
Haven't heard it for years until tonight.
Scary thing is reading through those posts and nearly all the 'old' words would be said in our house on a daily basis!
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on September 25, 2024, 05:52:29 AMQuote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on September 23, 2024, 09:34:12 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on September 23, 2024, 03:25:03 PMTarra
As in, "that's tarra" meaning bad.. I presume it comes from terrible
And oddly, "that's not tarra" meaning exactly the same thing.
Are you sure they're not just saying "'n'at a tarra" as a shortened "isn't that a tarra?"
What shite are you talkin?
No, what I'm saying is there is no difference in the meaning of;
"The weather is tarra."
And
"The weather isn't tarra."