What would the Irish say?

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Sshhhh! It's Podge and Rodge

There's no such word in the Irish language for 'jerk' although knowing the Gaelgoir mafia there's probably a new word that goes something like 'jerka'

Is it a girl you're trying to impress?

Exiled in the Midlands

I think you have an idea of the Irish that's about 100 years out of date.

Thomas McG

-Some terms for beer
Beer, Drink... Soup... although that's a completely stupid one that you shouldn't use. Use the word Beer.

-Some terms for a woman/teenage girl (not rude ones - stuff equivalent to chick, broad, lady, lass, girly, etc.)
Use Lady, girl or women even, women can sound quite aggressive though, example: let me buy you a drink woman.

-"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
What would you like to be when you grow up? I can't see anything wrong with saying it the way it is.

-"Isn't that hilarious/funny"
Both are fine, "class" would be another one, or "deadly".

-"I'm just a regular girl"
Nothing wrong with that, maybe say normal instead of regular.

-"Quit being a jerk"
Don't say jerk. A**hole & w**ker would be good, or c*nt.

Leaine Ni Loingsigh

-Some terms for beer
A pint or 'A pint of the black stuff', and when you drink it 'Here's to Arthur (Guniess). A can

-Some terms for a woman/teenage girl (not rude ones - stuff equivalent to chick, broad, lady, lass, girly, etc.)
'Girleen'

-"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Where ya headin in life? What are you going to do?

-"Isn't that hilarious/funny"
Is that gas or what? Brillian. isn't it?

-"I'm just a regular girl"
Sure theres nothing special here boyo. or It's only me

-"Quit being a jerk"
Ya nob-head ya! Ara feck off! Cop on boyo! Lay off ya twat!

Sue M

It doesnt make a hell of a lot of sense but ill try, Frm dublin btw...
1st.. Bottle, tin, brew, pint..
2nd.Young-one, aul-one, missus
3rd..Isn't that.... Mad, Deadly(?), F-ing mad..
4th..Im just a.... Normal,Average, Down to earth..
5th. Get lost, Piss off, F-off, Shut up.. Your a wa*nk*r

Thats the best i can do, sorry..

i know

Isn't that hilarious/funny - isnt that creat craic (pronounce crack)

that really the only one.

Priscilla Duck

Words for beer are pretty standard. 'The black stuff' obviously is reserved only for stout, and only a minority of people drink tht as their primary tipple. Most people say 'drink' or 'pint', as in
'Will we go for a drink/pint?
'I'd murder a pint'
'Can I buy you a drink?'
We use the round system too - if your story is set in a bar don't forget that a small group of friends would usually take it in turns to buy a round, and that we don't usually run up tabs - you order and pay at the bar each round.

Generally, we just say girl or young one (pronounced 'young wan', as in:
'Who's that young wan over there? Is she Paddy's daughter?'

"What do you want to be..." stays the same.

"Jeez that's gas"/ "That's mad"

"Sure I'm just the same as anyone else"

"Would you ever cop on" / "Would you cop on to yourself" / "Stop being such a gobshite" / "Stop being such a d!ckhead".

What chapter are you on now? Will we have the grand launch here on Y!A Ireland?

Tid

Some terms for beer..booze.

-Some terms for a woman/teenage girl (not rude ones - stuff equivalent to chick, broad, lady, lass, girly, etc.)...bird,

-"What do you want to be when you grow up?"..that's fine.

-"Isn't that hilarious/funny"...this is also fine

-"I'm just a regular girl"...I'm just a normal girl

-"Quit being a jerk"...Langer

Orla C

Beer: A few scoops, a pint.

Girl: Young one, otherwise the same

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" - the same.

Hilarous/funny - the same, we also use the word 'gas'.

"I'm just a regular girl" - the very concept is alien to Ireland. We know and accept there's no such thing as 'regular' or 'normal' when it comes to people.

"Quit being a jerk." - "Stop acting like such an ****."

No offence taken :-). Have a nice time.

Due baby no.3 on the 4th of June

im from waterford in ireland so heres our translation

Some terms for beer

~~sauce

-Some terms for a woman/teenage girl (not rude ones - stuff equivalent to chick, broad, lady, lass, girly, etc.)

~~the lak

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"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

~~what ya doin after da leavin??

-"Isn't that hilarious/funny"

~~gway boi yer cracked!!!

-"I'm just a regular girl"

~~Im only meself boi

-"Quit being a jerk"

~~head off now ya fukin dope!

the girl from mayos answers are pretty good.. also another word we use for girl is "caillÃn" (pronounced coleen) which is irish for a young girl.

Also:
Buckeen for a boy
LudarmÃ¡n (not spelt right) is an eejit
feck off would ya instead of jerk
gas craic(crack) for fun
mighty for great e.g. "he's mighy, it was mighty craic"
the craic was 90 (it was fun)

We NEVER use jerk or regular or quit or broad or any of that stuff!

irishdude456

Just like the second answerer said.

Look at my user name.

wendylilly

Just "beer" I'm afraid, usually we say "do you want a (insert brand name here)?"

Lassie (but that's really just with the over 50s)

-What do you want to be when you grow up?" - same thing here really, but when talking to people in secondary school it's really more "what do you want to do when ypu leave school?"

-"Isn't that hilarious/funny" "That's really funny"

-"I'm just a regular girl" no one really says that!

-"Quit being a jerk" Stop being a ********/muppet/spa/idiot!

reginaldstower

terms for beer are pint, lager.
terms for women teenage girl are miss,lady.

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Rachel R

This is a bit random, The Irish do say, never judge a man 'til you have walked a mile in his boots...

BabyCat

-Some terms for beer. The black stuff

-Some terms for a woman/teenage girl (not rude ones - stuff equivalent to chick, broad, lady, lass, girly, etc.) whore

-"What do you want to be when you grow up?" terrorist

-"Isn't that hilarious/funny" don't make me laugh

-"I'm just a regular girl" whore

-"Quit being a jerk" piss off

Thanks in advance!

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