BS: Belfast accents

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 07 May 07 - 01:28 PM

Oooh, Tyrone Among the Bushes has been heard from.*G*

"Do you know that country people in the north regard Belfast people as know-alls."

And rightly so.

Alison, I love the 'aitch'- 'ah' response. Brilliant!

As regards the 'coort'....enny time yer reddy, big girl; gethemaffye!

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: MartinRyan
Date: 07 May 07 - 03:19 PM

Seamus,

I'm afraid the other lot have picked up a version of "for the kingdom the power and the glory etc." - so you haven't a prayer!

Regards

p.s. Great thread BTW - even if much of it is about dialect rather than accent.

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 07 May 07 - 05:39 PM

Martin I think you may be referring to the Our Father in the Mass.
I don't think the 'normal' praying of it has the "For thine.." addendum.

At least, not on the Falls.
Ach, away on wi' yez!

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: MartinRyan
Date: 07 May 07 - 06:08 PM

Yes, Seamus - I was thinking of the Mass version, indeed. Occasional appearances in the church choir is the extent of my religious observance these days..

Regards

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: alison
Date: 08 May 07 - 12:04 AM

right Seamie yer on!! an if ye don't turn up I'll bate yer melt in!!

'bout'ye Den........... how's life in the land of chocolate?

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 08 May 07 - 12:50 AM

Martin, I can't remember the last time I was in church, but it's on my Baptism certificate. (Thank you Spike Milligan!)

Alison, Cobra, Den, Fibs, JimmyC, whattaya say we start our own wee Belfast clique here on the 'Cat, and speak only in wir own dialect.

I mane there's a buncha them Scatch ones speakin' in Lallans or Glesca or whatever the hell tongue they're chanderin' in, an' if yer nat frum Ahoghill or Ballymena ye can't understond an effin' thing they're sayin', so ye can't.

I manetasay, luk at the late great Little John Cameron. If he kin do it, so kin we.

Are yiz up fur it?

Am away fur a jook at ma John Pepper Dictionary, so Ah am.

Seamus


Alison, enny time...enny time. We'll start wir a wee lumber first, OK?

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: alison
Date: 08 May 07 - 03:46 AM

aye so long as ye don't try slipping the aul haun too soon, or me ma'll swing fer ye, so she will

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: ard mhacha
Date: 08 May 07 - 07:23 AM

Belfast spake, fool-em = Fulham, Karr=Car, Gaarden = Garden, Gaass = Gas the soft `G` from the back of the throat in the latter, Bull pronounced sound as in Fool, try Butcher folks the vowels are changed to a long O, it sounds like Bootcher. North Armagh see you nix-wick.

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: cobra
Date: 08 May 07 - 12:05 PM

Hallions, yiz are all hallions.

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Partridge
Date: 08 May 07 - 02:46 PM

Thanks for all your contributions, My pal Kate starts rehearsals at the end of this month. If any of you are in Oldham - go see her in "Woman on the verge of HRT"

thanks

pat xx

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 08 May 07 - 03:49 PM

Cobra, yer oney an oul' glipe.

As fer thon oul' Armagh eejit Ard Mhacha, didja ivver hear the likes of thon in yer puff? Tryin' til tell us Belfast ones har til pronounce wir own langwidge?
Gwen mine yer own bizness, ya nosey oul' pochle!
Yer as saft as a guttie fulla shite, so y'are.

Alison, if you don't mine me astin', why is yer ma watchin' us coort?
Is she one o' themmins as like til watch orrs gettin' a wee bit?
One o' them voyagers?
Tell her til keep her eyes til herself. Her and Ard Mhacha wud make a quare pare, so they wud!

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Jimmy C
Date: 09 May 07 - 12:17 AM

Seamus,

Fer God's sake dont mine that owl buck eejit from the country, shure there not even used to wawkin on sement yet.

Ardmacha - sure I'm oney codding ya.

Alison, you better watch that Kennedy fella, sure he lies like a cheap wig.

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 09 May 07 - 02:59 AM

JimmyC - don't you start! Y'oul Hardin' St. slabber!

Ah'm up til a hunderd listenin' til the likes o' Ard Mhacha tellin' us har we shud spake.

You don't hear us us tryin' to sound lak Armagh people nar, do you?

Gawd gimme strenth!

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 10 May 07 - 12:01 AM

Whew! Just saved this frum drappin' aff the end. Close!

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Jimmy C
Date: 10 May 07 - 12:48 AM

Seamie,

Thanks a lot for saving the thread.

Just got logged in a few minutes ago. I was out shappin for a battel of orange limanaid but all they has was thon lemon stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 10 May 07 - 03:11 AM

JimmyC, oul' hawn, what about ye?

Ach, stay away frum thon lemon stuff; it'll give ye the skitters so it will.

Ah lurried a dozen pints o' Guinness intil me last night, an' Ah wuz shitin' like a flock o' starlin's this mornin'.

Didja notice Ard Mhach nivver came back?

It must be awful fur an Armagh mawn to go through life wi' no discernible accent at all.

Shure, it's a pity of them, so it is.

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: ard mhacha
Date: 10 May 07 - 05:04 AM

The boul Seamus, I am in the notion of taking the odd wee dander at this time of the year, how`s wor Jimmy C, I was reading a letter in todays Irish News from someone in the Glens and he was whaling into the Belfast GAA teams as the reason for Antrims pathetic record in our native games, he reckons while the `McCooeys` are in charge they couldn`t bate `My Aunt Jane`.

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Jimmy C
Date: 10 May 07 - 10:43 AM

Ard mhacha
Unfortunately that is true, but I suspect that if the Glensmen and indeed any county in Ireland had to put with over 30 years of bombings, shootings etc on their doorstep the level of football and hurling would also have declined in those areas. Now that peace is here to stay(hopefully) there will be a great improvement in the Belfast area athletes. I personally believe that Antrim football teams were better when they picked a bunch of guys from the bottom of the Springfield road, instead they try to pick players from as many clubs as possible, so that all areas are represented.
Hurling (the better and classier game) is a diferent kettle of fish. The children in the glens are born with a hurl in one hand and a sliothar in the other. - So long as the gaelic games are being played then we are all winners. I can't wait to see an All-Ireland champion Antrim team consisting of both taigs and prods. That will be a day for celebration. I know it will be a long long wait, but we can always hope,

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Partridge
Date: 10 May 07 - 01:45 PM

I've given Kate the details about this site, she's going to look in. if she can find it.

Many thanks for all your contributions

Pat x

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: GUEST,Tír Chonaill
Date: 10 May 07 - 06:31 PM

... an' there was me in bed with me back, in the middle of me dinner, when ma sister foned to tell us that her man's ma's brother's wife had to go into haspital to get one of them hysterical erections, cos hur oul' pipes has bin givin' hur a lot of bawr for ages, y'no.
Ah think her last chile had to spen a wik in one of them incinurator things.

Tarrable

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: ard mhacha
Date: 11 May 07 - 02:41 AM

Jimmy roll on the day, I can remember 1951 and Antrim beating Cavan in their last Ulster final win, as Armagh born Kevin Armstrong lead the team to victory, I have the match programme yet.
Tir Chonaill, that would be her `bror`s wife`. she could have been worse aff, in the UTA with her narves.

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 11 Nov 08 - 11:02 AM

Refresh.

Subject: RE: BS: Belfast accents
From: ard mhacha
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 02:06 PM

Seamus I enjoyed reading through this old Thread, for anyone interested listen to the Gerry Anderson programme from BBC NI,or catch some hilarious sketches from his show,`On the air`on You Tube. The callers to his show have a wide range of northern accents.