The proper way to talk Cork!!

This is your first lesson in de frases of de Cork biys. C'mere I realize

some of the feenos and de wans have pure hassle with de Cork speak like.

So have a lash of it and there'll be less gowls around.

How bad!

LANGER: an eejit/a drunk or just someone who's annoying ya!!
LANGERS: drunk!
e.g..i was langers, i am langers, we'r gettin langers tonight!! (class word!)

PART 1: EXPRESSIONS

1) C'mere = Excuse me

2) I will yeah! = no!

3) What's the story fella? = how are you?

4) hows the form? = hows it hanging?:

5) You would yeah! = You wouldn't dare!

6) Here la = here you are

7) There la = it's over there / look over there

State a him la = He looks bad

9) (Ah / Awe) now sham = that's good

10) I claim ya = I would really like to engage in a fight with you.

11) Pure = very

12) Two fucks = care

13) Couldn't give two fucks = I don't care

14) Like = this word is used at least once in every Cork sentence. E.g.

Ah know like you understand don't ya?

15) Like eh = Used as a hesitation at the start of a sentence.

16) Nawful (he's a nawful langer) = terrible

17) Bate = beat up, used with da fuck. E.g. I'll bate da fuck outa ya

1 Have a lash off = have a go

19) Lash into hash = Smoke cannabis

20) Be wide = be careful

21) Scetch = There's someone coming (be wide)

22) Be doggy wide = be extra careful

23) How bad bhoy = good

24) Bhoy (pronounced-by biya) = man / person. Not necessarily a Celt.

25) A trip in the white van = A trip in an ambulance

PART 2: NOUNS & VERBS

26) Brasser / stella / tramp / trollup / whore bag prostitute

27) Stella = Girl who wears her hair up in bob, chews on gum, has

earings the size of hulla hoops, and are mostly norries (see no.71)

2 Jammy Rag = a tampon

29) Steamer / bender / queer / ass-bandit / faggot / puff / gaylord =

homosexual 29 b) Hairy = Child molester / peodaphile or old person /

experienced person

30) Blouse = Steamer ( ya fuckin' blouse)

31) Wan / bure = female

32) Young wan = female child

33) Fella / fein / feeno / your man = male

34) Small fella = Male child

35) Mam / dad / ole man / ole laid / oul fella / oul wan = mother/father

36) Lulla / subla / din-din / a suck / cream crackers

= knackers

37) Apache = joyrider

3 Salk = stolen car

39) Sham = young male / hard man or knacker

40) Sham-feen = macho / hard-man

41) Snout / gonker / snoz = nose

42) Gib / gap / gant / gearbox / pussy / bush / muff vagina

43) Pussy = chicken shit or faggot (see no.29)

44) Langer / langerdan: prick

45) Gowl (Ghoul) = Stupid person

46) Gimp = Feckin eejit

47) Gimpy walk = person with the mousy walk (wabbling from side to side)

4 Fifty = Stood up

49) Poppies / tatties = Potatoes

50) Yolkes = ecstasy

51) Duby / chatnospoof = hash

52) a nodge = small bit of hash

53) a knock = a lump of hash of any size

54) A deal = 10 pounds worth of hash

55) A score = 20 pounds worth of hash

56) Shades / law / blue bottles / pigs / = Gardai

57) Two-bulb / shade mo-beal (awe now feen pull a leggar) = squad car

5 Pig stie = Garda station

59) Speedy = Garda motorbike

60) Gatch = walk

61) Snobby cunt / faggot = well-off person

62) Gammy = deformed

63) Jag / doing a line / jaggin / meetin a wan /with / scoring = going

out with

64) Gatt / lush / drink = alcholic beverages

65) Gattin / on the piss / gettin langers / pintin / on the ear = going

drinkin(in a pub)

66) Bushin = going drinkin on the street

67) Reef / reefin / mangle = beat up / beating up

6 Lamp / skanse / la = look

69) Droppin / Wizz = need to piss

70) Hangin = Need a fag

71) Wah / Whacker: scumbag

72) Norrie = Person from Northside of the City.

73) Frame / kit = woman's body

74) Flaa = good lookin' girl