PIC: An American Moved To Galway And Has Been Keeping A Record Of Irish Saying Translations

We certainly have our own unique way with words. While our little collection of sayings might make sense to us, tourists visiting Ireland might run into trouble understanding our phrases. Tim is an American who recently transferred to Galway, where he now works in an Irish office full of people using their colloquial chatter to another level. What people didn’t realise was Tim has been keeping a notebook of Irish sayings, translating them into a more familiar American English for himself. Sent in to our brothers over at JOE.ie, here’s Tim’s personal dictionary to date: A day out = a wedding How's she cutting? = How's it going? Howya horse = Hey, what's up? There's a grand stretch in the evening = Long sunset Sound = cool Grand = Good/fine (depends on tone) Fair play to ya = Good for you Craic = fun I will ya = I won't Rota = Roster or schedule Stop the lights = I can't believe it Great drying out = A nice day Mind yourself = Pay attention Coola Bula = Very cool Cheers big ears = Friendly thank you Up Mayo = Mayo County Mayo For Sam = Sports in Mayo Mad for road = No patience Drive like you're late for Mass/Goin 90 = In a hurry That's the berries - brilliant Now we're sucking diesel - we're moving A bad dose = Severe illness Codding = Joking Eat the head off = Give out It's a kip = Bad place or dump Leg it = Hurry or run (Like) = Put it at the end (of a sentence) Sick as a small hospital = Sick I'm knackered = I'm tired You've got a head on you like a *insert word here* Tim, you’re a genius! Thanks to Katelyn Divilly for sending this on to our brothers over at JOE.ie - if you have something you think our readers would love, hit us up at [email protected] or find us on Facebook or Twitter.