Overheard in a bus. My ma's got dimension (dementia)

Posted by sasta | 24.09.09, 09:47 GMT

I don't think anyone in the English speaking world outside Belfast would understand the meaning of the classis ism......"ach ur ballix" or "ur heads cut"

Posted by Paul harbinson | 22.09.09, 08:05 GMT

ye could grow spuds in them ears..child needs to wash his ears
she's no oil painting....not good looking
ye hav me ready for the hills....had enough stress want to get away
have ye any bars....any news
wat r ye lookin at de ye want a phota.....stop staring at me

Posted by Ann | 22.09.09, 03:19 GMT

I'd love to get in touch with a girl who went by the name of Heather Downs and came from Monkstown, we met in Blackpool 1n the Summer of 1977.

Would love to know what she is up to these days and how life has treated her, she had a younger Sister called Valerie.

Stevie from Glasgow.

Posted by Stevie | 19.09.09, 19:47 GMT

I overheard a girl on the Fall's Road a while ago yell at her kids, "right 'ats it, you's are grounded till yiz get home"

Others include,
"I'll slappa bake a ye"
"Shut yer mouth an eat yer dinner"
"Ask yer maaaa"
"Lawd the size a yer mans dome"
"Grab a halfer, airs a Brits"
"Lawd yer womans face, her bake's trippin' 'er"

Posted by Gerd Curley | 08.09.09, 14:22 GMT

Belfast woman in wee skirt (outside chippie) overheard at the lammas fair in ballycastle this year and reported on lammasfair.com "Ah'm starvin an I'm also starvin wae the hunnger"

Posted by paulette boyle | 07.09.09, 17:10 GMT

A true story from Sydney, Australia about 15 to 20 years ago. A couple of guys from Belfast go to a pub. " Givuus a coupla pints a guinness?". The barman responds, "We only serve schooners here mate". (Schooners being just under an imperial pint).
The Belfast guy responds; "Arrite en, givvus a coupla pints a schooners"

Posted by Brendan | 31.08.09, 11:10 GMT

I've been reminded of the exclaimation when describing one's reaction of something alarming, "Here's me" "Wha!"

Posted by Stella Robinson | 25.08.09, 02:46 GMT

"ach, yee'd ate the'on, an' boke yer ring!"

Posted by Paul | 24.08.09, 18:12 GMT

My friend married a man from Liverpool who didn't know what she meant when she said "get down on your hunkers"

Posted by Helen | 23.08.09, 19:33 GMT

having just read all the entries below, i see that a lot of them are pure ulster-scots, but that is not to say that they are not still belfast-isms, or in some cases ulster-isms. (the two can be very different you know). I remember :- "he's got a bake on him like a busted onion". Well, have you ever seen a 'busted' onion? i.e. an onion that has been squashed enough to burst the skin. Then the comparison with a busted onion and a scowley aul' bake becomes obvious. Man it was such a gegg reading all that stuff... Yer hedds cut fer gawddsake wee lad... i'll knack ye intae the middle of next week, so ah whill. Why are so many funny ones with such violent undertones? ... i'll stick ma finger up yer nose an' pull yer face inside out! ... As a mother was heard shouting after her errant son who was running away from her, "i'll do time for you, wee lad!" ... ( suggesting at least, gbh or at worst infanticide). I could go on for a long time, but i have used up my 500 character limit, so i have.

Posted by al | 22.08.09, 14:03 GMT

This is magic, so it is.
…….if
you know what Sixthtele (all one word) means
Skipping school was “bunking off”
You know that the Holyland, isn’t.
You know how to play kerby
When challenged to a fight the reply was “you and whose army”
In the ‘80s, you didn’t see the irony of selling Bomber Jackets
You have said any of the following:
he was plastered and then he boked on his DMs
He’s me mucker (friend)
He’s a wee gobsh*** so he is
Quit yer crying you or I’ll give you something to cry about
He’s a header/head-the-ball (he’s 1 can short of a six-pack)
That burger was leapin’ (disgusting)
My Chopper’s banjaxed
She’s a wee millie, so she is (soul mate of spides)

That’s a Cracker, so it is.

Posted by Dan | 13.08.09, 21:34 GMT

git away a that wa ye - please go away
ya goin la pitures - do you want to go to the cinema
wind yer neck in - calm down
hey will u see my mate? - will you date my friend
Im cheesed right aff - totally fed up
I'll skelp ur lugs - i will smack your ears
givus that tarl - pass me the towel
my mawr rared me - my mother raised me
ur a chapeskate - you are very thrifty

that'll do ye fer nigh - that's all folks!!!

Posted by Kyle Street Observer | 11.08.09, 15:33 GMT

You know you're from Belfast when you have no idea that the world is round.

Posted by Jonny Stones | 06.08.09, 17:55 GMT

wee git
"you want a bike, skateboard etc ? I'll bike ye
I'm away on
whats the craic?
wise up will ye
that's class
sentences ending in "but" or "at the end of the day, like"

Posted by rosso | 05.08.09, 11:07 GMT

My Name is Dennis Alston I am 65 Years Old my Daddy, came over to England about 1959 My Mother said I could have gone with him then,But choose not to go,My dad would be about 80years Old I am really wanting to find out if I have any family in Derry bothers sisters Uncles Aunts etc the family name would be Gillispie,My Mothers name would have been Jayne Alice Alston,My Aunty told me this about 1990, I dont want any thing I would just like to know if I have any relaitives still living in Derry,

Posted by Dennis Alston | 31.07.09, 11:27 GMT

after moving to australia the proceeds from the sale of our house finally was in our bank account we went to the bank to withdraw and go celebrate the cashier asked how would you like it my husband thought she said how do you like it he said not to bad thanks we are settling in nicely

Posted by elizabeth peters | 26.07.09, 07:37 GMT

No word is more redolent of Belfast than "trunks", yes, men's knickers. No bikini- brief or thong-wearing Belfast man ever admits to wearing anything but the generic "trunks". However, when his Ma hears him yelling the classic Belfast MA-MANTRA up the stairwell-"Ma, where's my trunks?"-she knows he's referring to that little wisp of a thing she mistook for a doiley and which resembles not one whit what his Da referred to as "trunks" No fleas on the Belfast Ma! Which is why her MA-MANTRA reply is always the classic Belfast "Where you left them!"

Posted by BoonTown | 21.07.09, 11:24 GMT

My brother married an english girl. When she came here at first she asked him why some cars had L plates and some some R plates. He told her it stood for Loyalist or Republican!!

Posted by seamas | 18.07.09, 21:16 GMT

Brings back memories, when a wee man comes in2 school with trousers 2 short, the boyos say " somedys told his ma the floods comin!" sure wha!

Posted by John Rooney | 15.07.09, 14:17 GMT