I know it's rude to eavesdrop.....

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:59 pm

....but sometimes you just can't help yourself.

www.overheardindublin.com

Slan,
D.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:04 pm

mental note to self: do NOT call husband "Steve"

These are great, Dub

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:16 pm

I'll admit to having a bit of trouble with the vernacular in some of those examples, but I did like the one where the American lady points out that we don't let blind people drive.

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:18 pm

Covering the options

Bus Driver: "No mineral, plant or animal may be smoked on our buses for the good of our customers health."

--Announced on the 78a bus

It is so good to know that Dubliners do not allow the smoking of animals on their buses.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:21 pm

emmline wrote:I'll admit to having a bit of trouble with the vernacular in some of those examples, but I did like the one where the American lady points out that we don't let blind people drive.

Now that you mention it,I can see certain problems with the vernacular but I'm available for translations should any be required.

Slan,
D.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:26 pm

aderyn_du wrote:Covering the options

Bus Driver: "No mineral, plant or animal may be smoked on our buses for the good of our customers health."

--Announced on the 78a bus

It is so good to know that Dubliners do not allow the smoking of animals on their buses.

Someone might have tried to smoke horse.

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:28 pm

Motherly love

Mother to crying toddler at supermarker: "If you don't stop crying I'll sell you on ebay!"

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:29 pm

aderyn_du wrote:Motherly love

Mother to crying toddler at supermarker: "If you don't stop crying I'll sell you on ebay!"

I loved that one too

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:33 pm

dubhlinn wrote: Now that you mention it,I can see certain problems with the vernacular but I'm available for translations should any be required.

Slan,
D.

All of them, please? Thanks.

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:56 pm

Very funny! Thanks for posting that. Still chuckling.

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:25 am

This HAS to be made up:

Three Americans crossing road on Dame Street. Automated Speaker on Traffic lights announces: "The traffic on Dame street has been signaled to stop."

American woman asks the Irish guy crossing also: "What was that about?"

Irish guy explains: "It's a new prototype light for the blind instead of the beeping lights."

Three americans disuss this while crossing and upon reaching the other side the american woman turns to the irish guy and says: "You know in america we don't allow blind people to drive."

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:48 am

I've been reading this every once in a while:

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/

it's a pretty darn funny, specially if you add accents in your head.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:19 pm

TelegramSam wrote:This HAS to be made up: *snip*

Not necessarily. She might have been having fun at the Irishman's expense, although that would certainly be an about-face from the normal run of things.

spittin_in_the_wind · Post by **spittin_in_the_wind** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:33 pm

Hmmmm...most of those sound exactly like the conversations I have around the house with my five year old...and just as intelligible...

Robin

Although these people HAD to be from Boston!

Yanks...

Two americans and an Irish girl on the red line luas, near Red cow roundabout.

American #1 says to Irish girl : "So when does this luas go to St.Stephens green?"

Irish girl : "Um... this is the RED line. You need to get the green line luas."

American #2 : "Oh gee, ok great. So is that like on the otherside of the tracks?"

Irish girl : "No. It's a totally different line. You CAN'T get it here. It's a different area."

Amercan #1: "Oh great, thank you so much. We'll wait and get the next one to Stephens green so."

--On the red line LUAS

feadogin · Post by **feadogin** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:07 pm

In defense of Americans who SEEM stupid...a lot of the time we just can't understand what Irish people are saying because of the accent!

I liked the New York site...I started laughing really loudly in the library while I was reading it!

J.