Quick..What's a good Irishy way to call a guy an old geezer?
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Quick..What's a good Irishy way to call a guy an old geezer?
Must insult a friend on his birthday. Thanks!
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Pronounce it "ould" and you've nailed it.WireHarp wrote:"Your old"
Oh wait... you said Irishy...
"Jaysus yer fekkin' old"
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You have to lenite it in the vocative: "A sheanduine dóite" (uh HYAN-din-eh DOH-cheh)Innocent Bystander wrote:"A seanduine dóite!"
"Hey, decrepit old man!"
I'd pronounce it "Ah shyan-dweenye doytche"
(but I'd probably be wrong.)
Come to think of it, Terry Wogan calls himself and his gang of old geezers "Coffin Dodgers." And if Dubhlinn's post means what I think it does, it's the same thing...
Another good one: "giostaire": a chatty old man
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Also means "withered" or "bitter."feadogin wrote:Burned old person??? Is that what that means? Ouch!Redwolf wrote: You have to lenite it in the vocative: "A sheanduine dóite" (uh HYAN-din-eh DOH-cheh)
Another good one: "giostaire": a chatty old man
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