Quick..What's a good Irishy way to call a guy an old geezer?

WannabePiper · Post by **WannabePiper** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:47 am

Must insult a friend on his birthday. Thanks!

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:58 am

Wannabeedude wrote:Quick..What's a good Irishy way to call a guy an old geezer?

"Hey, old geezer!"... works for me.

gregorygraham · Post by **gregorygraham** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:14 am

oul fella

coote

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:04 pm

How about "alter kocker"?
Oh, you said Irish, not Yiddish.... never mind......

(alter kocker is sometimes abbreviated AK, and means literally "old sh*tter)

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:15 pm

Y'oul sod!

WireHarp · Post by **WireHarp** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:53 pm

"Your old"
Oh wait... you said Irishy...

"Jaysus yer fekkin' old"

Robert Mouland
www.wireharp.com

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:38 pm

"Is it true you can remember when there were snakes in Ireland?"

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:42 pm

WireHarp wrote:"Your old"
Oh wait... you said Irishy...

"Jaysus yer fekkin' old"

Robert Mouland
www.wireharp.com

Pronounce it "ould" and you've nailed it.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:39 pm

A.M.B.

'Tis that simple.

Bit like Jazz, if ye have to ask...you'll never know

Slan,
D.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:38 pm

"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...

WannabePiper · Post by **WannabePiper** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:14 pm

Thanks much.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:09 pm

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...

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

Redwolf

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:44 pm

Thanks, Redwolf. I knew you put an "H" in there but got lost with the pronunciation.

feadogin · Post by **feadogin** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:01 pm

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

Redwolf

Burned old person??? Is that what that means? Ouch!

J.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:09 pm

feadogin wrote:
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

Redwolf
Burned old person??? Is that what that means? Ouch!

J.

Also means "withered" or "bitter."

Redwolf