bate/bait???
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bate/bait???
Today we were celebrating my daughter's 32 birthday-I can't even begin to think she's that old). Anyway, someone was trying to get me to eat something and I said " I've already eaten such a bate/bait of that salad I can't eat any more. (bate/bait meaning "a large amount") Well, everyone looked at me like I was speakin' in tongues or somethin'- swore they'd never heard that word used like that. My DH and my mom were the only ones there who'd heard it used like that.
Well, I came back home and looked it up- hmm- no help there in the dictionary. Any of y'all ever heard that word used like that before?
Well, I came back home and looked it up- hmm- no help there in the dictionary. Any of y'all ever heard that word used like that before?
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all the time! also use the word ate instead of eat! we irish know how to mess with language,
i would have said" im after atin that much of that salad im as full as a shuck".
oh and sometines id say "bet", instead of "bait": as in "he bet into me finger, the fecker, so i gave him a dunt to the jawbox"!
i would have said" im after atin that much of that salad im as full as a shuck".
oh and sometines id say "bet", instead of "bait": as in "he bet into me finger, the fecker, so i gave him a dunt to the jawbox"!
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In Belfast 'Norn Iron' bate can mean bit, as in "Ahada fer bate te ate': I had a fair bit to eat. The usage has mostly died out, I know when I was a child I would get confused when someone would say 'He fairly bate (beat) the drum' I would get 'beat' mixed up with 'bit', why would he have 'bit' his drum I thought to myself?!
As I said, bate also means beat, as in 'He tuck a fur bating': he took a fair beating.
"How did the feckin' dog get out of the yard?" "He bate (bit) through his lead, Da"
Another word I love and haven't heard in a long time is 'whir' or 'wur' meaning 'our', as in 'This is whir house'.
As I said, bate also means beat, as in 'He tuck a fur bating': he took a fair beating.
"How did the feckin' dog get out of the yard?" "He bate (bit) through his lead, Da"
Another word I love and haven't heard in a long time is 'whir' or 'wur' meaning 'our', as in 'This is whir house'.
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My mom always used the word 'reading' or 'redding' to mean straightening, as in 'Take a few minutes and read up the house before your friend comes over.' I never heard anyone else say it until a couple of years ago a woman who worked for me used it. My mom grew up in central Ohio, I live in northeastern Ohio as does the woman who worked for me.
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I've heard the word used that way, but it's been many years ago.
My older relations, now mostly gone, might say something like "I have had my bate of that!", meaning "Whatever you're doing, you'd be well advised to stop," as the next words were likely to involve the lovely phrase "go cut me a keen little switch."
I don't think I've ever actually heard it used about eating food, though...only to express exasperation.
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My older relations, now mostly gone, might say something like "I have had my bate of that!", meaning "Whatever you're doing, you'd be well advised to stop," as the next words were likely to involve the lovely phrase "go cut me a keen little switch."
I don't think I've ever actually heard it used about eating food, though...only to express exasperation.
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Sounds like it's just a variant pronunciation of readying.FJohnSharp wrote:My mom always used the word 'reading' or 'redding' to mean straightening, as in 'Take a few minutes and read up the house before your friend comes over.' I never heard anyone else say it until a couple of years ago a woman who worked for me used it. My mom grew up in central Ohio, I live in northeastern Ohio as does the woman who worked for me.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bait
5. South Midland and Southern U.S.
a. a large or sufficient quantity or amount: He fetched a good bait of wood.
b. an excessive quantity or amount.
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FJohnSharp wrote:
I am familiar with the term "reddin'" used in nearly the same context as you describe, my Mum used to say she would 'red' the house of something, meaning she was ridding the house of clutter, which may have been something like our toys lying around.My mom always used the word 'reading' or 'redding' to mean straightening, as in 'Take a few minutes and read up the house before your friend comes over.'
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Who exactly is 'our' in your post, Jack? ....Just to clarify
I too think it could be a corruption of bite/bit, but who knows where it came from? It may have originated in the middle east for all I know but I am interested because it is so similar to the Belfast meaning.
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I too think it could be a corruption of bite/bit, but who knows where it came from? It may have originated in the middle east for all I know but I am interested because it is so similar to the Belfast meaning.
Hey, Innocent Bystander...If yerself is a big bahllix from the ancient Kingdom of Ulster, then your avatar must be Jerry Adams!!!
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Ballix yerself, Ceili_whistle_man. It's based on a photomagraph of meself. But they shortened the beard for some mad reason. Incompetents!Ceili_whistle_man wrote:Who exactly is 'our' in your post, Jack? ....Just to clarify
I too think it could be a corruption of bite/bit, but who knows where it came from? It may have originated in the middle east for all I know but I am interested because it is so similar to the Belfast meaning.
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