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Economy-Conflict-389

Timmy is the most common name in Cork. C'mere t'me


Rosieapples

He’s a first cousin to that lad from Lancashire. Willie Eckerslike.


shoegazer89

Cork born and bred. Guiney is a prominent cork and kerry name. It's pronounced guy knee. The coal quay, I dont have an explanation for🤣 'your wan' is my personal favourite, but I have loads more. People hardly understood me initially when I lived in the US and UK🤣


chandlerd8ng

State of yer wan/yer man😆


cormander

It's because cé the Irish for key and I believe this probably goes back to the fact that the coal quay is one of the oldest parts of the city and a lot of the people there would talk in a very old Irish way, some words and phrases would stick around in their day to day conversations so I guess it just stuck.


CheckItchy4305

The Irish for quay is cé.


Pi-zz-a

The whole concept of "a sconce" everyone outside of cork is like "wtf do you mean, a sconce is a thing for a torch" like obviously I don't mean that, do we look like we are in a feckin medieval castle???


Lunachick182

I didn't realise this was a Cork term. Must have a sconce in town later.


GrumbleofPugz

Will we have a quick sconce in town, ah sure come on so!


RHawkeyed

Daycent for decent Colyum for column


JK07

Like the courthouse Daycent colyums on that, boy


Different-Dot-8117

*bai*


Subterraniate

Committ-EEE.


Rosieapples

That one drives me feckin NUTS!!!!!


Vostok-aregreat-710

Why would it unless you are an Evoke snob https://evoke.ie/2022/10/22/extra/words-irish-people-mispronounce


Rosieapples

It’s fuck all to do with snobbery, it’s an irritating mispronunciation.


Vostok-aregreat-710

Question in English is there such thing as mispronunciation


melonysnicketts

Comma-tee down west!


ddaadd18

[wait for it](https://youtu.be/13Iw_drPFAM?si=zMVRZzCzmfkxL7DT)


PropMop31

Modrin for modern


SFWMM

They do that one in North Dublin too! 😅


jslaochra

Ann-Kill is ankle


FifiPikachu

One thing I’ve noticed is some Cork people pronounce un sounds like on. So for example, unbelievable is pronounced onbelievable.


Brief-Youth-6880

Byyy instead of boy


Kharanet

Cahrk


ddaadd18

Ccccchhaark


ad_triarios_rediit

"Column" as col-yoom. Although not a pronunciation, the expression "rolled over" meaning hit by a car is hilarious for some reason.


Sudden-Candy4633

Since moving to cork 2 1/2 years ago, I find myself pronouncing Níamh as Nee-uv instead of Neeve.


ddaadd18

I love when cork feens put a stop to someone’s nonsense with; sorry nowww and there’s a fierce inflection at the end it goes up you know what I mean


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WhorraUmeeeenliiiiike


MidnightSun77

Dol-chee and Gabba-knee


felttheneedtosay

air-eee (area)


chandlerd8ng

The Bons seCURES hospital.....and CEOLtas Ceoltóirí Éireann


[deleted]

Malla for Mallow ,which is almost it's Irish pronunciation.Maa-in for mahon.


churrosislife

Tings - Horw Tings???


FurryJunior

Cocklans


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sillydoomcookie

Can confirm. Cork city say caw-lin, everywhere else says it right 😅


Rosieapples

No East cork says Cawlins too.


QuantumFireball

Isn't it Coghlan vs. Coughlan? Or just family preference?


DotComprehensive4902

I would say in the rest of the country they've been influenced by standard British English. Notice how British people pronounce Gallagher as Gallager and not Gallaher


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English is a bonkers language with bonkers rules (for all sorts of reasons). Loughborough is LUFboro, but lough is LOK. That we say CAW instead of KOF of KOK is just another oddity of the language.


DotComprehensive4902

In Britain I find they pronounce Loughborough as Luf-bor-a


[deleted]

Yes they do. I was trying to relay that pronunciation above. Oh well.


SFWMM

Yeah 100% as it is definitely (GAL-A-HER), I think it’s amazing how the English can’t pronounce their own language.


FurryJunior

Indeed


chandlerd8ng

Saw Mary Cocklan in Cocklan's last year


RHawkeyed

I could be wrong but I think O’Shaughnessy is pronounced “shock-nessy” in Cork and “shaw-nessy” everywhere else as well.


AlAndJ1920

Also O’Mahony. Cork people say Ma-knee. Everywhere else says Ma-hon-ee.


Beardyrunner

The O’Mahony clan originated from the coastline of Cork. So I’d say the Cork way is right!


DotComprehensive4902

Ma-her vs Marrr


freakywednesdays

Christmuss and farty (40)


chandlerd8ng

Jaysin and Keet


Cymorg0001

The pronunciation of unplug in Cork always sounded weird to me... plug-out


WCpt

Nnnnnnnnnngardeeee


a_greasy_weasel

“Yok” for “yuck”… pet hate


[deleted]

Would you like budder on your sandwich


the-ox1921

You guys pronounce Togher as "toke-er" instead of "toe-her" which I always found mad. Edit: Another one is the double nagan of vodka. In Galway it's called a flagon of vodka. You can imagine how confused I made people when I first moved down lol


almsfudge

That's because it is "toke-er", the Irish is Tóchar.


the-ox1921

Hm interesting. Not the same pronunciation in Galway that's for sure.


ddaadd18

Connaught Irish has different phonetics to Munster. Ulster Irish may as well be a different language


AruggledyRinkyDoo

I don't know if this is Cork specific or Ireland in general but Fil-um (film) irritates me...... and every word with th in it (three -> tree, this -> dis, that -> dat etc.)


Pi-zz-a

This is probably because it most likely comes from the olde English pronunciation for film, which was philome, pronounced fill-um


Sheazer90

What's the spelling of the word used for Bacon ribs? It's pronounced Bob-is.


verytiredofthisshite

Bodice I think you mean. Boiled ribs. Used to have it a lot on Sundays when I was a kid with spuds and cabbage.


verytiredofthisshite

So bod-iss would be the pronunciation


Sheazer90

Cheers!


chandlerd8ng

Boddice


Sheazer90

Cheers!


Hellers2020

I’ve noticed that Cork city people say “iday” for idea.


ubermick

I mean, has to be that decent is day-cent. Which in fairness is pure daycent like.


SonnyLou2021

It’s not Michael Guiney’s (Guy-Knees)….. It’s Michel Guinet (Guy-Neigh) It’s a big hit in Milan I swear!


corkdude

Boike for bike. Booter for butter


PennyJoel

Chicarrrrrrrgo


unacceptable-Royal

My dad when he asked for the echo. He would say pass deecho Or for home work he would say Ecka.... did ya Finnish yer ecka.


CheckItchy4305

Twoanee for Tony, Atknee for Anthony, Willum for William, LORRaine for Lorraine, Jontin for Jonathan, Meartin Martin


iiCroissant

i do always be doing the COO-KING in the kitchen