Tuesday, March 10, 2009

I SWEAR I am living in Opposite Land!!

A bit of slang for yas:

Slang US word Use in a Sentence

gas funny "That TV show is gas!"

class awesome/cool "Your dress is class!"

dear expensive "Most stores in Dublin are quite dear."

nacker suspicious character/ "That boy is such a nacker."
thug
gaff house "Don'tcha know I live in me gaff?"

Gobshite *very bad word* "You're such an effin' gobshite!!"

Opposites/Mix-ups:

US word Irish word

pants trousers

underwear pants (you see how this could be bad?)

purse handbag

girl's wallet purse

man's wallet wallet

fries chips

chips crisps

fanny v****a (so be careful not to say fanny pack haha)

I am sure I will have more in the future, that is all for now!!!


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