Words and phrases that are more commonly used on tfk than in real life

Things
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Presume it must be something along those lines. Up and north are obviously two different things so not really a contradiction.

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“Back to” is usually westwards, “over to” is usually eastwards, though some might use them interchangeably.
You would go back to Quilty, but over to Scarriff.
Down and up are fairly obvious.
You “go into” a larger town, direction isn’t important.

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“Behind in”

The Munster Final is on behind in Killarney.

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A peculiar one around Meath, particularly North Meath near duleek etc.

Instead of saying “in the” they say “within in the” and sometimes “thin in the”

Where’s Tom?
He’s thin in the shed

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“riddled”

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“ Dermo “

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We would say we were “going down to Cork”. In Kilmallock we would say we are going “uptown” when we are actually going from North to South. We would say we are going into limerick, Over to knocklong, up to kilfinane, down to Bruff, back to Charleville (eek) , up to Effin.

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488

Finally it’s come to be. Kilmallock is the centre of the universe.

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489

That’s why we built a wall around it.

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490

Referring to Stephen Kenny as Spock.

491

Ffg

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“I wouldn’t often agree with Michael McDowell but …”

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493

2004 Munster Final

494

“Are you a bit dim?”

495

Bang. Bang. Bang. Wait. Bang.

It’s like @markRenton in his prime

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Tonsorial

Of or relating to a barber or the work of a barber.

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497

Danny Moloney’s house in Kilkishen is crumbling away due to pyrite. Danny is rightly exasperated, worried, angry and in deep shit. He can’t understand how in a country “Bullin’ with money” won’t fund 100% redress. Danny has a point.

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why should the country pay. the house builders and cassidys should pay. nowt to do with joe taxpayer, caveat emptor and all that

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The builders are, in the main, now defunct or deceased. Cassidys are unlikely and probably unwilling to entertain claims. €3-5bn looks beyond their scope. I agree that it’s an unwelcome burden on the state but some institution will have to be crowbarred in to make these houses liveable and safe. Do insurance companies have any liabilities? I

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In Glasgow you would go “through” to Edinburgh. You’d only say “I’m going through at the weekend” for example. Edinburgh need not be mentioned further