How to speak proper Belfast like.....

I have had quite a few folks in the cab lately from all parts of the world.

While they have loved the place and thought the locals where very friendly some have had a hard time with the Belfast accent and the local dialect.

So in the spirit of international cooperation and all that i have found a list of common Belfast /Northern Ireland words and phrases!

A

Ah - I or me, ie Ah don´t feel well

Aminal -common mispronounciation of Animal

Amptinat? -I most definitely am.

Arseh*le -calling someone a rectum

Aye -meaning ´yes´

B

Balleex -´bo**ocks´ Thats balleex - Used in context when disagreeing with someone

Bake -someones face

Bate -beat, I bate her up so ah did

Beef -male sexual organ ie ´Ah slipped her the beef lawst nite´

Beezer - Very good, Thats Beezer

Beg -wafer thin plastic vessel; good for carrying shopping :also ´oul´ beg´ when referring to an elderly female

Blurt -Slang for female genetalia

Boulin´ -messing about

Bout Ye -´Hello´

Buggered -broken

C

Cameracorder -grannies use of the word ´camcorder´

Cheeser -like Beezer, meaning ´very good´ or ´exellent´

Chicken -child slang for ´afraid´

Chinks -popular Chinese food Take Aways

Childer -children

Cracker -not something you put cheese on, means beezer

Creamed -tired

D

Dander -a walk, ie I´m goin fer a dander

Dawg -canine, dog

Digikil -common mis-prounciation of ´Digital´

Drawers -underwear

Dour -a door

Duncher -Cap

E

Earlee-er -before the present

Eejit -derived from ´Idiot´, means ´Idiot´

Eef Aaf - F*** Off

F

Faaler -father

Fillum -a movie or film

Fingy -someone whose name you can´t remember

Frig -polite word for ´F***´, also used: Flip

Flour a floor

G

Gat -slang, You´re a wee gat or get

Geg -fun, ´Ats a geg´

Getawaydafuck -go away now

Givuz -give me

Glass -Half-Pint

Goes -replaces the word ´Said´ ie And I goes: What? Are you slabberin´?´ And then she goes, ´Yip.´

Gutties -training shoes

H

Hardly -meaning ´Thats not true´ ie Hardly now. Hardly.

Heel -not to be confused with the back of your foot, means end of a loaf

Houl On -please wait

I

J

Jawbax -mouth

Job -activity usually carried out under the cover of night

Joken -joking

K

Kudn´t -couldn´t ie Ah kudn´t do that...

L

Lairdindeyit -please do start eating [or drinking]see also ´wiredintillit´

Leenantarsapees -Famous Italian landmark

Lingo -language

M

Magic -not tricks, but another word meaning great or good

Mawn -a man, male

Meat Wagon -RUC Landrovers

Melt -no actual meaning, used as: ´I´ll knock your melt in´

Milly -name given to teenage females. See also: Steek

Mucker -a friend or mate

Muller -Mother or ´Ma´

N

Nice One -that was good

Norman -bullying term for someone with no friends

Now Yer Sucken Deezel -that´s a good way of going about that

O

Offees -alchohol retailer

Oi -a yelp for someones attention ie Oi! You! C´mere!´

Oxters -Armpits

P

Prably -maybe, its likely

Passion -heavy rain in Ballymena

Peeler -a police officer

Piece -sandwhich

Pssskety -common misprounciation of ´Spaghetti´

Purdie -countryside slang for Potato

Q

Quim -slang for female genetalia

R

Ragin´ -angry, Ahm bloody ragin´ so ah am.

Ration -you´d be doing this if you were trying to get to somewhere in a hurry, in Ballymena

Rare -not to be confused with ´scarce´, means crap

S

Samitch -mispronounciation of ´Sandwhich´

Sebm -seven [7]

Shap -shop

Shar -a shower

Slabber -someone who makes bad comments about you behind your back or to your face

Spoon -someone with a low IQ

Steek -male with bad dress and hair sense

T

Ta -Thank You

Till -replaces the word ´to´ ie Goin till the shap´

Theee -the number three

Tube -see: Spoon

U

Undurstawnd -understand ie Do ye undurstawnd me?

V

Vaka -Vodka

W

Weaker -yet another word for ´brilliant´

Welt -male genitals

Wee -put in front of words such as ´drink´, ´dander´, and basically anything

Wick -not exactly brilliant

Wiredintillit -´Got wiredintillit earlee-er´

Windie -a window

Windielickurs -horrid term for the mentally disadvantaged

Windie Still -a window sill

Wooden One -not a clever person

X

X-Acktlee -exactly

Y

Yermaa -an insult said when nothing else can be thought of

Yeegittin? -Are you being served?

Yip -yes

Z

Zabra/Zedbra -Zebra