@@John-fz6bw apparently "smashing" used a lot in England but more in old decades when I was small, comes from the Irish "is maith sin". At least that's what I remember hearing on some UK TV programme about it in the late 90s. I had wondered if it came from that beforehand.
@@brianboru7684 I'm really not sure and I wouldn't like to say it's a definite. It does sound like a possibility but it's also very questionable! I could also be remembering it incorrectly because the TV programme I remember watching was well over 20 years ago! Mid-late 90s, I think.
amazing! I didn't know I've been speaking Irish since birth! Ta ra is *very* common across England but I think especially across the North, (Don't know about Scotland).
in australia we often say “Ta.” as a thank you for receiving something, or “Ta?” when, say, you’re asking a baby or a kid to give you something they shouldn’t be playing with.. do you think this could come from that same root? love your videos!!
I have more Scottish DNA, so I’m practicing Scottish Gaelic. Instead of saying tabhair aire, they say tìoraidh. I think the Gaelic languages are very interesting. Tha Gàidhlig snog.
“The famine, “which was caused by the English using Ireland as a bread basket to take from and leave trashed like they did everywhere the empire went. In American “schools “ , they say it was because the Irish only eat one type of potato and they got disease🙄. I wish I could cuss people out in Gaelic . That would be a happy moment.
I was trying to like the video. I kept pushing the like button but it wasn’t working. Because I was trying to push the like video for the woman who was saying at-ra- but the link wasn’t live. Because you copied and pasted it to your video :)
No that's an entirely spurious piece of folk etymology. People say Ta ra all over England. It not special to Liverpool. Sometimes they say ta ta. I grew up using that expression in the north east of England . it's got no derivation from an Irish phrase. That's really wishful thinking.
Love hearing the connections Gaelige has with other countries. Mucker was another surprising one. 😊
Love these little videos where you clarify or introduce words, phrases and concepts. Thank you for your super content! 🙏🏻
Glad you like them Peter, I love making them 🥰
We still say'be careful' or 'take care' in Appalachia, very often.
I love this. Especially because I use "Take care." a lot when saying goodbye to someone in English.
Didn’t know the meaning, thank you Bonnie Irish lass. Used to think it was an English thing didn’t know it was a Gaelic thing🇮🇪
It isn't
You rock! Thanks for the lesson
I didn't know this! I love that I got a mini history lesson.🙂
I am from Liverpool “ta ra wack “ bye son!
Similar to this and "mucker" Belfast, in Leeds they say "charva" to mean friend which sounds suspiciously similar to "mo chara"
Excellent explanation
My dad emigrated to London FROM Laois but returned when us five children were born ….he often used say that…along with mind how you go..
Wow! This one I had no idea of. However, it. Makes perfect sense and it's just one of many, like "galore" and "smashing", etc.
I understand where 'galore' came from. What's the origin of smashing?
@@John-fz6bw apparently "smashing" used a lot in England but more in old decades when I was small, comes from the Irish "is maith sin". At least that's what I remember hearing on some UK TV programme about it in the late 90s. I had wondered if it came from that beforehand.
Unlikely except for "galore".
@@brianboru7684 I'm really not sure and I wouldn't like to say it's a definite. It does sound like a possibility but it's also very questionable! I could also be remembering it incorrectly because the TV programme I remember watching was well over 20 years ago! Mid-late 90s, I think.
amazing! I didn't know I've been speaking Irish since birth! Ta ra is *very* common across England but I think especially across the North, (Don't know about Scotland).
in Wales too, North and South
in australia we often say “Ta.” as a thank you for receiving something, or “Ta?” when, say, you’re asking a baby or a kid to give you something they shouldn’t be playing with.. do you think this could come from that same root? love your videos!!
Níl a fhios agam seo!
Go h-iontach! ❤️
Tara means let's go
Iontach suimiúil an ceangal idir Éire & Learpholl!
Ευχαριστούμε για τα βίντεο σας!
So many Irish and Irish speakers went to Liverpool Liverpool accent, is actually Irish and Welsh
Does anyone know a good page to learn Irish Gaelic? In addition to this page?
I have more Scottish DNA, so I’m practicing Scottish Gaelic. Instead of saying tabhair aire, they say tìoraidh. I think the Gaelic languages are very interesting. Tha Gàidhlig snog.
In Scotland it’s Cheerie O
interesting, any history on whether the Irish went to Japan, you Tora Tora Tora, the japanese corruption of Tabhair aire.
“The famine, “which was caused by the English using Ireland as a bread basket to take from and leave trashed like they did everywhere the empire went. In American “schools “ , they say it was because the Irish only eat one type of potato and they got disease🙄. I wish I could cuss people out in Gaelic . That would be a happy moment.
Hmmm...that's a bit of a stretch I think. Any sources to back this up?
I thought in English it was ta ta, or toodles🤭
Tara still very common and calling another person la Tara la my great grandparents came in the famine
I was trying to like the video. I kept pushing the like button but it wasn’t working. Because I was trying to push the like video for the woman who was saying at-ra- but the link wasn’t live. Because you copied and pasted it to your video :)
No that's an entirely spurious piece of folk etymology. People say Ta ra all over England. It not special to Liverpool. Sometimes they say ta ta.
I grew up using that expression in the north east of England . it's got no derivation from an Irish phrase. That's really wishful thinking.
Ní raibh a fhios seo agam. Go raibh maith agat as an eolas.
Promo'SM
Its Welsh for goodbye