Any good jokes ... ?

[tyred]

Still do refer to them as tatties.

Some call them that here too but the word pirtie would be much more common. Is that used in Scotland too or is it a uniquely East Donegal word?

I always assumed it was Ulster-Scots in origin, or from the gaelic word prátaí.

 

[tyred]

 

[Cavalol]

Just tried some of Elvis Costello's new Mediterranean sausages. They were delicious.
I think olive salami is here to stay…

 

[Chris S]

Some call them that here too but the word pirtie would be much more common. Is that used in Scotland too or is it a uniquely East Donegal word?

I always assumed it was Ulster-Scots in origin, or from the gaelic word prátaí.

I spent large parts of my childhood in Fermanagh and I never heard it there.

 

[oldwheels]

Some call them that here too but the word pirtie would be much more common. Is that used in Scotland too or is it a uniquely East Donegal word?

I always assumed it was Ulster-Scots in origin, or from the gaelic word prátaí.

Never heard that word before but it could well be a corruption of a gaelic word.

 

[Toshiba Boy]

 

[PeteXXX]

 

[Cavalol]

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Bravo, sir.

 

[tyred]

I spent large parts of my childhood in Fermanagh and I never heard it there.

It must be an easy Donegal/Derry word then.

It actually saddens me that so many lical words and phrases that were common have suddenly disappeared as the younger generation now seem to talk like Americans.

 

[tyred]

 

[Chislenko]

Potato is "tatws" often shortened to "tato"

For pronunciation something like "tah-two-ss" "tah-tor"

Not in the north! Taten for a single potato. When they get married to another taten they become Tatws😊

 

[Electric_Andy]

Not in the north! Taten for a single potato. When they get married to another taten they become Tatws😊

In Devonshire some older folks call them "Teddies", but again the dialect is dying out with each subsequent generation so you don't often hear it now

 

[Profpointy]

Not in the north! Taten for a single potato. When they get married to another taten they become Tatws😊

South too. Taten is indeed the singular whilst tatws / tato is plural or potato-as-a-substance so to speak, eg with a meal

 

[Tenkaykev]

 

[Profpointy]

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And in those parts they call crisps "tatties" as well