Cork Greetings

That famous familiar greeting on the streets and lanes of Cork City....the one that can apply to any moment in time, the one that saves you from remembering that persons name that you are saluting....a salutation that brings the smallest of smiles on the lips of the receiver...something to jog the memory of people from your past who may have used the same expression. These are those Corkonian expressions that will always remain timeless, yet remind us of a time gone by....days when life was simpler!!
"Get up outta that!!"; "Dowtcha Kid"; These are expressions that can only be learned on the streets, by carefully listening to the friendly banter between passing acquantances, usually shouted across the street from a man walking to some place so important that he cannot stop to chat!!!
The perfect street to learn all these colloquisms is the "North Main Street", the heart of Cork for centuries, a place that has had many changes over the years!!!
Next time your strolling through the streets of Cork at your leisure keep an ear out for some strange expression you might not have heard before! It might amaze you in some way to find a new language that has been lurking on the streets for years!!