What's the craic?? (creck, like they say)
When they say this to you, the first thing that you think is....Welcome to Belfast. Well, this and when you look trough the window and you never see the sun...
Northern Ireland, country with bad weather, and worst accent, but they are really proud of the second thing. because when the English people comes here, they doesn't understand what we are saying (1-0 for Ireland). In concrete the people of Belfast speaks too fast, cut words and they pronounce the words with i and a...
Examples:
Right now (rait nau, for Eu - rainaiii {with a silent n} for them...)
Window ( windiii for them...)
hi, how are you ( hioreu?)
Is amazing how fast the talk, in the same time like we say Hello, they can explain you the Irish history...
The first days, when I was listening "hiya" I answered them with a plain but enough "hiya" (hi you)...But something was wrong, every time i looked their faces waiting for my answer...1 month later, finally I understand, why they looked at me...when I was understanding "Hello" indeed, they were asking me "hi, how are you" but they say something like "hi-r-u" in half second....is a mix between Hello and How are you, in fact when they say this....the best i to say: Fine thx.....
Another curiosity here, They don't say "yes" (never) they say "aai", I don't know if in Irish "aai" is "yes", but they always use aai....
so, the people who are asking me, how are you going with the Irish accent? now...you know. But in fact, they love talk...the other day I was in the Bus and i listen one man explaining his life and miracles to a girl (poor girl) in only 10 minutes. (remember, they talk so quickly)
although the 2 most curious phrases here are:
What's the craic: Crack is not a drug!!! they use crack like, how are you, how is the party? how is the mood...but they use it for all the things like, when you make a bad thing...this is bad crack, if you do something good, this is good crack...
wii bit: Wii is not a Nintendo Console!! They can say wii 5 times in a same phrase, give me a wii bit cappuccino with wii coffee in a wii cup, ant the waiter would respond...in a wii bit moment.
All of these things are only valid if you talk with a serene person, if you have the misfortune to talk with a Drunk person then...I hope god will save you.
Loves u, The bald of Belfast