Drunken Irish Slang

[ThePhoneGoddess]

Thank you everyone for the explanations.

KaySquirrel's links helped as well. In one of them I found the following:

"Ara be whist" apparently means Shut Up. That sounds like what she was probably trying to say, since I had started talking over her when she wouldn't listen.

[Snowbird]

What a lovely call that must have been.

As for the 'up your swiss' comment, I'll make a guess that it's based on the cheese. You know, swiss cheese has holes... yeah, not going to go further, I'm sure all of you can take it from there.

[Dilorenzo]

Man... makes me half homesick, and half glad I'm not there any more.

[Pagan]

"Ara be whist" apparently means Shut Up. That sounds like what she was probably trying to say, since I had started talking over her when she wouldn't listen.

Ohhhhhh! Like, "haud yer wheesht"! But that's Scots. >.>

Can't explain why, but I understand Scots (not Gaelic).

[Talon]

I say, hardly worth the mental effort caring what epithets an SC uses.

SC: I'll speak to you any way I please! (?)

Old co-worker of mine had a fantastic comeback to that line:

No no ma'am, then you'll be talking to yourself!

I so wish I could have listened in on his call.