In British and Irish English, "Baltic" is slang for extremely cold, freezing, or bitter weather. It is commonly used to describe, for example, "It's absolutely baltic outside," implying the temperature is painfully cold. The phrase is particularly common in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Northern England.
“It's Baltic” is the British way of saying it's absolutely freezing — not just cold, but the kind of cold that hits your bones, attacks your soul, and makes you regret leaving your bed.
Learn a Liverpool Dialect Word: ``Baltic'' 🥶 Visiting Liverpool or just curious about the local lingo? Today's Scouse word lesson is ``Baltic''! In Liverpool, ``Baltic'' simply means **cold**. ❄️ So, if someone in Liverpool says ``It's Baltic outside,'' you know it's rather chilly!
Whit's fur ye'll no go past ye – Whatever is meant to happen will happen. Ma heid's mince – My head is mince, meaning I'm a bit confused. Yer oot yer face! – You're extremely intoxicated from the effects of alcohol.
6. It's Baltic. The Baltic States Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are a bit on the cooler side, 'it's Baltic' means that it's very cold. It's the equivalent of saying 'it's freezing' in America. It's Baltic during January and February in Belfast so get ready to pack your jumpers since you are going to need many layers!
There are several theories about its origin, most of which trace it to the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root *bhel meaning 'white, fair'. This meaning is retained in the two modern Baltic languages, where baltas in Lithuanian and balts in Latvian mean "white".
So, any cockneys on here that can answer…. Why does Taters in the mould (potatoes in the mould) mean cold? Potatoes ( 'taters) - in-the-mould' = rhyming slang for cold.
According to a 2017 study, Slavic speakers like Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians have similar genetic components. Ukrainians and Belarusians have near-equal amounts of two "European components", which are commonly found in North Europe and Caucasus respectively. There is also no evidence of Asian admixture.
VU scientists have found that Lithuanians have genes that are influenced by natural selection and determine their fair skin, hair, and eyes. Hair colour varies in shades due to genetic diversity within the population. Similarly, Lithuanians' eye colour often ranges from greyish to blue.
The Balts are descended from a group of Proto-Indo-European tribes who settled the area between the lower Vistula and southeast shore of the Baltic Sea and upper Daugava and Dnieper rivers, and which over time became differentiated into West and East Balts.
Congress proclaimed March as Irish-American Heritage Month in 1995, and the President issues a proclamation commemorating the occasion each year. Erin go Bragh is the Anglicization of an Irish language phrase, Éirinn go Brách, and expresses allegiance to Ireland. It is most often translated as “Ireland Forever.”
The phrase Óglaigh na hÉireann was coined as an Irish-language name for the Irish Volunteers of 1913, and it was retained despite the Volunteers becoming known in English as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the War of Independence of 1919–1922.
