How ya pet / pettle?

exp.

Heard in Galway and Dublin

A greeting asking how someone is.

In use

How ya pet / pettle?

Posh English

How are you doing this fine day, my dear?

  • Fire in a pet shopPejorative term Usually used to describe a band or musical group.
  • Pet dayAn isollated day of fine weather during a spell of bad weather.
  • BubA term of affection: hun or babe, used as a pet name.
  • Licky bum bumA teacher's pet or sycophant.
  • Owl forka bushesA term of affection: friend, pet or darling.
  • Whit haired boyThe favourite or pet of the family.