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old Belfast saying
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Hiya, My aunt and cousin used to say that when the house was untidy that it was like a "Dundering Inn" Often wondered wher it originated.
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http:// www. definition- of. net/ dunder
Though that meaning isn't shown here.
11:45 Fri 23rd Dec 2011
http://www.definition-of.net/dunder
Though that meaning isn't shown here.
Though that meaning isn't shown here.
I don't think it's 'a dundering inn'...ie a sort of tavern, presumably...but a 'dundering-in'. Dunder is a variant of the Scottish word, dunner, which - as Sandy suggests above - involves something falling down with a thundering sound. In other words, your granny was saying that the house looked as if it had collapsed around you all!