How xenophobic is Ireland?

ewj1978 · 29-08-2008 9:55pm

ah don't worry...the Irish hate people from the neighbouring area/town/city/county/country. So we'll just take the piss a wee bit out of you and your accent and your leaders and Paris Hilton and how bad your cars are... but apart from that you'll fine.:pac:

LolaLuv · 29-08-2008 9:59pm

gcgirl wrote: »

I see Walker Wrote ''The Color Purple'' !!

Yes, she's pretty famous! This video is awesome, too, because it shows her range. She isn't even an actress!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X4-VtkriKY

ewj1978 wrote: »

ah don't worry...the Irish hate people from the neighbouring area/town/city/county/country.

Lol, I hadn't thought of that but I did notice it on boards, now that you mention it. How funny.

RxQueen · 29-08-2008 10:04pm

PillyPen wrote: »

Yes, she's pretty famous! This video is awesome, too, because it shows her range. She isn't even an actress!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X4-VtkriKY

Lol, I hadn't thought of that but I did notice it on boards, now that you mention it. How funny.

yeah take waterford and kilkenny atm for instant!!. more serious one's to out there but i cant think, it hurts

ewj1978 · 29-08-2008 10:07pm

cork and kerry, cork and waterford(deise bastards), cork and limerick, cork and... ya get the picture.... btw pillypen don't go round saying "how funny" in Dublin as this will result in almighty piss taking... say "DEADLY" or "Class" etc... learn the local vocabulary and You'll fit in with those Dublin langers easily...

gcgirl · 29-08-2008 10:30pm

ewj1978 wrote: »

cork and kerry, cork and waterford(deise bastards), cork and limerick, cork and... ya get the picture.... btw pillypen don't go round saying "how funny" in Dublin as this will result in almighty piss taking... say "DEADLY" or "Class" etc... learn the local vocabulary and You'll fit in with those Dublin langers easily...

It should be really classed as ''The Peoples Republic Of Cork'' With Roy Keane as El Prez !!
Personally i hope Cork beat Kerry in the Gaa !!

LolaLuv · 29-08-2008 10:42pm

ewj1978 wrote: »

cork and kerry, cork and waterford(deise bastards), cork and limerick, cork and... ya get the picture.... btw pillypen don't go round saying "how funny" in Dublin as this will result in almighty piss taking... say "DEADLY" or "Class" etc... learn the local vocabulary and You'll fit in with those Dublin langers easily...

Well, in real life people tend to say "that's hilarious" or something along those lines. Americans would sound pretty dumb saying "class" or "deadly" imo. But maybe I'll get over that.

RxQueen · 29-08-2008 10:44pm

PillyPen wrote: »

Well, in real life people tend to say "that's hilarious" or something along those lines. Americans would sound pretty dumb saying "class" or "deadly" imo. But maybe I'll get over that.

if you hailed form waterford you would be saying "that fair deadly" or thats "fair class" , carlow you would be saying that "quare deadly " etc!

maybe you should try one out those:p

brianthebard · 29-08-2008 10:44pm

You should get a copy of this book then when someone makes fun of an "american" word you can point out it probably has an Irish origin.

LolaLuv · 29-08-2008 10:46pm

brianthebard wrote: »

You should get a copy of this book then when someone makes fun of an "american" word you can point out it probably has an Irish origin.

Have you read that book? It actually looks very interesting deadly? Or is that just for funny stuff? See, it already sounds ridiculous.

brianthebard · 29-08-2008 10:53pm

PillyPen wrote: »

Have you read that book? It actually looks very interesting deadly? Or is that just for funny stuff? See, it already sounds ridiculous.

Yeah it is deadly, and I have read it. It goes through a lot of different words and their origins. Many of them are just homophones that got (mis)translated or adopted by a different group and the original meaning was lost. There's also a dictionary at the back. So for instance he traces words like babe/baby, poker, baloney, slum, dude, dig, dead rabbits, jazz, wanker and a ton of other ones back to their Irish origins. (Babe, poca, beál ónna, 's lom, dúd, thuig, dead Ráibead, teas, uath-anchor in case you were wondering-doubt they'll mean much to you though).

LolaLuv · 29-08-2008 11:00pm

brianthebard wrote: »

Yeah it is deadly, and I have read it. It goes through a lot of different words and their origins. Many of them are just homophones that got (mis)translated or adopted by a different group and the original meaning was lost. There's also a dictionary at the back. So for instance he traces words like babe/baby, poker, baloney, slum, dude, dig, dead rabbits, jazz, wanker and a ton of other ones back to their Irish origins. (Babe, poca, beál ónna, 's lom, dúd, thuig, dead Ráibead, teas, uath-anchor in case you were wondering-doubt they'll mean much to you though).

Sounds a little like the dad in My Big Fat Greek Wedding who was always finding ways to trace all English words back to Greek. What do babe and dúd mean originally?

brianthebard · 29-08-2008 11:09pm

Báb=baby, literally. Dúd=a dapper man, a foolish looking fellow, a dolt, a numbskull. Also, variations are Dúdach=rubber necked, queer (not in the gay way), and Dúdaire, a clown. It was common for fancy looking chaps to go down to the rough side of town in search of a bit of fun, a fight to watch, etc. They would've been called dúd's, but probably figured it was a term of endearment rather than an insult (how would they know?) and so it became common vernacular.

D-A-V-E · 29-08-2008 11:18pm

ah dont worry about anything..apparently almost 50 million americans claim some Irish heritage so no doubt you'l fit in the crowd well..and the fact that you have that accent on you will make you stand out in a good way, people will slag the utter piss out of you but thats the Irish way of saying hows it goin..take nothing of it!

Freddy Krueger · 27-09-2008 4:47pm

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LolaLuv · 27-09-2008 5:00pm

It just seems that the author of that graffiti was posing a friendly question!

Everyone's been really nice to me and my American buddies so far, it's been great. A bit of slagging about politics, but I think at this point everyone feels sorry for America and how pathetic we are more than anything else!

Earthhorse · 27-09-2008 5:04pm

PillyPen wrote: »

Sounds a little like the dad in My Big Fat Greek Wedding who was always finding ways to trace all English words back to Greek. What do babe and dúd mean originally?

About as much research went into both.

PillyPen wrote: »

Everyone's been really nice to me and my American buddies so far, it's been great.

This is the honeymoon period. Wait till McCain gets in and dies. That backlash is gonna be big.

Also, make with the mint M&Ms already.

LolaLuv · 27-09-2008 5:06pm

Earthhorse wrote: »

About as much research went into both.

This is the honeymoon period. Wait till McCain gets in and dies. That backlash is gonna be big.

Also, make with the mint M&Ms already.

Blasphemer!! If Sarah Palin becomes president nothing positive will ever come out of America again.

There weren't any mint M&Ms, I looked. I only found almond and peanut butter ones!

Earthhorse · 27-09-2008 5:16pm

PillyPen wrote: »

Blasphemer!! If Sarah Palin becomes president nothing positive will ever come out of America again.

You know it's going to happen though. So close, you can almost taste it. Unlike my mint M&Ms. :mad:

PillyPen wrote: »

There weren't any mint M&Ms, I looked. I only found almond and peanut butter ones!

Whatever, hand over the stash already!

Txgrl · 27-09-2008 6:40pm

HI everyone! I'm also planning on studying in Ireland next year and I'm kind of worried about how I will be treated being hispanic/latina. I'm guessing there aren't very many in Ireland. But I'm really friendly:)

brianthebard · 27-09-2008 6:44pm

There are more than there used to be! How's your english? That would be the biggest issue imo.

Overheal · 27-09-2008 6:44pm

Txgrl wrote: »

HI everyone! I'm also planning on studying in Ireland next year and I'm kind of worried about how I will be treated being hispanic/latina. I'm guessing there aren't very many in Ireland. But I'm really friendly:)

Latina chicks are damned spicy.

Earthhorse · 27-09-2008 6:58pm

Txgrl wrote: »

HI everyone! I'm also planning on studying in Ireland next year and I'm kind of worried about how I will be treated being hispanic/latina. I'm guessing there aren't very many in Ireland. But I'm really friendly:)

Bring mint M&Ms and everything will work out fine.

Txgrl · 27-09-2008 7:00pm

brianthebard wrote: »

There are more than there used to be! How's your english? That would be the biggest issue imo.

My english is perfect,I was born and raised in Texas, I have a southern accent that always gets made fun of .:)

Txgrl · 27-09-2008 7:17pm

Earthhorse wrote: »

Bring mint M&Ms and everything will work out fine.

Yeah sorry, but I've never even heard of mint M&Ms. I'll look for them the next time I'm at the grocery store

Ross_Mahon · 27-09-2008 7:47pm

You will get the occasional "George Bush is a dope" from other dopes, This place isn't half bad...Just don't go to Tallaght.

Conbro · 27-09-2008 8:06pm

I'm kind of worried about how I will be treated being hispanic/latina

lol nothing to worry about except dealing with a queue of guys to chat you up in the nighclubs:D

brianthebard · 27-09-2008 8:20pm

Txgrl wrote: »

My english is perfect,I was born and raised in Texas, I have a southern accent that always gets made fun of .:)

I figured there was a good chance you hadn't been born in Texas, but yeah I think that would've been the main problem. You'll be grand. You can stay in my place.

luckat · 27-09-2008 8:55pm

Ireland racist...no.... except that we're the country that ran a tourism promotion in India - "Win a trip to Ireland" - céad míle fáilte - and the winner complained of racial harassment at the airport on his way into the country.

No, we're sophisticated types, far beyond that kind of knuckle-dragging nonsense.

SmileyPaul · 27-09-2008 9:05pm

yeah i heard bout that
twas quite recently wasn't it?

Phlann · 27-09-2008 9:08pm

I've never been subjected to any sort of racial harassment in this country.

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