Irish men...opinion of the american women??

keithclancy

I live in the Netherlands and tbh most Americans I meet pretend to be Canadian.

I was talking to an American girl once in a bar in Oslo and she knew I was from Ireland.

She asked "So have you ever been to Europe"

*facepalm*

Depends where their from really, but they have some funny ideas about Europeans, i.e. Their usually surprised to find out that in Ireland we have toilets indoors and not all houses have thatched roofs.

If I hear another American banging on about how small our cars are i'll go on a shooting rampage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS-FoXbjVI

liah

keithclancy wrote: »

I live in the Netherlands and tbh most Americans I meet pretend to be Canadian.

Seriously? They spend all their time hating on Canada, then try to call themselves Canadians? Why?

Grrragh.

Apolloyon

It's probably best to form your own opinions of us when you come over. Obviously we're just wonderful here but you need to decide that yourself!

In answer to your queries:

1. No. I've heard a number of different US accents and I've liked what I've heard so far.

2. I've never encountered a stuck-up American yet. Or if I did, they didn't make an impression on me!

3. I don't think it matters where you go. But yeah stay away anyway!

4. I think they are very open and approachable. I don't think there's anything unattractive about them as a whole.

5. I met one. She broke my heart. True story!

keithclancy

liah wrote: »

Seriously? They spend all their time hating on Canada, then try to call themselves Canadians? Why?

Grrragh.

They usually wear tops. hats or backpacks with a big feckin maple leaf on them.

Think its something to do with the Terrorists:
http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Looking-Like-an-American-Tourist

Edit, jesus christ ... who wrote this bollocks

Wear the same swimwear as the locals. In many countries it is common for men to wear Speedos on the beach or pool. In some European countries, like France and Belgium, men are even required by law to wear a Speedo in public pools: Wearing a swim short is forbidden. Also, wearing a swimming cap is required for both men and women in some countries.

I don't even own a pair of speedos ..

Avoid walking down the street while eating food; this is against proper etiquette in most countries.

Walking home at 4am with a Kebab is normal in most of europe.

Sanjuro

liah wrote: »

Seriously? They spend all their time hating on Canada, then try to call themselves Canadians? Why?

Grrragh.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. You immediately see through the Americans pretending to be Canadians. They keep forgetting to put 'eh?' at the end of sentences.

Danae1

johnn wrote: »

I much prefer talking to American women than Irish, Any time I can have a conversation that doesn't revolve around whether you're "From the Northsoide or the Southsoide" is always nice.

(1) Don't confuse DUBLIN women with all IRISH women.
(2) Try getting out of Dublin and you might meet such women....in fact don't....stay there stay insular, small minded...and away from the rest of us!! MUPPET!

To OP....come to Ireland, in general you'll find Irish men want the same as any other nationality.... some of after 'only one thing' others are reasonably nice guys who want to give it a chance...
Some will like the accent, others won't. Be warned though, it is part of the national psyche to not be as openly communicative/upfront as tends to be the case in America. Your greatest relationships issue here will probably be the dependance on the pub/drinking culture to (1) meet, (2) socialise & (3) retain many-though not all- of those relationships.

Good luck with it and don't obsess on it too much!

DB10

nom nom nom

Gunsfortoys

American girls are great fun. They seem a lot more chilled out and relaxed compared to a lot of Irish women. Probably because they don't consider Sex and the City as Inspiration...

Sea Sharp

American girls are great.
Easy to chat up (I mean that in a good way) and a good laugh.

Hail 2 Da Thief

1. Nope! southern accents are the only attractive accents in the US. All the other accents sound plain to my ear. The Boston accent in revolting though.
2. Nope. I've found Americans very friendly.
3. Better yet, stay out of Dublin altogether .
4. Women are difficult creatures to understand no matter where they're from!
5. I got talking to this lovely gal on the Subway in Manhattan. We were getting on like a house on fire! Coincidentally We both got off at grand central station & she asked me if I'd carry her big heavy suitcase into the station for her. Being the gent that I am I obliged & we chatted while we walked all the way into the station. It was simply magical! Did I mention she was about seventy?:D True story though.

R P McMurphy

1. Does the southern accent get on your nerves?
Definitely not, is one of my favourite accent

2.You think were stuck up.
A lot of americans I have met definitely come across that way

3.Should I definately stay away from temple bar if I dont want some guy hitting me up because he wants a one night stand with a foreigner?
Yes, Chances are you will be hit on by an English fella there anyway

4. What do you find attractive about american women or unattractive (please leave out the fact that alot of american are fat, lol)?
big hair, shoulder pads, oxycotton etc

Stinicker

1. Does the southern accent get on your nerves?
No, I consider it a major plus, I especially love the whole southern demeanour

2.You think were stuck up.
No, I find American women to be great like this (especially compared to Irish women) all nationalities have some stuck up people but the Americans are not bad like this I think.

3.Should I definately stay away from temple bar if I dont want some guy hitting me up because he wants a one night stand with a foreigner?
It depends on what ya want out of your holiday, if you want my advice don't spend all your time and Dublin and come out to the country, you'll have a great time and it is more representative of Ireland not some fake D4 types you'll find in Dublin who wish they could weld Dublin onto mother England.

4. What do you find attractive about american women or unattractive (please leave out the fact that alot of american are fat, lol)?
I find American women to be very attractive, their accents, and general outlook on life is great, plus they are far more open and liberal than Irish women.

5. a story about when you met an american women?
I have met a good shot and had mainly positive experiences with all involved, having been to Las Vegas more than once, they have left a very positive impression on me.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Stinicker wrote: »

having been to Las Vegas more than once, they have left a very positive impression on me.

She didn't ask about your thoughts on Vegas strippers!:pac:

empirix

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

She didn't ask about your thoughts on Vegas strippers!:pac:

lol

malarkus

1. Love all American accents; the more distinguished, the better.

2. Ive met plenty of American women while in a University over there for a while and only a few were stuck up. More of a general ignorance about the world but majority very sound.

3. Do you want to get over-charged food and drink while having some gang of English stag-weekenders stare at your boobs all night? If so, Temple Bar is the place to be!

4. American women seem to have a much more open way of expressing and are alot easier to talk to. Great that they adore my accent so half the work is done for me. Drop dead gorgeous too.:D

5. Plenty stories, had a stalker. That was creepy but flattering!

And OP, saw your pic. You shouldnt have many problems finding a decent guy

jackiebaron

keithclancy wrote: »

I live in the Netherlands and tbh most Americans I meet pretend to be Canadian.

I was talking to an American girl once in a bar in Oslo and she knew I was from Ireland.

She asked "So have you ever been to Europe"

*facepalm*

Depends where their from really, but they have some funny ideas about Europeans, i.e. Their usually surprised to find out that in Ireland we have toilets indoors and not all houses have thatched roofs.

If I hear another American banging on about how small our cars are i'll go on a shooting rampage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS-FoXbjVI

Haha! I saw a bunch of American backpackers at Amsterdam Central Station. They all had Canadian Maple Leafs attached to their rucksacks yet they were carrying US passports. I told them that they were a bunch of dickheads who weren't fooling anybody. Naive assholes.

Stinicker

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

She didn't ask about your thoughts on Vegas strippers!:pac:

I was actually referring to the hookers! :pac:

mp3kid

Americangirl1 wrote: »

Honestly, I have heard different things of what to expect when going to Ireland.
I'm not going to Ireland to hook up with anyone, but how can you go to another country and not be abit interested in the opposite sex?
I want answers, straight forward and through some other stuff in there if you would like. Just getting an overview of it all. I definately expect to here some banter on here, so bombs away.
1. Does the southern accent get on your nerves?
2.You think were stuck up.
3.Should I definately stay away from temple bar if I dont want some guy hitting me up because he wants a one night stand with a foreigner?
4. What do you find attractive about american women or unattractive (please leave out the fact that alot of american are fat, lol)?
5. a story about when you met an american women?

lol, oh lordy.

They're attention seekers.

And Irish men are suckers for it, apparently.

liah

****, desecrating our noble maple leaf with their Americanness. :pac:

I reckon it's more because Americans have such a horrid reputation abroad and Canadians are apparently (from what people tell me, anyway) known for being overly nice and have a much more favourable reputation.

Either way, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the idea of Americans masquerading as Canadians

Sanjuro

liah wrote: »

****, desecrating our noble maple leaf with their Americanness. :pac:

I reckon it's more because Americans have such a horrid reputation abroad and Canadians are apparently (from what people tell me, anyway) known for being overly nice and have a much more favourable reputation.

Either way, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the idea of Americans masquerading as Canadians

On my mother's side of the family, she has a sister living in Toronto, and a sister living in Seattle, Washington. Whenever the two families get together, it's incredibly entertaining. Especially since the American family are fundamentalist christian Republicans.

Hail 2 Da Thief

liah wrote: »

I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the idea of Americans masquerading as Canadians

You have no choice. You must obey your overlords!

liah

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

You have no choice. You must obey your overlords!

Overlords? You mean like.. mounties? :pac:

Gunsfortoys

liah wrote: »

****, desecrating our noble maple leaf with their Americanness. :pac:

I reckon it's more because Americans have such a horrid reputation abroad and Canadians are apparently (from what people tell me, anyway) known for being overly nice and have a much more favourable reputation.

Either way, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the idea of Americans masquerading as Canadians

Disagree.

parker kent

liah wrote: »

****, desecrating our noble maple leaf with their Americanness. :pac:

I reckon it's more because Americans have such a horrid reputation abroad and Canadians are apparently (from what people tell me, anyway) known for being overly nice and have a much more favourable reputation.

Either way, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the idea of Americans masquerading as Canadians

Agree with the Candian thing, 95% of Candians I have met were extremely friendly (some VERY friendly!). Next thing you know, the English will start pretending to be Irish. Anarchy on the way

As for the OP, I have found American girls to be a mixed bag. Some very nice, some middling and one particularly horrible girl. So much like everywhere else really. American girls can be very outgoing and more open-minded so that is often a good thing. They love my accent too so that is always a good thing in a country! The Southern accent is my joint favourite with the Jersey accent (Jersey accents just sound funny!). The Southern Belle accent sounds pretty good to foreign ears.

parker kent

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

You have no choice. You must obey your overlords!

I would not mind obeying some Canadian beavers

liah

Gunsfortoys wrote: »

Disagree.

Really? Is it a trend you've noticed?

Strange. Any time people find out I'm Canadian they inevitably know a bunch of other Canadians from god knows where and then go on about how overly nice/polite they were.

It's kind of funny hearing about your own nationality's stereotypes sometimes.

Gunsfortoys

liah wrote: »

Really? Is it a trend you've noticed?

Strange. Any time people find out I'm Canadian they inevitably know a bunch of other Canadians from god knows where and then go on about how overly nice/polite they were.

It's kind of funny hearing about your own nationality's stereotypes sometimes.

It is true some are friendly enough; I don't think all Canadians are like that though, having lived there I met a few arseholes. I suppose you get them everywhere anyway. I find Americans a lot friendlier and easygoing than Canadians. We are portrayed as drunken idiots all over the world and America is portrayed as dumb. Both are far from the truth in my experience.

prinz

keithclancy wrote: »

Edit, jesus christ ... who wrote this bollocks....I don't even own a pair of speedos ..

Bollocks to you. When In actual fact it's true. I've been the one to kick people out of pools on the continent for wearing swimming trunks as opposed to speedo-types. A lot of non-foreign orientated resorts/pools will have this rule, particularly common in France.

R P McMurphy

prinz wrote: »

Bollocks to you. When In actual fact it's true. I've been the one to kick people out of pools on the continent for wearing swimming trunks as opposed to speedo-types. A lot of non-foreign orientated resorts/pools will have this rule, particularly common in France.

Some swiming pools in France have a speedo rental shop at the pool. Who would want to swim that badly?

studioguest

There are two things your are guaranteed with American Girls:

1. Nice pearly white teeth
2 A shaved beaver

Latchy

If you think about how many Irish girls style themselfs on all things Americana be they models ,actresses or singers over the last few decades and how the American accent has somehow..... evolved and being adopted by some Irish people ( being quite a few threads about this ) who may have lived in America for some time , then it's a good perception of how American women are percieved In Ireland . Generally speaking and from my own expierence of meeting American women in Ireland and abroad , I have always found them to be polite, friendly, stylish ...very good looking , and great fun to be around . And some of those southern girls can drink anybody under the table

smash

Americangirl1 wrote: »

ewww uhh, don't really know what to say about that...

Take it as a compliment and thank his post!

HalloweenJack

1. No, it can be nice if it's not too strong.
2. Irish girls are way more stuck up.
3. Stay away from Temple Bar. Save yourself the money and go to other, genuine places in Dublin.
4. Yez are a lot more approachable and friendly than most Irish girls.
5. I've had quite a few happy endings.

Mr Benevolent

My opinion? American women sound like this:

Yack yack yack yack OMG OMG like OMG totally I know everything blah blah cultural vacumn stupid goretex jackets clothes I'm really very plain yack yack.

Glassheart

Americangirl1 wrote: »

1. Does the southern accent get on your nerves?

Absolutely not.There isn't a sexier accent on a woman...

Americangirl1 wrote: »

2.You think were stuck up.

Not at all.The complete opposite in my experience.

Americangirl1 wrote: »

3.Should I definately stay away from temple bar if I dont want some guy hitting me up because he wants a one night stand with a foreigner?

I could give you a variety of reasons for tourists to stay away from there.

Americangirl1 wrote: »

4. What do you find attractive about american women...

See answers 1 & 2.

Gunsfortoys

Americangirl1 wrote: »

Irish opinion of American women??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqXi8WmQ_WM

The After Hours Troll

Pussy, is pussy. Same difference.

Sanjuro

Glassheart wrote: »

Absolutely not.There isn't a sexier accent on a woman...

A girl with a soft Scottish accent trumps it, IMO.

Wompa1

Confab wrote: »

My opinion? American women sound like this:

Yack yack yack yack OMG OMG like OMG totally I know everything blah blah cultural vacumn stupid goretex jackets clothes I'm really very plain yack yack.

Irish girls sound like Yack yack yack OMG OMG Like I know everything blah blah why won't guys ever call me back after a one night stand yack yack guys aren't romantic but when they try to be they are freak blah blah..

More on topic, American girls are great. I find the American girls that visit Ireland are pretty intelligent. I've had actual intellectual conversations with American girls over here for a semmester that I rarely have with Irish girls

NothingMan

Translation of most answers in this thread: I've seen your pics, you're hot. When you get over here I wanna roide ya!

I can imagine the kind of replies in here if the OP wasn't a fox.

Latchy

Confab wrote: »

My opinion? American women sound like this:

Yack yack yack yack OMG OMG like OMG totally I know everything blah blah cultural vacumn stupid goretex jackets clothes I'm really very plain yack yack.

You've just described your typical southern Californian Valley girl ,a product of her enviorment and very, very sterotypical :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnVE3UTIgEM

parker kent

NothingMan wrote: »

Translation of most answers in this thread: I've seen your pics, you're hot. When you get over here I wanna roide ya!

I can imagine the kind of replies in here if the OP wasn't a fox.

That is a subtle way of saying that all the other replies are to be ignored and you are the one to ride

BTW I am the one to ride

NothingMan

parker kent wrote: »

That is a subtle way of saying that all the other replies are to be ignored and you are the one to ride

BTW I am the one to ride

Hey, I didn't say I was excluded from that translation .

AAAAAAAHHH

jackiebaron wrote: »

Haha! I saw a bunch of American backpackers at Amsterdam Central Station. They all had Canadian Maple Leafs attached to their rucksacks yet they were carrying US passports. I told them that they were a bunch of dickheads who weren't fooling anybody. Naive assholes.

Well, as long as they knew that they were the dickheads in that scenario.

My name is URL

This threads in need of a ride me thinks.. either that or a cold bucket of water. The girl's profile has had 500 views since lunchtime

Sonnenblumen

American girls remind me of burgers, more hassle than its worth.

FTGFOP

^ that doesn't make any sense.

Marcus.Aurelius

American girls are as much fun as the Irish, and less likely to be stuck up and pretentious. They can be more vacuous and crass, but there's plenty of Irish girls that are the same.

If you're good looking and fun, you'll enjoy yourself.

FTGFOP wrote: »

^ that doesn't make any sense.

It's AH, what do you expect?

Teutorix

My best friend is an American girl and i love her to bits.

I judge people on who they not where they come from.

Americangirl1

Latchy wrote: »

If you think about how many Irish girls style themselfs on all things Americana be they models ,actresses or singers over the last few decades and how the American accent has somehow..... evolved and being adopted by some Irish people ( being quite a few threads about this ) who may have lived in America for some time , then it's a good perception of how American women are percieved In Ireland . Generally speaking and from my own expierence of meeting American women in Ireland and abroad , I have always found them to be polite, friendly, stylish ...very good looking , and great fun to be around . And some of those southern girls can drink anybody under the table

So it looks like the majority of Irish men like the southern accent. Thats nice since Ive been told I sound a bit like (gulp) Britney Spears...except my voice isn't all that baby sounding I guess...Every foreign guy tells me this. And yes one of those women who can drink anyone under the table would be my mother, good lordy that woman could drink...

NothingMan wrote: »

Translation of most answers in this thread: I've seen your pics, you're hot. When you get over here I wanna roide ya!

I can imagine the kind of replies in here if the OP wasn't a fox.

HAHAHA, im a fox. Never been told that before. And I was actually told to watch certain people on this board when I came to Ireland. I guess some people on here like to meet up, but I heard is was a bad idea for me.

parker kent wrote: »

That is a subtle way of saying that all the other replies are to be ignored and you are the one to ride

BTW I am the one to ride

wow, lol.

My name is URL wrote: »

This threads in need of a ride me thinks.. either that or a cold bucket of water. The girl's profile has had 500 views since lunchtime

HOLY S*** you ARE right, thats a bit insane...have you been keeping track by chance...lol. jk

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

American girls remind me of burgers, more hassle than its worth.

Are you saying making a hamburger is a hassle, or eating it is. Because either way you must suck in bed if you can't do both...ROFL