Do You Consider People From Northern Ireland Foreigners?

Big Nasty

People from France, Germany, Spain etc are obviously foreign to us. Despite all our similarities so are people from England, Scotland and Wales.

Leaving aside the politics what say you about people from Northern Ireland? Foreign or no?

elefant

No.

puzzle factory

what a stupid thread.

mattjack

Can I just get my popcorn and favourite seat arranged before we start ?

jonnny68

And the award for the most stupid post of the year goes to........:rolleyes:

Kiera

Only awec.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

No, Just British

john why

How can an irish man be foreign?

John Doe1

Well when I drive 10 mins to Strabane in Tyrone, I think to myself who are these creatures with their weird accents and unapologetic pride in being Irish, bloody foreigners:rolleyes:

Sunnyisland

mattjack wrote: »

Can I just get my popcorn and favourite seat arranged before we start ?

Yes and may I join you and to answer OP no

scrubber72

not people from NI but defintely people from Mayo. Feckin savages...;)

krudler

foreign no, strange and miserable, yes.

Superbus

Yes.

Then again, everybody in the entire world other than myself is a foreigner to me, as I'm the only citizen of the sovereign state I declared in my bedroom.

DoneDL

Of course, but only if they are foreign.

awec

I don't see myself as foreign.

Superior, yes.

votecounts

no

Big Nasty

John Doe1 wrote: »

Well when I drive 10 mins to Strabane in Tyrone, I think to myself who are these creatures with their weird accents and unapologetic pride in being Irish, bloody foreigners:rolleyes:

You could just as well be Spanish living ten minutes from the Spanish / French border. Once you cross that border you are in a different, foreign country. True?

Kiera

awec wrote: »

I don't see myself as foreign.

You're defo from another planet

Nozebleed

terrorists..

Phill Ewinn

Hmmmmmmmm

john why

Nozebleed wrote: »

terrorists..

Or freedom fighters

Big Nasty

votecounts wrote: »

no

Thank you for voting.

Your votecounts.

dirtyden

MCMLXXV wrote: »

People from France, Germany, Spain etc are obviously foreign to us. Despite all our similarities so are people from England, Scotland and Wales.

Leaving aside the politics what say you about people from Northern Ireland? Foreign or no?

Are you being serious?

Seriously?

Surely you cannot be?

Surely?

If you are, well yes, people from other countries are foreign, and Northern Ireland is in part of another country.

Chinasea

Would you be up in arms if this questions was posted about you as a freestater?

dublin80

No, they are Irish cos they were born on Ireland soil, just the northern region:p

Definitely not, but I wouldn't describe anyone from Britain as being foreign either. Dunno why, but I don't.

Big Nasty

dirtyden wrote: »

If you are, well yes, people from other countries are foreign, and Northern Ireland is in part of another country.

Technically that would be correct, however 80+ of posters so far seem to think differently.

BBDBB

I see some of them as friends,


perhaps I misunderstood the question

Sunnyisland

whoopsadaisy doodles wrote: »

Definitely not, but I wouldn't describe anyone from Britain as being foreign either. Dunno why, but I don't.

Well that's great I would , But the question is would you describe a person from in northern Ireland as a foreigner and as NI is not part of britain ;)

John Doe1

MCMLXXV wrote: »

You could just as well be Spanish living ten minutes from the Spanish / French border. Once you cross that border you are in a different, foreign country. True?

That is not what your question is asking though, i am fully aware I enter a different state when I cross the border but many of the people who inhabit said 6 counties are culturally and genetically Irish and I see no difference btween me and a derry man.

juan.kerr

I generally consider them to be Nordies.

Sunnyisland

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Technically that would be correct, however 80+ of posters so far seem to think differently.

This is where it gets good

Big Nasty

Deleted User wrote: »

Definitely not, but I wouldn't describe anyone from Britain as being foreign either. Dunno why, but I don't.

But to be fair they are! Same as Walloon Belge and French people who are obviously from different countries but have the same language and customs. You daren't call a Belgian French and vice versa.

Sunnyisland

John Doe1 wrote: »

That is not what the OP is asking, i am fully aware I enter a different state when I cross the border but many of the people who inhabit said 6 counties are culturally and genetically Irish and I see no difference btween me and a derry man.

That is the OP

Downlinz

Very foreign, we have far less in common with them than people would like to believe.

KeithAFC

I would say yes. I always consider the people in the Republic foreigners. Although I do have to say I do sympathise with the people in Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan.

realies

realies wrote: »

Well that's great I wouldn't either, But the question is would you describe a person from in northern Ireland as a foreigner and as NI is not part of britain ;)

Re-read what you quoted

MCMLXXV wrote: »

But to be fair they are! Same as Walloon Belge and French people who are obviously from different countries but have the same language and customs. You daren't call a Belgian French and vice versa.

Ah, but the question wasn't what is technically correct, it was "do you consider", and I don't.

lividduck

sittyeashunlanders:D

sureitsgrand

KeithAFC wrote: »

Although I do have to say I do sympathise with the people in Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan.

Finally I can agree with you on something Keith!:D

Sunnyisland

Deleted User wrote: »

Re-read what you quoted

:o I changed it :o

mike65

Corse they're bleedin' foreigners!

ScumLord

I consider people that live ten miles down the road to be foreigners, murderers and heroin addicts.

RayM

No, I don't think of Northern Irish people as being 'foreign'. But I don't regard people from other parts of the UK as being particularly foreign either.

Big Nasty

John Doe1 wrote: »

That is not what your question is asking though, i am fully aware I enter a different state when I cross the border but many of the people who inhabit said 6 counties are culturally and genetically Irish and I see no difference btween me and a derry man.

It is really, as you say when you cross the border you are in another (foreign) state therefore the inhabitants of that state are foreign - no?

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah, but the question wasn't what is technically correct, it was "do you consider", and I don't.

See above, but as you say it can be a matter of opinion as opposed to a technicality. In my opinion they are foreign because they are from a different state.

btard

Foreign.

Gummy Panda

Sure you're all savages outside Dublin.. some are sexy savages but savages nonetheless

awec

Kiera wrote: »

awec wrote: »

I don't see myself as foreign.

You're defo from another planet

:cool:

I have noticed a lot of jealousness toward my nordyness

Where To

I judge people by how much money they have, not where they come from.

Feathers

MCMLXXV wrote: »

It is really, as you say when you cross the border you are in another (foreign) state therefore the inhabitants of that state are foreign - no?

So to follow that logic, Tibetans should consider themselves Chinese, as they don't have to cross a border into China? Think John Doe1 is deliberately making a distinction between 'nation' & 'state'.

Big Nasty

Feathers wrote: »

So to follow that logic, Tibetans should consider themselves Chinese, as they don't have to cross a border into China? Think John Doe1 is deliberately making a distinction between 'nation' & 'state'.

That would be more like the Spanish / Basque thing. NI is officially recognised as a different state.

tonycascarino

No way. They are Irish like the rest of us