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What are some things an American should know about the Irish Culture?

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    #122
    Sky King
    Registered Users Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    WickedWest wrote: »
    I am a bit (really) white. Will I get made fun of for that?
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    Wow, you're hot! Whereja get the lifejacket?


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    #123
    Superbus
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    Football refers to neither soccer nor gridiron, it's kind of like their illegitimate child.


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    #124
    cena
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    Come over and Marry me. Don't mind the rest of the lads here. i WOULD SAY yOU WELL like Ireland. Many americans like it here


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    #125
    cml387
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    If you're going to live in Cork,it is essential that you familiarise yourself with the life and times of The Sage Of Mayfield,one Roy Keane and remember this important phrase which will make you friends all over the city by the Lee:

    "Roy Keane didn't betray Ireland,he was betrayed by the boss"

    This also applies to Michael Collins, another Corkman btw, more reading for you.


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    #126
    Where To
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    After Hours - at the forefront of attracting much needed overseas students to Ireland.


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    #127
    who the fug
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    Where To wrote: »
    After Hours - at the forefront of attracting much needed overseas students to Ireland.

    should be renamed bord failte


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    #128
    micropig
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    Where To wrote: »
    After Hours - at the forefront of attracting much needed overseas students to Ireland.

    SSSHhh don't mention the war;) We had managed to avoid it so far, only positive points please


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    #129
    sheesh
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    Where To wrote: »
    After Hours - at the forefront of attracting much needed overseas students to Ireland.

    we all have our part to play in the 'great recovery'

    OP if you have a spare 45billion we really could do with the loan :D


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    #130
    micropig
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    who the fug wrote: »
    should be renamed bord failte

    After bord failte?


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    #131
    flanders1979
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    Another tourist frightened away


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    #132
    who the fug
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    micropig wrote: »
    SSSHhh don't mention the war;) We had managed to avoid it so far, only positive points please

    But Roy was right


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    #133
    micropig
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    who the fug wrote: »
    But Roy was right

    Who's Roy?:pac:


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    #134
    cml387
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    Nebraska is the home of the US Strategic Command, formerly Strategic Air Command, and is capable of delivering a devastating nuclear strike anywhere in the world.

    So I'd tend to watch my words,just sayin'


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    #135
    mattjack
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    cml387 wrote: »
    Nebraska is the home of the US Strategic Command, formerly Strategic Air Command, and is capable of delivering a devastating nuclear strike anywhere in the world.

    So I'd tend to watch my words,just sayin'

    I liked it better when it was known as the US Strategic Command.


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    #136
    bnt
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    Guinness is not green. It's not supposed to be green. Stop adding green food coloring to it, it doesn't make it any more Irish - not that it needs to be, in any case. :cool:

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #137
    southcentralts
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    Don't worry about a thing, without the cover of anonymity provided by online posts the people of Ireland are a very serious bunch, who will answer any question posed to us in a straightforward and honest way.

    But if you do suspect someone has begun to embellish a story a little, it is traditional (especially in a crowded room or a pub) to shout BULLSH1T!!. upon which the guilty party will say "That's grand" and will buy a round of drinks for everybody and the craic continues.


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    #138
    mfceiling
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    No one says hello here.

    Basically the greeting is 'well'

    Answer...ah sure


    Pushing the boat out you can open with...

    1-How's the form?
    2-How's she cutting?
    3-What's going on?

    Answers

    1-haven't got it filled in yet
    2-full of the blade
    3-fcuk all


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    #139
    saabsaab
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    Probably take you a while to get the accent/slang, best to join some club/activity early. People usually friendly but don't over talk - can put them off. Don't bother with a car use bus taxi walk. Social life is often based around pubs best drink coffee/soft drinks if not used to this go out with others. Irish men usually shy. Show your interest by asking questions etc. Best of luck!:)


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    #140
    WickedWest
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    cml387 wrote: »
    Nebraska is the home of the US Strategic Command, formerly Strategic Air Command, and is capable of delivering a devastating nuclear strike anywhere in the world.

    So I'd tend to watch my words,just sayin'

    What do you mean?


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    #141
    WickedWest
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    southcentralts wrote: »
    Don't worry about a thing, without the cover of anonymity provided by online posts the people of Ireland are a very serious bunch, who will answer any question posed to us in a straightforward and honest way.

    But if you do suspect someone has begun to embellish a story a little, it is traditional (especially in a crowded room or a pub) to shout BULLSH1T!!. upon which the guilty party will say "That's grand" and will buy a round of drinks for everybody and the craic continues.

    BULLSH1T!

    Like that?


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    #142
    Mr Benevolent
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    WickedWest wrote: »
    BULLSH1T!

    Like that?

    Yup. Make sure to pronounce the '1', it's important.


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    #143
    WickedWest
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭WickedWest


    cml387 wrote: »
    If you're going to live in Cork,it is essential that you familiarise yourself with the life and times of The Sage Of Mayfield,one Roy Keane and remember this important phrase which will make you friends all over the city by the Lee:

    "Roy Keane didn't betray Ireland,he was betrayed by the boss"

    This also applies to Michael Collins, another Corkman btw, more reading for you.

    Okay, that's the first thing I'll say when I get to Ireland, right after I ask how the policeman's mother is and take his hat so I can't be arrested.


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    #144
    WickedWest
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭WickedWest


    Confab wrote: »
    WickedWest wrote: »
    BULLSH1T!

    Like that?

    Yup. Make sure to pronounce the '1', it's important.

    You're a lifesaver, I don't know what I'd do without you!


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    #145
    Mr Benevolent
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    WickedWest wrote: »
    Okay, that's the first thing I'll say when I get to Ireland, right after I ask how the policeman's mother is and take his hat so I can't be arrested.

    You're getting confused with the UK again.


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    #146
    coffee_cake
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    WickedWest wrote: »
    Okay, that's the first thing I'll say when I get to Ireland, right after I ask how the policeman's mother is and take his hat so I can't be arrested.

    they're called the guards


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    #147
    Meow_Meow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 171 ✭✭Meow_Meow


    'PS I Love You' is fiction. And bad fiction at that.
    We apologise for the misleading propaganda, and to all the disappinted Yankettes it has left in its wake :(


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    #148
    tfitzgerald
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    A fag is something you smoke

    Confab post 144 is very good


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    #149
    micropig
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    WickedWest wrote: »
    Okay, that's the first thing I'll say when I get to Ireland, right after I ask how the policeman's mother is and take his hat so I can't be arrested.

    grand


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    #150
    WickedWest
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭WickedWest


    For those of you saying that Ireland is provincial, I guarantee it's got to be more exciting than Nebraska, with continuous miles of nothing but corn, soy beans, and cows. That's not to say that I don't love Nebraska, I do - but it has no distinct culture. What I'm looking for in Ireland isn't big city life, if I were, I'd go to New York.


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    #151
    WickedWest
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭WickedWest


    Confab wrote: »
    WickedWest wrote: »
    Okay, that's the first thing I'll say when I get to Ireland, right after I ask how the policeman's mother is and take his hat so I can't be arrested.

    You're getting confused with the UK again.

    Blame a previous poster, they told me to do it ;)


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