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[Deleted User] wrote: »Lads (and Lassies!) I'm happy to admit that I am English. I came here as a career move in 2000. I had interactions with Aer Rianta in the 90s and those interactions were entirely positive. As I have done throughout my career (such as it is!) I (think that) lived and learned from the people and issues I have encountered.
I have been here 20 years, I'm married an astonishingly wonderful Irish woman, and I have done OK. I'm not responsible, again reasonably and honestly, for what was done, outrageously, to the Irish by the British. I am, in fact, ashamed. People who know me as a person, know that.
At the end of the day, as far as I am concerned, it doesn't matter what their background, heritage, upbringing, history is - it matters what sort of person they are.
Thanks - I feel better now having got that off my chest!
When I was a kid I wanted to be ANYTHING but Oirish, wanted to stand apart rather than be a part of the crowd, so to speak. At age 3 I would make up a “forden” language and start speaking it at strangers on the bus, in shops etc, with my mother remaining silent and observing the response of other adults for her own amusement. When I got a bit older I knew I couldn’t get away with the made-up language thing, so for about a year in my life I adopted an English accent, as to be it was at least a tad more exotic than identifying as an Irish person. Watching the film, “Oliver”, fave me the idea, so I spoke like a Cockney fishwife. I also had cousins in Bray who had been brought up in India, Pakistan & London and were yet to acquire any form of Irish accent. They used English expressions, which I added to my vocabulary, but they spoke way more posh lay than I did
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Deleted User wrote: »When I was a kid I wanted to be ANYTHING but Oirish, wanted to stand apart rather than be a part of the crowd, so to speak. At age 3 I would make up a “forden” language and start speaking it at strangers on the bus, in shops etc, with my mother remaining silent and observing the response of other adults for her own amusement. When I got a bit older I knew I couldn’t get away with the made-up language thing, so for about a year in my life I adopted an English accent, as to be it was at least a tad more exotic than identifying as an Irish person. Watching the film, “Oliver”, fave me the idea, so I spoke like a Cockney fishwife. I also had cousins in Bray who had been brought up in India, Pakistan & London and were yet to acquire any form of Irish accent. They used English expressions, which I added to my vocabulary, but they spoke way more posh lay than I did
I suspect cards aplenty today, Cat's been on the sherry again!0 -
[Deleted User] wrote: »When I was a kid I wanted to be ANYTHING but Oirish, wanted to stand apart rather than be a part of the crowd, so to speak. At age 3 I would make up a “forden” language and start speaking it at strangers on the bus, in shops etc, with my mother remaining silent and observing the response of other adults for her own amusement. When I got a bit older I knew I couldn’t get away with the made-up language thing, so for about a year in my life I adopted an English accent, as to be it was at least a tad more exotic than identifying as an Irish person. Watching the film, “Oliver”, fave me the idea, so I spoke like a Cockney fishwife. I also had cousins in Bray who had been brought up in India, Pakistan & London and were yet to acquire any form of Irish accent. They used English expressions, which I added to my vocabulary, but they spoke way more posh lay than I did
Cat,theres a buke in your life story dontchano. 1850 715 815 and ask for the chief telephone operator, tell him you're looking for a buke publisher ,he'll give you a fordign number to call. BTW hows your German ?0 -
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Deleted User wrote: »Dan Jaman is a Brit too, I think. Welsh Megaman, who looks at this thread and active on other Irish media threads, is Welsh. Lots of Brits around, with varying amounts of Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Viking, and other ingredients... just like de Oirish. My DNA now is showing a good bit of that shared with Scottish people. Somebody should start a thread for Brits (people born in Britain with at least one parent truly British for generations), but can you imagine how the mods would be up to their eyes dealing with trolls there!!
When I was a randy teenager I used to watch 'Nighthawks' so to speak, partly as I had a horn for AnneMarie Hourihane so to speak, who reminded me of an Irish Emmauelle Beart (pics of both below so to speak). Anyway, they had this sketchj one time which I found rather amusing at the time so to speak and has stayed with me since. It was entitled something along the lines of "British people who are forced to live in Eire" and the 'star' of the sketch was a stereotypical now (but a much rarer specimen back then) 'yummy mummy' so to speak, but one with a very posh English accent and dat.
I could relate to her plight, as when we moved from Dubalin to Gaillimh I was asked was I forden so to speak as my voyis was very posh-sounding to the Tribesmen so to speak apparently.
Anyhoo, tottypics (I hope Woke McDermott and Jennifer Gannon have heart attacks at my use of such a derogatory term):
Anne Marie:
Emmanuelle:
Since the first time I saw her, I've always believed Emmanuelle Beart to be the most naturally beautiful woman in the world. She's not done herself any favours in recent years with the amount of plastic surgery she's had but in her day......wow.0 -
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Deleted User wrote: »When I was a kid I wanted to be ANYTHING but Oirish, wanted to stand apart rather than be a part of the crowd, so to speak. At age 3 I would make up a “forden” language and start speaking it at strangers on the bus, in shops etc, with my mother remaining silent and observing the response of other adults for her own amusement. When I got a bit older I knew I couldn’t get away with the made-up language thing, so for about a year in my life I adopted an English accent, as to be it was at least a tad more exotic than identifying as an Irish person. Watching the film, “Oliver”, fave me the idea, so I spoke like a Cockney fishwife. I also had cousins in Bray who had been brought up in India, Pakistan & London and were yet to acquire any form of Irish accent. They used English expressions, which I added to my vocabulary, but they spoke way more posh lay than I did
At first reading I read that as age 31...0 -
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