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Europe is going American

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  • #52
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    fontanalis wrote: »
    Who replaced it?
    The complaint here seems to be about big bad American shops destroying Ireland. Why don't people talk about irish indifference to their culture? After all plenty of people have a fondness for mocking Americas lack of culture.

    Its been slowly eroded over the past 100 years by the Irish and by the colonisation before hand.

    I don't think American globalization has anything to do with it for the record, you are correct in your assertion of Irish indifference to our own culture.

    America has a great cultural heritage however in these modern times it is overshadowed by the more modern trends and fads.


  • #53
    The Minstrel
    Registered Users Posts: 386 ✭✭The Minstrel


    Old news at this stage, sure half of the teenage population of Ireland have quasi-American accents regardless of their background.


  • #54
    lcrcboy
    Registered Users Posts: 562 ✭✭✭lcrcboy


    Seaneh wrote: »
    pepsi, who own mountain dew will be officially launching Mountain Dew, Mountain Dew Code Red, Mug's Root Beer and another drink I can't remember, in the UK in late spring with a pretty big advertisement push.

    I like Mugs so this pleases me...


    Reices and hersheys stuff has been sold in loads of shops for years now. I know most news agents in Galway stock them anyway.

    Damm didn't realize they were going to be releasing root beer here,I love the stuff and is one thing I miss about the States :D


  • #55
    gargleblaster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭gargleblaster


    The Minstrel wrote: »
    Old news at this stage, sure half of the teenage population of Ireland have quasi-American accents regardless of their background.

    yes, and it is a sad thing.


  • #56
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    lcrcboy wrote: »
    Damm didn't realize they were going to be releasing root beer here,I love the stuff and is one thing I miss about the States :D


    Well, it might not happen. They talk about releasing mugs and mountain dew every Couple of years since they bought them but nothing ever comes of it.

    I personally love root beer so I hope it happens.


  • #57
    FGR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,455 ✭✭✭FGR


    I yearn for Cheez-Its. The American cheesy snack goodness that Ritz Crackers only wish they could be..!


  • #58
    danger mouse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 559 ✭✭✭danger mouse


    lcrcboy wrote: »
    I was in town the other day and noticed reeses peanut butter cupcakes on sale and mountain dew, and when I was up in Dublin the same thing, a few months back its was the same when I was over in the UK, Cadburys has been taken over by craft and now the NBA will be holding some of their games in London. Has this been going on for a long time or are the Americans really trying to push their brands at the moment into the European market.


    Link to the story from the BBC about the NBA matches for those interested:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12635781

    What shop sells mountain dew i love that stuff?


  • #59
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    danger mouse wrote: »
    What shop sells mountain dew i love that stuff?

    The filipino shop on abbey street has it...


  • #60
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    They are an empire, militarily and culturally.

    we need to push back.


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  • #61
    SeanW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,867 ✭✭✭SeanW


    Seaneh wrote: »
    The filipino shop on abbey street has it...
    There's one on Capel St. too - the stuff they have is imported from the Phillipines.


  • #62
    lcrcboy
    Registered Users Posts: 562 ✭✭✭lcrcboy


    SeanW wrote: »
    There's one on Capel St. too - the stuff they have is imported from the Phillipines.

    In Limerick you can buy Mountain Dew in a few of the Spar shops around, its the same mountain dew which has been released in the UK under Mountain Dew Energy, over in the UK you can pretty much get mountain dew anywhere now.


  • #63
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    opening soon another starbucks

    Watch this post for more details


  • #64
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    ‘We are rapidly losing our identity as a people. We are losing our specific national identity which has not been lost by the Dutch or the Belgians or the French or Italians.

    Not so much the French or Italians but the Dutch have become very Americanised. They use Americans terms in everyday language and it's increasing rapidly.


  • #65
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    m@cc@ wrote: »
    Not so much the French or Italians but the Dutch have become very Americanised. They use Americans terms in everyday language and it's increasing rapidly.

    The quotes from 1979 and is largely concerning Ireland, when both Europe and Ireland were considerably less Americanised than even now though Ireland was well on its way.


  • #66
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    The quotes from 1979 and is largely concerning Ireland, when both Europe and Ireland were considerably less Americanised than even now though Ireland was well on its way.

    Fair enough, I didn't see the year.

    I think the whole thing about losing our identity is rubbish though anyway. What is our identity and why does having American brands eradicate it?


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  • #67
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    m@cc@ wrote: »
    Fair enough, I didn't see the year.

    I think the whole thing about losing our identity is rubbish though anyway. What is our identity and why does having American brands eradicate it?

    Yes I agree we began losing our identity a long time ago and it wasn't American brands, more so ourselves and the British colonialization.

    Our identity is our language which we are freely giving up now due to British pressure in the past and self loathing.


  • #68
    shanec1928
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,164 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    have a nice day mam!:D


  • #69
    blaze1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1


    Sounds good to me if only they brought the clothes shops over, might be able to afford to buy decent clothes without going to the other side of the world and pay $20 dollars for a pair of decent levis instead of €120


  • #70
    fonecrusher1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,702 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    American culture is creeping into our very conversations at an alarming rate. Even here on boards i read posts which are riddled with american slang words & i think its a bit sad. Just be fcuking irish, just be yourself & stop trying to sound like some sort of dopey californian surfer person. Saying dude after every second word. Dude like really. Aww dude like wow....dude. Awesome. Hell yeah. omg. Like wow dude.

    A few weeks ago someone started a thread about what their favourite soda was.....fcuking soda? Are you serious? Did you think using that word instead of fizzy drink or can of lemonade would get you a collective high five from the ah crowd?

    Just be irish, we're kind of cool in our own clumsy way.


  • #71
    lcrcboy
    Registered Users Posts: 562 ✭✭✭lcrcboy


    fonecrusher1 wrote: »
    American culture is creeping into our very conversations at an alarming rate. Even here on boards i read posts which are riddled with american slang words & i think its a bit sad. Just be fcuking irish, just be yourself & stop trying to sound like some sort of dopey californian surfer person. Saying dude after every second word. Dude like really. Aww dude like wow....dude. Awesome. Hell yeah. omg. Like wow dude.

    A few weeks ago someone started a thread about what their favourite soda was.....fcuking soda? Are you serious? Did you think using that word instead of fizzy drink or can of lemonade would get you a collective high five from the ah crowd?

    Just be irish, we're kind of cool in our own clumsy way.

    theres no need to attack people over using slang words, and the way a person talks does not make them Irish. In this modern day and age Ireland should be embracing different cultures and nationalities. Oh and the idea of Irish teenagers talking with american accents and slang is only a fad something new will come along maybe 10 or 15 years down the road and Irish teens will start replicating that


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  • #72
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    fonecrusher1 wrote: »
    Just be fcuking irish, just be yourself & stop trying to sound like some sort of dopey californian surfer person. Saying dude after every second word. Dude like really. Aww dude like wow....dude. Awesome. Hell yeah. omg. Like wow dude.

    How about being whatever the fcuk you want to be? Surely that in itself is more 'Irish'?


  • #73
    Daegerty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭Daegerty


    fonecrusher1 wrote: »
    American culture is creeping into our very conversations at an alarming rate. Even here on boards i read posts which are riddled with american slang words & i think its a bit sad. Just be fcuking irish, just be yourself & stop trying to sound like some sort of dopey californian surfer person. Saying dude after every second word. Dude like really. Aww dude like wow....dude. Awesome. Hell yeah. omg. Like wow dude.

    A few weeks ago someone started a thread about what their favourite soda was.....fcuking soda? Are you serious? Did you think using that word instead of fizzy drink or can of lemonade would get you a collective high five from the ah crowd?

    Just be irish, we're kind of cool in our own clumsy way.

    There was a lad in my class in college and in first year someone asked him "So where in America are you from?" and to listen to him you really would think he was from America.

    The lad was from Knocknaheeny of all places, most likely spent his free time watching American TV.

    Since then I have seen others who also sound a bit American. One thing that strikes me is that they don't seem to be the happiest of characters and think lowly of this place.


  • #74
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    Daegerty wrote: »
    There was a lad in my class in college and in first year someone asked him "So where in America are you from?" and to listen to him you really would think he was from America.

    The lad was from Knocknaheeny of all places, most likely spent his free time watching American TV.

    Since then I have seen others who also sound a bit American. One thing that strikes me is that they don't seem to be the happiest of characters and think lowly of this place.

    Force feed Joyce Synge Yeats O Casey and Friel to all them and it should sort it out. It might give them an idea of what Irish culture is.


  • #75
    Daegerty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭Daegerty


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    Force feed Joyce Synge Yeats O Casey and Friel to all them and it should sort it out. It might give them an idea of what Irish culture is.

    Its easier to just wait for them to leave to their "greener fields"


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