5 things that make use different

Doc

I’m looking for as many people as I can get to give 5 things that you think help make the Irish people different from people from other countries.
If you cant think of five then as many as you can.
I’m Irish myself and am currently working on a project that relates to national image.

P.S. If you are not Irish I would be grateful if you could say so in your reply.

tbh

1. We can't spell the word "us"

tbh

ok, seeing as how I took the piss, I should give you at least one.

We're more deferential than other countries, with the possible exception of Australia. If someone from another country praises us, we play it down. If they slag us, we kill 'em.

Doc

caimin wrote:

1. We can't spell the word "us"

:eek: Yea sorry didnt see that...

Are you from my country or should I kill you?

morlan

The Irish have penetrated every corner of the earth due to massive emigration because of the famine *cough* genocide *cough*. Nobody can escape us.

We just have a good reputation. It's all in the history. We rule.

IceHawk

We don't let go of things that happened hundreds of years ago.

hepcat

Doc wrote:

I’m looking for as many people as I can get to give 5 things that you think help make the Irish people different from people from other countries.
If you cant think of five then as many as you can.
I’m Irish myself and am currently working on a project that relates to national image.

P.S. If you are not Irish I would be grateful if you could say so in your reply.

irish accent sorry

ST*

The most popular ones I've heard is that the Irish are friendly, helpful and easy-going. Not everyone is like this, but as a country in general - there might be something in it.

BossArky

1) Flag
2) Accent, see point 3 below.
3) Cannot pronounce 33 1/3 or teeth (torty tree and a turd / tit)
4) We are to the Eurovision what Brazil are to the World Cup.
5) The only country to have had snakes but lost then thanks to St.Paddy.

Edit - I'm Irish

tbh

Doc wrote:

:eek: Yea sorry didnt see that...

Are you from my country or should I kill you?

I'm Irish. Oh yeah, another one, nothing we do is ever good enough to stand on it's own, we only think it's good if we do it better than the Brits.

oh yeah and we are cynics. The late, lamented Dermot Morgan used to do a piece on how Hitler would never get power in ireland because there would always be someone at the back of the hall during his speeches muttering "jumped-up little b0llox"

s10

main humor is sarcasim
owning property/land
getting drunk "then" chatting up women
talkative , cheers guiness.
open door policy

yep im irish

spunkymunky

Everything can sorted be over a cup of tea!!!

tbh

we use the word "grand" a lot. Have you ever heard someone who wasn't born here use the word like we do? Like, someone saying it in an American accent. it don't sound right.

Megatron

No i know i'm ripping this off but it's poxy true.


The ability to lament our country even though we are still in our own country.

We love everyone ... except Brits .... and possible each other.

Irish Mothers to europe are what jewish mothers are to the US and NYC.

the Local Irish bar in your town/city ( if outside of ireland) is usualy the best place to go if you want a good laugh.


We are the best fans to have ( Voted best supports in 2 world cups ... mind you , we've only been to 3 of em).

Well that's aobut it for me.


P.s. I'm Irish

ST*

spunkymunky wrote:

Everything can sorted be over a cup of tea!!!

/ beers

morlan

Tea with a bit of whiskey or brasso in it at least.

Some facts:

We are the 2nd richest people in Europe next to the Luxemburgers.
We are the number one abusers of Ecstasy in Europe.
In 1986 Knock opened an international airport.

connundrum

Shock_treatment wrote:

/ beers

/ beer flavoured tea

We were generally taller and skinnier than most.. but thats kinda fading now.

Oh and the Bog! We work the bog, not me personally but I've heard of people who do http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/01/0117_060117_irish_bogmen.html

mickymg2003

We love our history and we love men with big beards who sing about it even more!!!
We have a reputation for being good natured even though were very cynical and like to give out about everything.

HelterSkelter

We think it's great to wear ugly GAA jerseys with clashing colours when on holiday. Who designs those jerseys anyway?!!

toffeapple

no matter what object it is the other person understands when you say "dat yoke over there.." you don't even have to point to it

johnnyrotten

BossArky wrote:

Cannot pronounce 33 1/3 or teeth (torty tree and a turd / tit)

Its the brits who mispronounce most english words

FUREE FREE and a FURD!

MonkeyTennis

My missus is foreign and she reckons Irish people are very friendly, quite polite, have dark sense of humour. Love to take the piss out of themselves quicker than others.

On the negative side, she thinks that were too wrapped up on our history, we drink far too much and are losing our uniqueness. (becoming americanised/anglicised) But she loves us all the same

Pythia

IceHawk wrote:

We don't let go of things that happened hundreds of years ago.

So true.

Pigman II

1. we can't pronounce the word 'film'
2. we'll call you a cúnt to your face
3. we're the only country ever to get to the world cup finals with an entire squad of players based in 1 single country (that wasn't their native country).
4. we are neutral when it suits us.

slipss

and from the looks of things we also love to be stuck up and snobby and look down our noses at our own country, never noticed this in any other country I've been too.

Sparky

we complain about things so much, but when it comes to doing something about it we dont

We have a 3 day full working week (mondays and fridays are no go's because of hangovers)

We have Boards.ie yaaaaaaaay \0/

We say the word "cheers" alot.

If we're from Dublin we dont pronounce our T's

Linoge

IceHawk wrote:

We don't let go of things that happened hundreds of years ago.

We tend to exagerate, turning 80 years into "hundreds of years" and calling hundreds of years of opression "things" We feel like we should apologise for remembering the past as it embarrasses our new friends across the water. We have an inferiority complex which means that as soon as a bit of history is mentioned there is always someone who is made feel uncomfortable. And finally, some of us just can't take a joke and a bit of piss taking. We slag the English in the same breath that we say Paddy Irishman jokes:rolleyes:

Sleepy

We elect terrorists.
We're a nation of begrudgers.
Despite our stereotype as a Catholic nation, most of us aren't Catholic (and a lot of those who still claim to be don't understand their 'own' religion enough to realise that they're not).
We have a national obsession with owning land/property.

liamskater

Most of Ireland os full of boggers and scumbags.

People from dublin ( some tiimes Carkk liiike) die at the ae of 47 for use of drugs.

Highest ever teenage pregnacys in Europe


:cool:

dead air

The inability to pronouce the numbers three, and thirty three.

A deep suspicion of people who don't enjoy socialising.

Not giving a shit about most things as in "ah sure.. it'll be grand".

Always wanting to go to Australia for a few months on holiday.

We all like a nice bit of barn brack.

And, to quote Des Bishop. 'Ireland's the only place in the world where you can call in sick to work and say "I'm dying"'.

Sleepy

Ireland's the only place in the world where you can call in sick to work and say "I'm dying"

I like Des Bishop for the most part but that line really pisses me off. I've never known anyone who could get away with that, or any job where you would get away with that.

The Irish actually work the longest hours in Europe, have some of the highest levels of work-related stress, have one of the strongest economy's in the world (which requires an industrious work-force) and do huge levels of over-time, yet we're still seen as loveable, work-shy, terrorist-supporting drunks the world over :rolleyes:

tony 2 tone

Red lemonade.

Endurance Man

Worst roads/road infastructure iv ever seen :eek:, is this the only country that decided to put traffic lights on round-a-bouts, kinda missed the point .

The ladys seem to get pregnant very early in life , could someone expalin this?

Ladys like there fake tan .

Best pubs in the world

Ill think of more........

PS: Im not irish

mad m

We have four Mr nice guys (maybe more who knows)
We get pollaxed.


Thats my five,and Im irish.

dead air

Sleepy wrote:

I like Des Bishop for the most part but that line really pisses me off. I've never known anyone who could get away with that, or any job where you would get away with that.

The Irish actually work the longest hours in Europe, have some of the highest levels of work-related stress, have one of the strongest economy's in the world (which requires an industrious work-force) and do huge levels of over-time, yet we're still seen as loveable, work-shy, terrorist-supporting drunks the world over :rolleyes:

Sorry, I'm not suggesting that for a second, there's no need to go on the defensive.

This is more along the lines of the irish playing with words. Contrast with ringing a boss elsewhere and tell them that you're "dying" with the flu. In a broader sense, it's the little things that the Irish speaking among themselves can pick up on that might be taken too seriously by anyone else.

toffeapple

Sleepy wrote:

I like Des Bishop for the most part but that line really pisses me off. I've never known anyone who could get away with that, or any job where you would get away with that.

The Irish actually work the longest hours in Europe, have some of the highest levels of work-related stress, have one of the strongest economy's in the world (which requires an industrious work-force) and do huge levels of over-time, yet we're still seen as loveable, work-shy, terrorist-supporting drunks the world over :rolleyes:

some of us can't take a fu*king joke

shroomfox

Is this thread five things about Irish people? Or is it five things about die-hard Irish Republicans / Inner-City Dubs / McGillycuddy Reeks Mountain-Men/ Generic British Isle Residents?

I don't hate the English, and I don't like the idea of that being one of the things to represent us. In fact, we robbed "Cheers" off them, then claimed it as one of the things that represents us in this thread.

But we do say Grand a lot. And we are sarcastic, and we do slag each other off a lot. And we love complaining and we do love completely pre-scripted small talk.

"What's the craic?"
"Divil the bit! Yourself?"
"Ah jaysus."
"De weather's fierce cold."
"Jaysus, dere's a quare biting wind out today, I'd love a bit of tae."

Anyway, I had three things typed out, but I've given up now.

Doc

Its not just five things about Irish people, its five things that distinguish us as different from French people English people, American people or any other country.
For example if I were to make my own list it would be...

1. We have our own language.

2. Most Irish consider themselves Celtic or descended from the Celts.

3. We have a strong culture of traditional music and dance which is still practised to this day.

4. The vast majority of the population is Roman Catholic.

5. Due to huge levels of emigration in the recent past there are huge numbers of Irish and Irish descendants living out of Ireland.

Spicy Lauren

I've been living in Ireland for 6 years now. That passive attitude that irish people tend to have towards pretty much everything can be annoying at times I think.
They are very laid back people - which is a good thing - but when there are important decisions involved, in politics for example, I feel like Irish people let things happen too easily and like to moan about the situation afterwards.
In France for example, when the government makes a decision that doesn't please the people, you can be sure that the entire country will be on strike until the government reverts the said decision.

What would the irish do? Say 'Ah well...' and moan about it over a pint.

toffeapple

Spicy Lauren wrote:

I've been living in Ireland for 6 years now. That passive attitude that irish people tend to have towards pretty much everything can be annoying at times I think.
They are very laid back people - which is a good thing - but when there are important decisions involved, in politics for example, I feel like Irish people let things happen too easily and like to moan about the situation afterwards.
In France for example, when the government makes a decision that doesn't please the people, you can be sure that the entire country will be on strike until the government reverts the said decision.

What would the irish do? Say 'Ah well...' and moan about it over a pint.

i would agree with that

Spicy Lauren

I know you would

'Now Mary, isn't that terrible?'

Angels

People in each county in Ireland have a different accent.

Cork: Come ere to timmy??
Dublin: Hows it goin??
Tipp: Well how are you's?
can't think of every county but i hope u know what i mean.

Im irish how'd ya guess like??

Sleepy

We don't even pretend to be shocked when our politicians are caught at something crooked...
...and will elect them again after they've been caught.
We have a grudging admiration for the "cute whoors" that rip us off.
We have no 'upper' or 'lower' classes just middle class and the ironically name 'working' class.

shroomfox

I've been living in Ireland for 6 years now. That passive attitude that irish people tend to have towards pretty much everything can be annoying at times I think.
They are very laid back people - which is a good thing - but when there are important decisions involved, in politics for example, I feel like Irish people let things happen too easily and like to moan about the situation afterwards.
In France for example, when the government makes a decision that doesn't please the people, you can be sure that the entire country will be on strike until the government reverts the said decision.

What would the irish do? Say 'Ah well...' and moan about it over a pint.

Perfect! That's exactly us. I hope we never change. Huzzah!