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are we more british than the british themselves?

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    #92
    javaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    Dudess wrote: »
    I'm not denying there's nothing I wouldn't do to/for a rugged, brooding, moody Englishman...

    Rugged, brooding, moody Englishman.


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    #93
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    walshb wrote: »
    We are as a nation obsessed with the British; but, lets be honest, Britain has had such a major major impact on the WORLD, not just us. The whole world has some
    affiliation to the Brits. Love them or hate them, they have shaped the world so much and imposed themselves in so many ways, good and bad. It is bound to rub off on
    others!
    Spot-on. Britain may not be the super-power it once was, but its legacy lives on.


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    #94
    Lirange
    Registered Users Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭Lirange


    Dudess wrote: »
    I'm not denying there's nothing I wouldn't do to/for a rugged, brooding, moody Englishman...
    7th wife of King Henry VIII in waiting.


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    #95
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Gah... why do you have to ruin the fantasy!
    javaboy wrote: »
    Rugged, brooding, moody Englishman.
    Indeed. And also...


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    #96
    OPENROAD
    Registered Users Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    Zadkiel wrote: »
    dublin to London 55mins

    46 mins if you have a good tail wind.


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    #97
    Morag
    Registered Users Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Morag


    Define british ? cos otherwise that includes scotish, welsh and manx as well as english.


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    #98
    OPENROAD
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    Sharrow wrote: »
    Define british ? cos otherwise that includes scotish, welsh and manx as well as english.


    you just have


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    #99
    raptorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭raptorman


    We are British as Ireland is part of the British Isles:D

    Its the same as saying the French are European.


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    #100
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Deleted User wrote: »
    na i'd definately say the british are more british. it's all in the name really..
    pretty simple really.
    I think we are more Irish than the British to be honest.


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    #101
    live2thewire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭live2thewire


    raptorman wrote: »
    We are British as Ireland is part of the British Isles:D

    Its the same as saying the French are European.

    no ireland is also european


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    #102
    live2thewire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭live2thewire


    ART6 wrote: »
    A brother in law of mine summed it up quite well I thought. He said that we hate the bl**dy Brits. Oh, the English, Scots, Welsh, are grand lads, but the bl**dy Brits...!

    Actually I suspect it might be hard to find a Brit with a long family history (ie not an immigrant) who does not have Irish blood somewhere in his lineage, or for that matter an Irishman who doesn't have some English blood lurking there somewhere. After all, I understand that the Irish born population of London alone is greater than the population of Ireland.

    Culturally, in our laws and in our language, we are very much closer to Britain, and to a lesser extent to the USA, that we will ever be to Europe. We have a democracy that is modeled on two of the oldest in the world (UK and USA), and we should cherish that and defend it. Put aside the Famine and the civil war. Those were generations past. Revere the people who then suffered, but move on. We could do with some friends at the moment!



    :rolleyes:

    i


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    #103
    raptorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭raptorman


    Well ok, fair point but you know what I mean, the British Isles does include us. When people talk about Britain they usually mean the UK


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    #104
    live2thewire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭live2thewire


    what do you mean closer to europe? unless you mean eu which we were one of the first to join, 'europe' means nothing i think youll find ireland is europe and so is uk and there is big differences between how portugal ireland sweden slovakia etc. do things


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    #105
    live2thewire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭live2thewire


    seanybiker wrote: »
    pretty simple really.
    I think we are more Irish than the British to be honest.

    only difference is gaa and eu opinion(although the tabloids have got to the masses and turning us into them. god i love my country but so many things anger me about it


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    #106
    kpbdublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭kpbdublin


    Ireland is like an autonomous region of Britain. A typical Irish main street is indistinguishable from a high street in say Exeter, Bristol, Norwich. Same bands, writers, TV progs, soaps, restaurant fast food, Jade Goodyisms, digital TV with a few regional variations.
    Ireland has become much closer culturally to Britain since independence.
    Of course, to suggest this to some Irish people is heresy.


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    #107
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    kpbdublin wrote: »
    Ireland is like an autonomous region of Britain. A typical Irish main street is indistinguishable from a high street in say Exeter, Bristol, Norwich. Same bands, writers, TV progs, soaps, restaurant fast food, Jade Goodyisms, digital TV with a few regional variations.
    Ireland has become much closer culturally to Britain since independence.
    Of course, to suggest this to some Irish people is heresy.

    You really need to get out of Dublin mate.


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    #108
    live2thewire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭live2thewire


    raptorman wrote: »
    Well ok, fair point but you know what I mean, the British Isles does include us. When people talk about Britain they usually mean the UK

    i agree like scandinavia or even the low countries. just a little thing that irks me and im a bit grumpy coz bayern are being destroyed


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    #109
    Up de Barrs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭Up de Barrs


    I personally can't stand Irish people referring to the Guards as the Police or the day after Christmas day as Boxing Day.


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    #110
    Terry
    Registered Users Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    magick wrote: »
    lol this thread is a joke right?!

    Oh there is some fantastic trolling going on.
    I'm just watching in amusement.


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    #111
    mayotom
    Registered Users Posts: 742 ✭✭✭mayotom


    CamperMan wrote: »
    Are you sure they were Brits??, they could have been Irish living in the UK

    Definitely Brits, born and bred lol


    btw, what is a brit these days, its difficult to find a person there who is a true brit, they are mostly people from the former colonies with british passports, but thats the cost of centuries of Tyranny

    I remember walking down Edgeware Rd in London and a Car stopped beside me to ask Directions but before he could ask that, he asked "Do you speak English?" now to me that is a country which is fast losing its identity

    Here in Dubai the British Expats are more British than the people living in the UK


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    #112
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    ní aontaím le seo in aon chor


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    #113
    galwayrush
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    I'm off to England tomorrow for a few days , hope they speak English there.:rolleyes:


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    #114
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    I eat in McDonalds, wear tommy hilfiger and watch CSI does that make me more American than the Americans?


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    #115
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    galwayrush wrote: »
    I'm off to England tomorrow for a few days , hope they speak English there.:rolleyes:
    Judging by the traffic going into Heathrow this afternoon, I'd say you would be lucky to find someone to talk to at all.


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    #116
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    olann mé tae agus usáideann mé matamatic aráibíc
    an as an tsín nó an aráibía?

    i drink tea and use arabic math
    am i chinese or an arab?


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    #117
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    conchubhar1 wrote: »
    olann mé tae agus usáideann mé matamatic aráibíc
    an as an tsín nó an aráibía?

    i drink tea and use arabic math
    am i chinese or an arab?
    the Irish drink more tea, per head, than the English. So I would say you are Irish and in need of a more entertaining hobby


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    #118
    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    I eat in McDonalds, wear tommy hilfiger and watch CSI does that make me more American than the Americans?

    Not if Mc D's are using Irish Beef, and the Gardai in Galway have a High Ace Van with CSI written on it.:D


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    #119
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    ní ólann mé le píosa craic, ólann agus itheann mé*le neart
    i dont drink or eat for a hobby, i do for sustenance


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    #120
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    conchubhar1 wrote: »
    ní ólann mé le píosa craic, ólann agus itheann mé*le neart
    i dont drink or eat for a hobby, i do for sustenance

    You don't drink for a hobby? Maybe you are arabic.


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    #121
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    tae, a mhac - ólaim deochanna alcól le haghaidh píosa craic

    tea is what i meant, alchol i do for fun


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