Oi Paddy!

davet82

Have you ever been racially abused when abroad?

Few years ago I got a taxi in Manchester and when I got out of the taxi, the driver informed me he wouldn't have picked me up if he knew I was Irish!

any experinces?

Ghandee

I got called 'white monkey' once in Cape Town by a big black woman, wearing a thing like a fruit basket on her head :eek:



I cried me eyes out!

W.Shakes-Beer

Wore a green shirt the other day and got called a Leprechaun.

I burned my shirt.

Fart

I got called a "West Brit" on After Hours once.

jonnyfingers

Regularly get the piss taken out of me at work because all my cousins (aka travelers) are around the place.

Temptamperu

Yeah when I was living in scotland working the phones for Sky I got called Paddy, mick and leprechaun boy.

I just laughed at them.

Son Of A Vidic

During my 10 years in London the worst I got was an "Oi mate."

Oink

Yup. In Dublin, by a gentleman with a thick ulster accent. *cough*

In fairness I do have that shifty foreign look about me.

EDIT: George st doesn't really qualify as abroad but anyway.

Corvo

When I was in Paris a guy charged me €17 for a Guinness. I felt soo...invaded!

jester77

davet82 wrote: »

Have you ever been racially abused when abroad?

Someone once thought I was English :eek:

swimming in a sea

only ever in Dublin, she said she had to charge extra since i was from the country

AnonoBoy

Worked for an English lad briefly in France and he used to say, "Let's not be Paddies about this - use your brain for fawk's sake!"

I was insulted but mainly because he was a complete thick and his suggested way of doing things was always f*cking stupid.

foxyboxer

davet82 wrote: »

Have you ever been racially abused when abroad?

Few years ago I got a taxi in Manchester and when I got out of the taxi, the driver informed me he wouldn't have picked me up if he knew I was Irish!

any experinces?

"...Well I was planning to pay my fare before I knew you were a cnut"


* I would have paid him in Euro just to piss him off further.

paul71

I was once called a white Czech F****r by a gypsy in Prague. I had to get my wife to translate the comment for me, simply replied that I was a white Irish F****r.

When I lived in the states a few black guys screamed at me, yo white bitch.. and a few other choice words.

I did the White Power salute and roared White Power!!!



( then I legged it):o

ICANN

A kid I teach today told me to 'fcuk off back to my own country' and (adults) always go on to me about travellers and one person I work with ALWAYS brings up the IRA. It's just idiots tbh.

Wicklowrider

Had an English "lady" rip into me over the phone once. I worked for one of the multi nationals and she was buying about £100K worth of goods. She objected to the delivery charge (fair enough as far as that goes) She then went off into a rant about if the company I worked for chose to locate in " a third world country they had no right to expect the British to pay the extra delivery charges blah blah blah... cheap Paddy labour blah blah ...
Just thad to bite my tongue - I needed her business a lot more than she needed me tbh.

KTRIC

jester77 wrote: »

Someone once thought I was English :eek:

I used to get that all the time in Munich, really got to me after a while. Especially when they thought it they would be ruder that usual.

sensibleken

In England twice was called a leprechaun, both times by scousers. Exceeded many many times over by friendliness and welcoming on other occasions though.

number10a

Fart wrote: »

I got called a "West Brit" on After Hours once.

But you live in Wales.

LK_Dave

Got called a blood-clot once in Harlesden once by a drunk black guy. Being around the world and got called Paddy, Irish or IRA loads of times. Never worried me.

John Doe1

sensibleken wrote: »

In England twice was called a leprechaun, both times by scousers. Exceeded many many times over by friendliness and welcoming on other occasions though.

ah scousers more than likely have at least one irish grandparent too:rolleyes:

sensibleken

John Doe1 wrote: »

ah scousers more than likely have at least one irish grandparent too:rolleyes:

the second one did as was pointed out to him shortly afterwards. he was promptly removed from the wedding .

lignum

I was in Heathrow one day to heading to the US and two cops came up to me and said " alright paddy got any bombs on ya" I said no theyre in my checked bag.

mongdesade

PSNI officer took offence to a tricolor on my backpack after coming off a ferry at Larne, told me to "F**k off back to my own country"...
"Gladly" I replied, "soon as you f**k off back to yours !"

Fart

number10a wrote: »

But you live in Wales.

"Live" for the time being. It doesn't mean I'm from Wales.

AnonoBoy

LK_Dave wrote: »

Got called a blood-clot once in Harlesden once by a drunk black guy.

I've never heard that. What does it mean? Is it racial?

ejmaztec

Ghandee wrote: »

I got called 'white monkey' once in Cape Town by a big black woman, wearing a thing like a fruit basket on her head :eek:



I cried me eyes out!

Wouldn't she give you a banana?

Micky Dolenz

Been called a free state bastard by a few nordies. Been called Paddy a few times when I lived in the UK, but it was more banter then abuse.

Jimoslimos

AnonoBoy wrote: »

LK_Dave wrote: »

Got called a blood-clot once in Harlesden once by a drunk black guy. Being around the world and got called Paddy, Irish or IRA loads of times. Never worried me.

I've never heard that. What does it mean? Is it racial?

Maybe it was a slightly cryptic reference to the high incidence of cardiovascular disease suffered by those of Celtic origin, especially in Scotland & Ireland

yupyup7up

In Gran Canaria I had to go to the shop to get something for my then other half.

There was a black guy trying to sell me sunglasses and that kinda sh!te and I said that I was grand so he kept at it. Eventually I just walked away from him, and he said "Paddy! Paddy! Come back you f*cking paddy!"

It took all my self restraint not to say something racist towards him, so instead I stopped and turned around and walked back towards him and asked him aggressively what the f*ck he was calling me and he walked off fairly quick. what a d!ckhead :rolleyes:

kfallon

Was called "a Fenian bastard" while on holiday in North Wales when I was 10! Wearing a Celtic jersey in an arcade when two lads about 17-18 came over and decided to impart their wisdom on me :rolleyes: One was wearing a Rangers jersey. Didn't even know what a 'Fenian' was back then so it didn't bother me too much! Was more pissed off that it cost me a good shot at Darth Vadar's spaceship on Star Wars, never got to the next level :mad:

Celtic 1 - 0 Huns :pac:

AnonoBoy

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Maybe it was a slightly cryptic reference to the high incidences of cardiovascular disease suffered by those of Celtic origin, especially in Scotland & Ireland

The subtle bastard!

Fart

yupyup7up wrote: »

In Gran Canaria I had to go to the shop to get something for my then other half.

There was a black guy trying to sell me sunglasses and that kinda sh!te and I said that I was grand so he kept at it. Eventually I just walked away from him, and he said "Paddy! Paddy! Come back you f*cking paddy!"

It took all my self restraint not to say something racist towards him, so instead I stopped and turned around and walked back towards him and asked him aggressively what the f*ck he was calling me and he walked off fairly quick. what a d!ckhead :rolleyes:

You should have told him to quit nagging you.

Pj!

A few little things but nothing severe and most in good humour.

I don't see why anyone would get upset about it really (unless it was a severe case of course). The whole 'Paddy' thing wouldn't bother me at all.


Actually often while chatting to someone (often to taxi drivers) abroad they stop me after a few minutes and ask am I Irish. I say yes I am and they say something like "Oh good. I thought you were English!". That's happened a lot actually.

yupyup7up

Fart wrote: »

You should have told him to quit nagging you.

I would have but this was pre-naggers episode of South Park!

brummytom

Never been abused. I got 'You're English? Fucking legend' last summer in Cavan a good few times though.


I did get asked 'Oh my God, are you Australian?' in Boston, though. That hurt.

kfallon

brummytom wrote: »

Never been abused. I got 'You're English? Fucking legbellend' last summer in Cavan a good few times though.

You might have heard 'legend' but they specifically said the above :pac:

Only kiddin' me ould trout :P

Stiffler2

davet82 wrote: »

Have you ever been racially abused when abroad?

Few years ago I got a taxi in Manchester and when I got out of the taxi, the driver informed me he wouldn't have picked me up if he knew I was Irish!

any experinces?

you should have told him that you wouldn't have gotten into the taxi if you knew he was a C**T

caitmb

Living in the north of England and being the only Oirish in the village I was more a novelty factor but one dick used to home in on me in the pub to tell me to f off home,my kind killed his best friend in the north.....after sympathising and plamassing (??) him a few times I got fed up and f-ed off back home!! Not really,but avoided him and that pub bigtime,not worth it dealing with drunk dicks.

Shryke

caitmb wrote: »

Living in the north of England and being the only Oirish in the village I was more a novelty factor but one dick used to home in on me in the pub to tell me to f off home,my kind killed his best friend in the north.....after sympathising and plamassing (??) him a few times I got fed up and f-ed off back home!! Not really,but avoided him and that pub bigtime,not worth it dealing with drunk dicks.

Placating? I like your new word.

ronjo

I worked with an English guy of Pakistani origin that used to call me Paddy (jokingly) a lot.... I never made an issue of it and then one time I called him Paki (also jokingly) he went mad accusing me of being racist !

Another English guy who was there told him to cop on and he soon backed down.

Ellis Dee

Mentioned this earlier: I was once addressed as "Paddy" by a middle-aged Englishman I didn't know. This was in Sweden, with several Swedish people present. I looked around as though to see if he was addressing someone else beside or behind me then said to him: "Sorry, you must be mistaking me for someone else. My name isn't Paddy. My friends call me [first name], and you can call me Mr.

---

". Both he and his wife looked like they'd been bitch-slapped as several Swedes sniggered visibly at the put-down.:):)

stovelid

Some guy in England misread what was clearly jocular and harmless banter when I called him a arrogant, colonial, queen-loving, cricket fllannel-wearing, tea-fetishist, supercilious, Belgrano-sinking, Bogside-shooting, Malvinas-usurping Brit bastard and said Cheer Up, Paddy.

Dirty cunt.

Temptamperu

jester77 wrote: »

Someone once thought I was English :eek:

That happened me in Bulgeria, I arived at a cigg shop and he wouldnt serve me and then called me a british **** :eek: I told him I was Irish not english and he apologised and gave me smokes for free :cool:

maglite

Full on row with a taxi driver in London, to quite an agressive level. Naturally I gave as good as I got. So after about 15min he kicked me out of the Cab.


Felt I won that battle as I only had a 2 min walk home and the trip cost me nothing and I knew I pissed his off no end. Also filed a report for Racial Abuse with the police.

Fratton Fred

jester77 wrote: »

Someone once thought I was English :eek:

Oh the irony.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

I see a lot of people saying stuff like they've been mistaken for English/British, when much to said foreigner's relief they reveal their Irishness. Only place I've ever been asked was I British was in New York, to which I replied (with a tinge of hurt, I must admit) "No, I'm Irish". They were quite indifferent, disappointed almost.

Funny how going to war with them (or not, in the case of the French) can change the Yanks' perception of you quickly.

DEFTLEFTHAND

A Welsh bouncer in Holyhead, pushed me out the door when I greeted him and directed me towards the ferry terminal. The Ferry is that way Paddy were his words.

Group of Scots took exception to my brother and I joining in to a football game whilst on holidays in France.

Multiple times in Sydney.

An Italian bar owner confused us with being English and told us to leave as he shouted vile obscenities about the Queen.

paulosham

The way Simon Day's character insults Ted always cracks me up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DukZxJ4wS4A

retalivity

People always think I'm english, or british. The latter usually goes something like:

"So are you British?"
"No I'm Irish."
"But Irish is British too?"
"No it's not."
"Yes it is, I read about it"
"Excuse me, but I think I know more about my nationality more than you"

Once people know I'm Irish, i get the usual crap about drinking a lot, fighting, corned beef & cabbage (which always confuses the hell out of me), and potatoes.

Banter really, not racism