Differences between Irish and British people

Layinghen

Irish have a 'hot press'

British have an 'airing cupboard'




And of course have no idea what a hot press is.......

Mint Aero

The Backwards Man wrote: »

No they're not. Annual MOT is better at maintaining cars than bi-annual NCT.

The roads in Britland are in better nick too. I'd imagine the lack of potholes plays a part in maintaining a car over a period of time.

orangesoda

We are better at sport, e.g. Londonderry will beat Dublin in the football on sunday and also beat Donegal in may

SamAK

orangesoda wrote: »

We are better at sport, e.g. Londonderry will beat Dublin in the football on sunday and also beat Donegal in may

England qualified for the World Cup...

lufties

Mint Aero wrote: »

The roads in Britland are in better nick too. I'd imagine the lack of potholes plays a part in maintaining a car over a period of time.

Good roads are boring

Sir Arthur Daley

Layinghen wrote: »

Irish have a 'hot press'

British have an 'airing cupboard'




And of course have no idea what a hot press is.......

This is because alot of British people use Gas as their fuel and combi boiler which requires no hot press.

Festy

They're better looking than us, but we're better craic

Layinghen

WikiHow wrote: »

This is because alot of British people use Gas as their fuel and combi boiler which requires no hot press.

Still wouldn't have a hot press, would be an airing cupboard :D

The looks I have had when I have said "hot press"

Pumpkinseeds

Layinghen wrote: »

Irish have a 'hot press'

British have an 'airing cupboard'




And of course have no idea what a hot press is.......

Hee, my husband is English and at first his family were confused when I said hot press, they thought it was something to do with the iron and shelf was another one they were confused by, they said worktop instead. There's not a lot of difference between the English and Irish, although I did find people in the North of England were a lot more relaxed and down to earth than in Southern England.

pablomakaveli

British people are a little more arrogant and ignorant than the Irish. Also more insular (look at our differing attitudes to the EU and Europe in general).

British people are a bit more open when it comes to sex.

Irish are worse drivers than the British.

ClovenHoof

questionmark? wrote: »

-Irish people drink pisswater in pubs the British drink quality ales and ciders.

^^^ This.

The Irish no nothing about decent beer. Fianna Fail Ejaculation is all you can get here.

con___manx1

mad muffin wrote: »

The difference? In a nutshell?

The Irish get conquered.

The British conquer.

the British conquered but then everyone followed them home and took over the place. : )

P_1

The main difference I'd have to say would be in how Irish and British people tend to speak the English language. Irish people tend to use a slightly quicker tempo when speaking and obviously you'd tend to get different slang terms depending on where you're from.

YouTookMyName

lufties wrote: »

Good roads are boring

This, motorways are shíte.

lufties

ClovenHoof wrote: »

^^^ This.

The Irish no nothing about decent beer. Fianna Fail Ejaculation is all you can get here.

You wouldn't catch Ahern or cowen drinking bottles of bud.

mad muffin

con___manx1 wrote: »

the British conquered but then everyone followed them home and took over the place. : )

Indeed. The sins of the father have come to roost.

Fratton Fred

GenieOz wrote: »

Oh yeah, British women tend to like Irish guys, not so the other way around with Irish girls and British men.

Errr no.

Fratton Fred

mad muffin wrote: »

Indeed. The sins of the father have come to roost.

Did your forefathers invade Nigeria?

mad muffin

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Did your forefathers invade Nigeria?

Not to my knowledge.

Although i do be getting emails from some nice Nigeria prince wanting to give me money.

Titzon Toast

WikiHow wrote: »

British people are better at maintaining their cars.

Very true. A fsh is a badge of honour for most British car owners.
Most Irish people don't bother about stuff like that unfortunately.

everdead.ie

The main difference would be the quantity.

Also the Irish like to have a go at themselves the British don't tend to do this so much.

dxhound2005

Scottish people are very mean. Welsh people like a bit of singing. English people enjoy a cup of tea in the afternoon.

veryangryman

YouTookMyName wrote: »

This, motorways are shíte.

So drive the old roads then! I love motorways!

depends where in England they are from, the people from the north of England are totally salt of the earth.

a lot more easy going than the Irish and none of this begrudgery or back stabbing someone 'done good' from their area!

not afraid to say what they think or tell you what they think of you.

i find the southeners to be a lot more like the Irish in their attitudes and behaviours.

dxhound2005

bubblypop wrote: »

depends where in England they are from, the people from the north of England are totally salt of the earth.

a lot more easy going than the Irish and none of this begrudgery or back stabbing someone 'done good' from their area!

not afraid to say what they think or tell you what they think of you.

i find the southeners to be a lot more like the Irish in their attitudes and behaviours.

I thought that Liverpool people were supposed to be very like the Irish?

Femme_Fatale

Some weird stuff claimed on this thread: Irish people more like people from southern England than northern England? The general consensus is that it's very much the other way around.

Crappy beer in Ireland (despite being awash with micro-breweries and craft-beer fans) and much better quality beers in Britain? I mean, yeh, Tennants, Holsten Pils, Carling... quality stuff...
I'd have thought beer quality was about the same in both countries.

Irish women don't tend to be attracted to British men... huh?

British people take better care of their cars... how does one even gauge this?

dxhound2005

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I thought that Liverpool people were supposed to be very like the Irish?

yea but Liverpool is in the Northern half of England

Femme_Fatale

everdead.ie wrote: »

the Irish like to have a go at themselves the British don't tend to do this so much.

I find British people extremely self-deprecating.
Irish people are good at taking the piss out of ourselves too but there are a lot of Irish people who take offence at the tiniest slight in relation to Ireland.

GenieOz

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Irish women don't tend to attracted to British men... huh?

Just in my experience. Found that the accent doesn't appeal to many Irish women in the same way as an Irish accent does to many English women.

dxhound2005

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I thought that Liverpool people were supposed to be very like the Irish?

bubblypop wrote: »

yea but Liverpool is in the Northern half of England

But you said Irish people are more like the southern English.