Americanisation

Affable · 31-03-2008 01:15PM #1

Do you feel Ireland is becoming Americanised?

Discuss.

Rb · 31-03-2008 01:16PM

Why couldn't you just post it in the thread?

Or post it in the YOUR YOUTUBE VIDEOS GO HERE thread in the AH subform?

WHY?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 31-03-2008 01:18PM

**** ******, you be trippin' yo.

Schism · 31-03-2008 01:19PM

Affable wrote: »

Do you feel Ireland is becoming Americanised?

Discuss.

No.

Pighead · 31-03-2008 01:20PM

Country hasn't been Americanised enough if you ask Pighead. More KFC, less cabbage.

Rb · 31-03-2008 01:20PM

Wtf?

Now my post looks weird.

FU OP, FU TO HELL.

whiskeyman · 31-03-2008 01:21PM

Americanization

:pac:

31-03-2008 01:22PM

Agreed. This thread needz more z's.

Stercus Accidit · 31-03-2008 01:23PM

Yes among the middle classes.

I heard some what I thought americans speaking the other day, I swore it was a thick californiaannn accent, but then copped they were from here, with an Irish d4 accent with a heavy american twang.

I'm sure its not a d4 thing only, but down the country, people tend to have shall we say, more robust accents less prone to influence.

Some people want to adopt what seems to be a "posh" accent IMO, whatever it may be at the time.

Edit: Well yes with regards to accents, I still think people are culturally proud to be irish in general.

whiskeyman · 31-03-2008 01:23PM

move to humor...

Kev_ps3 · 31-03-2008 01:25PM

I met a girl a few months ago I havent talked to in years, she had an american accent so I asked her was she in America, she said it was from watching american tv programmes. True story that. I think that answers your question OP

faceman · 31-03-2008 01:25PM

what does americanised mean? If it means watching "Friends" and saying "like" to much then yes. But im sure it means more than that??

Al_Fernz · 31-03-2008 01:31PM

Yes definitley. Heard some girl say Mom last week. It's not really suprising given the mass influx of American TV shows/movies that we watch. Social norms like fashion and vocab are massively influenced by this. Plus, globalisation makes all the clothes and other goods available.

Sherifu · 31-03-2008 01:35PM

Loike totally.

5starpool · 31-03-2008 01:43PM

Better than becoming Afghanistanised I guess.

Wook · 31-03-2008 01:57PM

5starpool wrote: »

Better than becoming Afghanistanised I guess.

lol

Karl Hungus · 31-03-2008 01:57PM

Yes and no. Yes to some aspects (Like, totally the phrases, yeah), but for the most part I would say no.

Affable · 31-03-2008 02:01PM

It seems there's more of an obsession with 'winners' and 'losers'. I think that may have come from the US tbh.

IanCurtis · 31-03-2008 02:03PM

Of all country's cultures to adopt, we choose one with no culture.

31-03-2008 02:33PM

But is saying "like" really an Americanisation? And besides we say "like" a sh1tload more than most Yanks. The use of 'z' instead of 's' (like realisation, its not realization! Damned firefox spellchecker) is one thing that infuriates me.. and doughnuts being spelt donuts is annoying!

31-03-2008 02:35PM

Yes. I am sick and tired of hearing students from the Institute and other southside private schools talking like the cast of Friends. It's absolutely ridiculous sounding. It's one thing to have a 'posh' accent or even a D4 accent, but why on earth is someone brought up in Dublin saying 'mom' and talking about 'pants' and 'chips'? It's so fake and affected. It's one thing if the person is half American or lived in the States but 90% you ask them and they look surprised and go 'oh really? it must be from the TV! hee hee!' Absolute rubbish. I pick up accent's like nobody's business (I'd only been here a week and people couldn't tell I hadn't grown up in Ireland) but even I don't pick them up from the *telly*, ffs. It's so annoying!

EamonnKeane · 31-03-2008 02:38PM

IanCurtis wrote: »

Of all country's cultures to adopt, we choose one with no culture.

Really? Isn't it the land of Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, Hemingway; and about 90% of the world's best film and television? Perhaps you'd rather the world become Hibernised, so teenagers in Singapore and Chile could watch Killinaskully and Brendan O'Carroll, listen to the ****ing Frames, and You're a Star rejects, and read books by Cecilia Ahern?

Crucifix · 31-03-2008 02:44PM

Deleted User wrote: »

But is saying "like" really an Americanisation? And besides we say "like" a sh1tload more than most Yanks. The use of 'z' instead of 's' (like realisation, its not realization! Damned firefox spellchecker) is one thing that infuriates me.. and doughnuts being spelt donuts is annoying!

Yeah, 'like' has been a staple word in my locale for as long as I can remember.

My speech is probably pretty americanised, in terms of vocab rather than accent. Too much tv, films and internet.

Steve · 31-03-2008 02:56PM

Affable wrote: »

Do you feel Ireland is becoming Americanised?

Discuss.

Americanisation in the true sense involves:

1. The Americans wanting something a country has.

2. Inventing some WMD story about it's corrupt leaders.

3. Bombing the sh1t out of the place.

4. Charging them to rebuild it with white picket fences, KFC's McD's, gas stations, stripmalls, & 7-11's everywhere so that is now looks the same as any other place in the American empire.

Affable · 31-03-2008 03:00PM

EamonnKeane wrote: »

Really? Isn't it the land of Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, Hemingway; and about 90% of the world's best film and television? Perhaps you'd rather the world become Hibernised, so teenagers in Singapore and Chile could watch Killinaskully and Brendan O'Carroll, listen to the ****ing Frames, and You're a Star rejects, and read books by Cecilia Ahern?

Ireland has given the world Joyce, Wilde, U2. It has made a disproportionate contribution to literature. Anyway, whilst the American film industry produces some good films, their TV is pretty **** really.

ScumLord · 31-03-2008 03:05PM

I think we're becoming frenchinized. It used to be all Miles and inches but now it's kilometers and centimeters. We're even using their silly french money, when did that happen like?

monosharp · 31-03-2008 03:11PM

Affable wrote: »

Do you feel Ireland is becoming Americanised?

Discuss.

Of course it is. Its a fact, its not in question. Its one of the reasons I left.

Affable · 31-03-2008 03:14PM

monosharp wrote: »

Of course it is. Its a fact, its not in question. Its one of the reasons I left.

Where did you go?

FruitLover · 31-03-2008 03:14PM

Affable wrote: »

Discuss.

Is this the Leaving Cert?

Affable · 31-03-2008 03:16PM

FruitLover wrote: »

Is this the Leaving Cert?

Ho-ho-ho! Ha.....

all the stars · 31-03-2008 03:22PM

EamonnKeane wrote: »

Really? Isn't it the land of Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, Hemingway; and about 90% of the world's best film and television?

Worlds best film? and television? Now i know you are taking the p*ss...
Clearly you dont get out much....

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