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Are British people foreigners?

  • 26-12-2009 11:10PM
    #1
    Adam Selene
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭


    Would you consider people from the UK to be foreigners?

    So, are they? 922 votes

    Yes
    0% 0 votes
    No
    71% 657 votes
    Dont care
    17% 164 votes
    Atari Jaguar
    10% 101 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Yes


  • #3
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    They are from a foreign country, so yes.


  • #4
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    ah, the crap thread for AH tonight has arrived.


  • #5
    Peyton Manning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭Peyton Manning


    Duh


  • #6
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    nuxxx wrote: »
    ah, the crap thread for AH tonight has arrived.

    I beg your pudding, this thread is far worse:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=63660236


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  • #7
    Adam Selene
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭Adam Selene


    But we are so similar. Foreign implies there is a huge difference.

    I mean, we speak the same language, follow the same sports etc.

    Its a philosophical question, not a literal one


  • #8
    abelard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭abelard


    Everyone is a foreigner to most of the rest of the world


  • #9
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Foreign in the sense that they are from another country? Yes.

    But in terms of similarities - we've alot in common. I wouldn't consider someone from England a foreigner in the same sense as let's say, an American tourist. Some of us live there, some of them live here. We get on and tend to blend into each other. In social circumstances - they aren't that foreign.


  • #10
    Sofiztikated
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Sofiztikated


    Is this what AH is being reduced to?

    It seems to be getting dumber by the day. The are from a different country, so yes, they are "foreigners."

    I worry about AH, there used to be genuinely entertaining things here, now...


  • #11
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    Adam Selene wrote: »
    Would you consider people from the UK to be foreigners?

    What a brilliant question. Well thought through etc. Ashamed you won't get brilliant replies.


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  • #12
    thee glitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭thee glitz


    Only when they're not in Britain.

    They're foreign but not particularly alien.


  • #13
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    Too many people place negative connotation on the word "foreigner". Its not a dirty word, its a geographical fact.


  • #14
    Shacklebolt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Shacklebolt


    I always found it ironic that many British people living in Ireland feel secure referring to Poles as foreigners.


  • #15
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Sofiztikated wrote: »
    I worry about AH, there used to be genuinely entertaining things here, now...

    Start a more 'entertaining' thread yourself then.


  • #16
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    In a way yes but they blend in pretty well. They're only foreign in a geographical sense.


  • #17
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Pushtrak wrote: »
    Too many people place negative connotation on the word "foreigner".
    You can blame this lot for that:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz2cUX0CNA8


  • #18
    Joycey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭Joycey


    Well we live in different countries, so if you take that to be your definition of a foreigner then yes they are obviously foreigners.

    On the other hand ive been living there for the last 3 months and id have to say that the two countries are basically identical, cant see any difference really between the two cultures bar the accent


  • #19
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Having both an "I don't care" and an "Atari Jaguar" option is redundant


  • #20
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Well Ireland is part of the British Isles

    So I don't tend to use the word British as it just gets confusing


  • #21
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    What a brilliant question. Well thought through etc. Ashamed you won't get brilliant replies.
    *Cough.


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  • #22
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    phasers wrote: »
    Having both an "I don't care" and an "Atari Jaguar" option is redundant

    After 5 years on boards I still don't know the point of Atari Jaguar :o

    And I don't particularly want to know!


  • #23
    Pride Fighter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,727 ✭✭✭Pride Fighter


    Yes, they are foreign and different to us. I know several British people, mostly English and the differences are mainly subtle but they are there.


  • #24
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    mikemac wrote: »
    Well Ireland is part of the British Isles

    So I don't tend to use the word British as it just gets confusing

    Someone said a bad word :D


  • #25
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Bad word? It's true!

    There was Great Britain which we all know and they was Minor Britain which was Normandy, possibly Brittany too. Goes back to the days of William the Conqueror.

    Great Britain is a geographical term, great doesn't mean brilliant or fantastic or anything like that.
    And Ireland is part of the British Isles


  • #26
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    Pride Fighter wrote: »
    Yes, they are foreign and different to us. I know several British people, mostly English and the differences are mainly subtle but they are there.

    More or less subtle than someone from Donegal and someone from Cork, for example?


  • #27
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    mikemac wrote: »
    Bad word? It's true!

    There was Great Britain which we all know and they was Minor Britain which was Normandy. Goes back to the days of William the Conqueror.

    Great Britain is a geographical term, great doesn't mean brilliant or fantastic or anything like that.
    And Ireland is part of the British Isles
    I know that, some people however... :pac:


  • #28
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    If you answered yes do you consider the Northern Irish to be foreign ?


  • #29
    Adam Selene
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭Adam Selene


    greendom wrote: »
    If you answered yes do you consider the Northern Irish to be foreign ?

    Wish id added an option for that


  • #30
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    mikemac wrote: »
    And Ireland is part of the British Isles


    Ahhh... I knew it had been at least 3 weeks since this chestnut came up again and was wondering when it would appear !


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  • #31
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Ponster wrote: »
    Ahhh... I knew it had been at least 3 weeks since this chestnut came up again and was wondering when it would appear !

    I don't frequent AH that often.
    If this "chesnut" is incorrect can you please correct me?


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