What does an Irish person look like?

Precious flower · 11-07-2010 11:08PM

yoshytoshy wrote: »

I think irish people ,myself included ,don't have as good skin as most other europeans ,english included.

When your in countries like spain ,irish people stick out a mile.

How VERY dare you!!

TBH all countries have a mix of every nationality so I don't think you can tell an Irish person from someone else purely from looking at them. For instance, the whole idea of the majority of Irish people having red hair is a myth, it's actually only a very small minority that have red hair however a person might see that combined with the pale skin and assume you are Irish or of Irish descent when that may not be the case at all.

caseyann · 11-07-2010 11:12PM

Precious flower wrote: »

How VERY dare you!! TBH all countries have a mix of every nationality so I don't think you can tell an Irish person from someone else purely from looking at them. For instance, the whole idea of the majority of Irish people having red hair is a myth, it's actually only a very small minority that have red hair however a person might see that combined with the pale skin and assume you are Irish or of Irish descent when that may not be the case at all.

yep so true,people say i look Italian or french,they can never get it right.:D

The_Joker. · 11-07-2010 11:14PM

caseyann wrote: »

yep so true,people say i look Italian or french,they can never get it right.:D

You're spending too much time hanging about with heroin addicts :rolleyes:

NoHornJan · 11-07-2010 11:15PM

Embarassed, Perplexed, Bamboozled, Angry, Broke etc. etc. and that's only ones that stil have a job...

rossie1977 · 11-07-2010 11:17PM

lol the drawing of the irish woman on the darcy show is spot-on

Pherekydes · 11-07-2010 11:19PM

Have a look for yourself:

Irish men's 100m final today!

Dudess · 11-07-2010 11:20PM

The_Joker. wrote: »

You're spending too much time hanging about with heroin addicts :rolleyes:

No need for that - some Irish people ARE Mediterranean looking. Better to acknowledge the good rather than constantly fukking whingeing about how sh1te we Irish are...

jackthelad321 · 11-07-2010 11:21PM

an expression forever worn on their faces that suggest they are half tolerating everyone around them and half detesting everyone around them

caseyann · 11-07-2010 11:24PM

The_Joker. wrote: »

You're spending too much time hanging about with heroin addicts :rolleyes:

Yeah so now you are calling Italians and french and polish and Germans heroin addicts are you :rolleyes: jealous much

The_Joker. · 11-07-2010 11:29PM

caseyann wrote: »

Yeah so now you are calling Italians and french and polish and Germans heroin addicts are you :rolleyes: jealous much

Not at all , but actually you have made up a story that you 'look italian or french' , you are subconsciously letting it slip that you think these nationalities are better looking ,when in fact they have their fair share of mingers.

So speak for yourself , but I find some Irish girls gorgeous.

yoshytoshy · 11-07-2010 11:32PM

Precious flower wrote: »

How VERY dare you!! TBH all countries have a mix of every nationality so I don't think you can tell an Irish person from someone else purely from looking at them. For instance, the whole idea of the majority of Irish people having red hair is a myth, it's actually only a very small minority that have red hair however a person might see that combined with the pale skin and assume you are Irish or of Irish descent when that may not be the case at all.

Without the freckled speckled red haired feckled ideas ,I was genuine about bad skin.
I had this discussion before for a good while with a group of people ,I'd put down the amount of sunlight we get as to our general skin conditions.

I think theres a certain amount of vitamains in sunlight that promotes growth ,spring time is the biggest jump in growth for children.

I'm a bit drunky ,so I won't go off on one.

Dudess · 11-07-2010 11:33PM

Re the black hair thing - heard that's the typical Irish colleen look (besides red hair) so just assumed it was true...

yoshytoshy wrote: »

I think irish people ,myself included ,don't have as good skin as most other europeans ,english included.

When your in countries like spain ,irish people stick out a mile.

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

We are very white in general, taller and fatter than most of Europe, well as fat or tall in general as the rest of North Europe but not the rest.

Is all of the above true, or is it just more of the self-effacing stuff?

caseyann · 11-07-2010 11:34PM

The_Joker. wrote: »

Not at all , but actually you have made up a story that you 'look italian or french' , you are subconsciously letting it slip that you think these nationalities are better looking ,when in fact they have their fair share of mingers.

So speak for yourself , but I find some Irish girls gorgeous.

I wasn't talking about looks :rolleyes: people arent good looking by nationality,I was talking about colouring

and i think Irish are very good looking people:) meaning they couldnt tell difference between Irish and them lol

l3LoWnA · 11-07-2010 11:39PM

yoshytoshy wrote: »

When your in countries like spain ,irish people stick out a mile.

When I was in Spain in May, and towards the end of the holiday (when I'd a deep enough tan) all the locals started addressing me in Spanish presuming I was one of their own, until I spoke! I'm Irish born, bread and buttered but I'm sallow skinned with very dark hair, as was my mother and her family and all of my fathers family too!

yoshytoshy · 11-07-2010 11:40PM

Dudess wrote: »

Is all of the above true, or is it just more of the self-effacing stuff?

I think we are what we are ,appearance is down to location so I don't think it matters.

I'd rather be stuck on an island with an irish person ,than any other nationality:)

The_Joker. · 11-07-2010 11:41PM

l3LoWnA wrote: »

When I was in Spain in May, and towards the end of the holiday (when I'd a deep enough tan) all the locals started addressing me in Spanish presuming I was one of their own, until I spoke! I'm Irish born, bread and buttered but I'm sallow skinned with very dark hair, as was my mother and her family and all of my fathers family too!

Eh , thats the most ridiculous thing I heard all day.
Thats their language of course they will speak to you in spanish!:rolleyes:

onlyrocknroll · 11-07-2010 11:44PM

The men look like a cross between this
http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images-3/colin-farrell.jpg

and this
http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/files/2007/09/a99_shane.jpg

l3LoWnA · 11-07-2010 11:51PM

The_Joker. wrote: »

Eh , thats the most ridiculous thing I heard all day.
Thats their language of course they will speak to you in spanish!:rolleyes:

This was a holiday resort full of mainly English and Irish tourists where in every bar, restaurant and shop you go into you are spoken to in broken English (and sometimes good English) At the beginning of the holiday I was addressed in English as they knew by the look of me that I was a tourist and more than likely spoke English. Towards the end of the holiday however, most of the Spanish began presuming I was Spanish too and started speaking to me in Spanish (why is that so hard to believe?) Two of the said Spanish people, from different shops apologised and even got embarrassed and explained (in English) they thought I was from Spain!! Jeez!! Do you think I made it up in my head and posted it on here?!? :rolleyes:

yoshytoshy · 11-07-2010 11:57PM

Spanish people ,speak in espanol to tourists.
I always try my best to speak the few bits I can ,when I'm in spain. It's nice to respect people for who they are.

Wibbs · 12-07-2010 12:13AM

The_Joker. wrote: »

Eh , thats the most ridiculous thing I heard all day.
Thats their language of course they will speak to you in spanish!:rolleyes:

Well I get and have gotten the same as l3LoWnA over the years in the latin countries and I make dracula look sun kissed. Then again I do have black hair(with grey bits now), green eyes and not a lot of meat on me. Having been in various airports around the world the Irish line/checkin is fairly easy to spot as a general rule. We tend to be chunkier, slightly taller(though not as much as the dutch who are giants), less "fine featured" mousey haired and for some reason have bigger ears??

For all the AH stuff about Irish women(tm) the blokes are way easier to spot in general. The guys tend to have the early onset of bad hair, spreading bellies and short legs in comparison to their bodies. It's easy to confuse us with the english, scots and welsh. Naturally enough as we're very related to each other for the most part.

l3LoWnA · 12-07-2010 12:14AM

yoshytoshy wrote: »

Spanish people ,speak in espanol to tourists.
I always try my best to speak the few bits I can ,when I'm in spain. It's nice to respect people for who they are.

Are you saying that Spanish people always speak in espanol to tourists or are you telling them they should? I've been to the same resort 7 times now and this was the first time any Spanish people ever spoke to me in Spanish when I wandered into their establishment. (apart from the usual Ola that you get/give everywhere you go) I too, always say cúpla focal in Spanish when (if) I can.

yoshytoshy · 12-07-2010 12:16AM

l3LoWnA wrote: »

Are you saying that Spanish people always speak in espanol to tourists or are you telling them they should? I've been to the same resort 7 times now and this was the first time any Spanish people ever spoke to me in Spanish when I wandered into their establishment. (apart from the usual Ola that you get/give everywhere you go) I too, always say cúpla focal in Spanish when (if) I can.

Yeah in general they do ,unless they're skivvies in some posh place they'll speak english.
I've a tendancy to travel around spain when i'm over there and just walk into shops ,regardless of whether they're tourists spots or not.

Most people over there think i'm german ,lol:D

Wibbs · 12-07-2010 12:21AM

Oh yes and Irish women tend to have much bigger bewbs, regardless of their overall size compared to others in mainland europe. No wonder Irish men tend to be breast men.

Ive both gone out and hung around with quite a few of our european neighbours and your average Irish woman looks like a dead heat in a zeppelin race by comparison. Especially when compared to the latin types.

orourkeda · 12-07-2010 12:23AM

http://www.culchiefestival.com/

yoshytoshy · 12-07-2010 12:26AM

Wibbs wrote: »

It's easy to confuse us with the english, scots and welsh. Naturally enough as we're very related to each other for the most part.

I don't agree with that wibbs ,english people always seem to have clearer complexions than irish.
Again ,they generally have more sunlight than us.

Wibbs · 12-07-2010 12:33AM

Different diet? Or as you say more sun? But on the DNA front we're pretty close in these islands for the most part. We're defo not "celtic" going by the DNA. The notion of a celtic ireland is more an invention of the late 1800's than anything based in reality Its similar to the zionist notion of israel and concurrent age wise. Both are BS.

yoshytoshy · 12-07-2010 12:35AM

Wibbs wrote: »

Different diet? Or as you say more sun? But on the DNA front we're pretty close in these islands for the most part. We're defo not "celtic" going by the DNA. The notion of a celtic ireland is more an invention of the late 1800's than anything based in reality Its similar to the zionist notion of israel and concurrent age wise. Both are BS.

Yeah I seen an isreal dna thing on tv ,done by a deutch lab I think.

I think sunlight/diet has the more significant part. Scots are much harder to tell the difference ,there complexion is probably closer to ours, in the pub all day:D

the purple tin · 12-07-2010 12:36AM

The Ray Darcy show did this question a couple of weeks ago. They got people to text in characteristics common to Irish men and women and got a characature(sc) artist to sketch out a typical Irish man and woman from them. Here's the pictures.

http://todayfm.com/Shows/Weekdays/Ra...ow%2fBlog.aspx

http://todayfm.com/Shows/Weekdays/Ra...ow%2fBlog.aspx

That woman in the sketch looks just like Kim from Kath and Kim.

K-9 · 12-07-2010 02:04AM

Dylan Moran gets it, go to 1:40 in:

12-07-2010 02:21AM

l3LoWnA wrote: »

This was a holiday resort full of mainly English and Irish tourists where in every bar, restaurant and shop you go into you are spoken to in broken English (and sometimes good English) At the beginning of the holiday I was addressed in English as they knew by the look of me that I was a tourist and more than likely spoke English. Towards the end of the holiday however, most of the Spanish began presuming I was Spanish too and started speaking to me in Spanish (why is that so hard to believe?) Two of the said Spanish people, from different shops apologised and even got embarrassed and explained (in English) they thought I was from Spain!! Jeez!! Do you think I made it up in my head and posted it on here?!? :rolleyes:

It's not that unusual. In any country, people presume you're from there unless you look REALLY foreign (which in Spain means very very pale skin and light blue eyes and none-Spanish dress sense) or are heard speaking your own language. When I was on holiday in Sweden, everyone spoke Swedish to me and I'm sallow with dark hair and eyes. I believe that people thought you were Spanish, but I don't think it's overly surprising. It just occurred to me that actually don't think I've ever been in any country where I wasn't taken for a local EXCEPT Ireland. It's the only place people assume I'm foreign which is hilarious, as it's the place I'm NOT foreign. Bah.

What does an Irish person look like?

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