"I'm 1/4 irish"

Daveysil15 · 22-09-2013 02:18PM

Russell Peters sums it up well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8FISjAZXEI

locum-motion · 22-09-2013 03:01PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

In that case I'm 1/2 English, 1/3 Irish, 1/8 American, 1/16 Scottish.

Dont like them odds.

You're not 1/3 anything.

Since every person ever born has had 2 parents, no more no less, the only fractions that you can have in your ancestry are halves, quarters, sixteenths, thirty-seconds, sixty-fourths etc.
So, for example, if 7 of your 64 great great great grandparents were Irish, you would be 7/64 Irish.

If you could* trace your ancestry back to your 30x great grandparents - of which there were 4,294,967,296 - and if exactly 1,431,655,765 of them were Irish, then you could say that you were 1,431,655,765/4,294,967,296 Irish. And that fraction reduces down to precisely 1/3.

However, believe it or not, there's no smaller number in that series that is exactly divisible by 3!

* But you can't. So there!:p

clairefontaine · 22-09-2013 03:03PM

Jeremiah Dirty Bayonet wrote: »

In fairness, someone born in Ireland with one foreign parent saying they're Irish is very different to someone born abroad with one Irish parent/grandparent who has never really spent any time in Ireland saying they're Irish.

That's because being Irish has different meanings. Get over it.

22-09-2013 03:24PM

clairefontaine wrote: »

That's because being Irish has different meanings. Get over it.

I never said it didn't. That was pretty much my point, in fact. Learn how to follow a thread.

clairefontaine · 22-09-2013 03:27PM

Jeremiah Dirty Bayonet wrote: »

I never said it didn't. That was pretty much my point, in fact. Learn how to follow a thread.

Sorry my bad. When I read the Irish calling something different, I assume there is also a negative attachment to it.

UCDVet · 22-09-2013 04:01PM

It's funny, I keep hearing Irish people complaining about others who claim to be Irish, but aren't *really* Irish.

These are the same types of people who will insist that everyone famous, rich or successful is Irish, because of one great, great, great grandparent being from Ireland.

Seems awfully hypocritical....

Some American girl says she is Irish because some of her family is - and Irish people call her out for it. Those same Irish people will argue that 'the Irish' have single handedly been responsible for the success of the United States and explain how half of the US presidents were Irish because their great, great, great, great, Grandfather took an Irish cruise once.

SharpshooterTom · 22-09-2013 04:08PM

Born in England to Irish parents, moved here when I was 14 and I'm now 27. So I've lived in Ireland for half my life. I have been called the following:

Irish bastard
English bastard
fenian
hun
orange bastard
tan
paddy
pom
mick
etc...

I get called those depending on whether you identify me by accent or by my heritage. I'm English to everyone here but as I soon as I set foot in England I become an Irish paddy again. Meh....

losthorizon · 22-09-2013 04:09PM

funt cucker wrote: »

That's you because the trip from the wehst, would have been too long back then, I really meant Dublin and surrounding counties:)

Even the surrounding counties have maternity hospitals.

God, and people think Americans are ignorant. Look no further than the Dub.

Tee shirts get yer tee shirts.

Daveysil15 · 22-09-2013 04:33PM

UCDVet wrote: »

It's funny, I keep hearing Irish people complaining about others who claim to be Irish, but aren't *really* Irish.

These are the same types of people who will insist that everyone famous, rich or successful is Irish, because of one great, great, great grandparent being from Ireland.

Seems awfully hypocritical....

Some American girl says she is Irish because some of her family is - and Irish people call her out for it. Those same Irish people will argue that 'the Irish' have single handedly been responsible for the success of the United States and explain how half of the US presidents were Irish because their great, great, great, great, Grandfather took an Irish cruise once.

I can't say I've come across a whole lot of that tbh. Certainly not as much as people who claim to be Irish.

Rubeter · 22-09-2013 04:48PM

Bog Standard User wrote: »

ill list some towns in leinster outside dublin with hospitals at least 50 years old for you

all of which delivered babies

drogheda
cavan
longford
athlone
tullamore
portlaoise
kilkenny
naas
wexford
waterford

:eek: Annexation???

BillyMitchel · 22-09-2013 04:52PM

demanufactured wrote: »

Usually said by an American.
Always hated this ****e, used to come up in chatrooms back in the day..

American:"Im half irish"
Me:Really? Where were you born?
American: Chicago
Me : You're American so.
American:No...you see my great grand papa was irish he lived in the county of Cork.
Me: You have an irish relative, You were born in the USA , You are 100% American.

Another one: im 1/4 irish
Me: Wow do you have 4 parents??
Them:.....

I'm 1/4 American OP.

AH seems like its been on repeat recently.

Fighting Irish · 22-09-2013 04:59PM

demanufactured wrote: »

Usually said by an American.
Always hated this ****e, used to come up in chatrooms back in the day..

American:"Im half irish"
Me:Really? Where were you born?
American: Chicago
Me : You're American so.
American:No...you see my great grand papa was irish he lived in the county of Cork.
Me: You have an irish relative, You were born in the USA , You are 100% American.

Another one: im 1/4 irish
Me: Wow do you have 4 parents??
Them:.....

Why do you care what someone on the far side of the world thinks about themselves?

cupcake83 · 22-09-2013 05:23PM

Some Americans (like me) do genealogy and we do know where our ancestors mostly came from. It's important to some of us to pass along to our children and theirs etc. Why mock us? I tell people I'm an American but my grandparent were from Scotland,Ireland etc. so what? We should know our families stories!

funt cucker · 22-09-2013 05:26PM

losthorizon wrote: »

Even the surrounding counties have maternity hospitals.

God, and people think Americans are ignorant. Look no further than the Dub.

Tee shirts get yer tee shirts.

Yiz were all born in Dublin, admit it:D

Muise... · 22-09-2013 05:41PM

I'm 1/4 Mayo.

The sad 1/4.

Compu Global Hyper Meganet · 22-09-2013 05:46PM

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Of course, when someone whose great great grandfather emigrated to the US declares themselves Irish, it's not remotely true. But why not take it as a compliment when they do? I've never been to the US in my life, but it's nice to think that if I ever do head over, my accent may ensure that I'm treated well.

Shane-KornSpace · 22-09-2013 05:48PM

This kind of thing used to piss me off majorly.

Then I grew up, built a bridge, got over it when I realised that there are more important things to be angry about

demanufactured · 22-09-2013 06:15PM

Just something that entered my head this morning.
Im sure ill have something else to moan about tomorrow.

nbar12 · 22-09-2013 06:22PM

I worked in a sports bar in NY during the summer and an American girl I worked with told me she was 3/4 Irish...that was my entertainment for that night sorted

pharmaton · 22-09-2013 06:50PM

Meangadh wrote: »

Hahaha! For feck's sake!

At the time I was born there were actually two hospitals in my home town where babies were born. Only one now although it's a bigger maternity area.

there were three fully functioning hospitals in the town I grew up in and one was a maternity hospital specifically. Nearly 40 years ago too and it wasn't Dublin or Cork.

Meangadh · 22-09-2013 08:14PM

pharmaton wrote: »

there were three fully functioning hospitals in the town I grew up in and one was a maternity hospital specifically. Nearly 40 years ago too and it wasn't Dublin or Cork.

Exactly. As if everyone from as far as South Kilkenny or Longford or South Wexford would all have been expected to go to Dublin to give birth.

Anyway, back on topic. OP you've little to bother you if this is occupying your thoughts.

BeerWolf · 22-09-2013 08:20PM

I'm 1/60000000th star child, because SCIENCE!

funt cucker · 22-09-2013 09:04PM

pharmaton wrote: »

there were three fully functioning hospitals in the town I grew up in and one was a maternity hospital specifically. Nearly 40 years ago too and it wasn't Dublin or Cork.

All lies, yiz are all Dubs:D

WilyCoyote · 22-09-2013 09:49PM

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

I'm half man half amazing.

G'wan you auld hermaphrodite

Catari Jaguar · 22-09-2013 10:34PM

ColmH81 wrote: »

As long as they don't call Paddy's Day "Patty's Day", then they can claim all the Irish heritage they want.. Ha

It's because for decades the Irish immigrants were giving out about "Paddy" being used as a discriminatory slur. They are erring on the side of caution.

OPENROAD · 22-09-2013 11:21PM

demanufactured wrote: »

Usually said by an American.
Always hated this ****e, used to come up in chatrooms back in the day..

American:"Im half irish"
Me:Really? Where were you born?
American: Chicago
Me : You're American so.
American:No...you see my great grand papa was irish he lived in the county of Cork.
Me: You have an irish relative, You were born in the USA , You are 100% American.

Another one: im 1/4 irish
Me: Wow do you have 4 parents??
Them:.....

Funny, I would have shared the same view up until January 26th this year when my little girl was born in Seattle.

I am from Dublin, have lived all my life in Ireland up until the last 1 1/2 years, my wife is American but you can be sure my little girl will know about Ireland and will have dual citizenship.

johnnyskeleton · 22-09-2013 11:42PM

Has anyone done the:

Leprechaun: have ye a bit o Irish in ya, girlie?
American girl: no...
Leprechaun: would ya like a bit (mini pelvic thrust)?

joke yet?

dd972 · 23-09-2013 12:44AM

Don't know if you've heard about this OP,:eek::eek:
But the original North Americans were indigenous Indians so U.S citizens of European stock commonly refer to their ancestry for self identification

feargale · 23-09-2013 01:19AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Born in England to Irish parents, moved here when I was 14 and I'm now 27. So I've lived in Ireland for half my life. I have been called the following:
Irish bastard, English bastard,fenian,hun,orange bastard,tan,paddy,pom,mick
etc...I get called those depending on whether you identify me by accent or by my heritage. I'm English to everyone here but as I soon as I set foot in England I become an Irish paddy again. Meh....

You have more titles than the Prince of Wales!

feargale · 23-09-2013 01:30AM

funt cucker wrote: »

That's you because the trip from the wehst, would have been too long back then, I really meant Dublin and surrounding counties:)

"Wehst"? Only those who have a basic knowledge of phonetics sufficient to correctly represent the sounds they wish to convey are qualified to adopt a snobbish attitude to the West.

"I'm 1/4 irish"

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