Common misconceptions in Ireland

Kev_2012 · 10-12-2013 10:34PM #1

I've been living in Canada for 6 months now, and I would consider myself to be fair knowledgable, but I've been proven wrong on things by Canadians that for that my whole life I thought I knew!

1 - I thought a nectarine was a small orange like a tangerine or mandarin !
2 - I thought that winter was November, December and January. Apparently it's Dec. 21st to March 19th

3 - I tried to explain that sherbet/sherbert was a powder that that you eat with a lollipop, whereas sherbert is actually a totally different thing altogether!

What things have you always thought that you were later proved wrong on?

who the fug · 10-12-2013 10:37PM

winter is November, December and January,not out fault rest of the world is wrong

Cookie_Monster · 10-12-2013 10:50PM

That Canadia isn't a US state anymore

Sunnyisland · 10-12-2013 10:51PM

Common misconceptions in Ireland

:P:P that Gerry Adams was in the IRA :P:D:)

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wazky · 10-12-2013 10:53PM

realies wrote: »

:P:P that Gerry Adams was in the IRA :P:D:)

Pikeys, dole, government and 3 fiddy.

Now the thread is complete.

Kiwi in IE · 10-12-2013 10:56PM

who the fug wrote: »

winter is November, December and January,not out fault rest of the world is wrong

ARRGHHH!

Spring: March, April, May
Summer: June, July, August
Autumn: September, October, November
WINTER: December, January, February

http://www.calendar-365.com/seasons.html

kneemos · 10-12-2013 10:58PM

Kiwi in IE wrote: »

ARRGHHH!

Spring: March, April, May
Summer: June, July, August
Autumn: September, October, November
WINTER: December, January, February

http://www.calendar-365.com/seasons.html

Depends where you live.

Kiwi in IE · 10-12-2013 11:00PM

kneemos wrote: »

Depends where you live.

It does yes! As in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere! Not as in Ireland or the UK!

PizzamanIRL · 10-12-2013 11:02PM

Doesn't matter what season it is. Only thing that matters is what month it is.

For the record Winter is Nov - Jan. February is winter? What? No no no.

Tin Foil Hat · 10-12-2013 11:04PM

kneemos wrote: »

Depends where you live.

If you live in Ireland, and you call February springtime, you're insane. It's a freezing month. And dark. And colourless.
It's winter.

PizzamanIRL · 10-12-2013 11:05PM

Lets be real here lads. There are only 2 seasons in Ireland. Summer is July (or a few days of it). All the other months are winter.

Sulla Felix · 10-12-2013 11:06PM

Kev_2012 wrote: »

I've been living in Canada for 6 months now, and I would consider myself to be fair knowledgable, but I've been proven wrong on things by Canadians that for that my whole life I thought I knew!

1 - I thought a nectarine was a small orange like a tangerine or mandarin !
2 - I thought that winter was November, December and January. Apparently it's Dec. 21st to March 19th
3 - I tried to explain that sherbet/sherbert was a powder that that you eat with a lollipop, whereas sherbert is actually a totally different thing altogether!

What things have you always thought that you were later proved wrong on?

1) They're right on that one. A nectarine is like an unfuzzy peach, they come from the same tree. Don't know wtf it is with Irish and this mistake.

2) Agriculturally speaking, Spring starts at varying times, depending on the locale.

3) What we call a sorbet, they call sherbet. Tell them that if they want to talk like Americans that's fine, but really, you thought better of them than that.

keith16 · 10-12-2013 11:09PM

Winter is December, January February.

Christmas is June, July, August, September, October, November and December.

Donkey Oaty · 10-12-2013 11:10PM

The Met Éireann website says this:

For Climatological purposes, on the basis of air temperature, seasons are regarded as three-month periods as follows: December to February - winter, March to May - spring, June to August- summer and September to November - autumn. This is a common grouping in the meteorological practice of many countries in the middle and northern latitudes.

I have emailed them asking them for similar clarification of the precise definition of nectarines and sherbet.

wretcheddomain · 10-12-2013 11:10PM

Kev_2012 wrote: »

I've been living in Canada for 6 months now, and I would consider myself to be fair knowledgable, but I've been proven wrong on things by Canadians that for that my whole life I thought I knew!

You're just stupid OP, the rest of us know all these things.

AnonoBoy · 10-12-2013 11:10PM

My friend John's Ma always said he was a misconception.

Kiwi in IE · 10-12-2013 11:11PM

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

If you live in Ireland, and you call February springtime, you're insane. It's a freezing month. And dark. And colourless.
It's winter.

And August is NOT autumn. It is warm, the trees are green with leaves intact and there is no hint of the coming winter! It is summer!

My birthday is in August! All my life I have had a winter birthday with miserable, awful weather. Then I move here. I'm delighted, my birthday is now in summer. Only you feckers here, contrary to the rest of the Northern hemisphere, insist on calling August 'autumn'!

Eight Ball · 10-12-2013 11:13PM

The fighting Irish.

We should be called the moaning, bitching, Joe Duffy ringing, non protesting Irish.

Tin Foil Hat · 10-12-2013 11:18PM

Kiwi in IE wrote: »

And August is NOT autumn. It is warm, the trees are green with leaves intact and there is no hint of the coming winter! It is summer!

My birthday is in August! All my life I have had a winter birthday with miserable, awful weather. Then I move here. I'm delighted, my birthday is now in summer. Only you feckers here, contrary to the rest of the Northern hemisphere, insist on calling August 'autumn'!

We also print our calendars showing Sunday as the first day of the week. So our weekends go into the start of next week and we take half of our summer holidays in autumn. Kinda funny, in fairness.

Kiwi in IE · 10-12-2013 11:20PM

If November is the start of winter, when does your summer start? May? May is usually cold, decidedly spring-like and does not resemble summer at all! When is the weather usually more summery? May or August?

kneemos · 10-12-2013 11:20PM

We're actually Brits as in officially part of the British Isles.

Stainless_Steel · 10-12-2013 11:21PM

Kev_2012 wrote: »

I've been living in Canada for 6 months now, and I would consider myself to be fair knowledgable, but I've been proven wrong on things by Canadians that for that my whole life I thought I knew!

1 - I thought a nectarine was a small orange like a tangerine or mandarin !
2 - I thought that winter was November, December and January. Apparently it's Dec. 21st to March 19th
3 - I tried to explain that sherbet/sherbert was a powder that that you eat with a lollipop, whereas sherbert is actually a totally different thing altogether!

What things have you always thought that you were later proved wrong on?

You're not a very representative sample for irish intelligence fella.

An Coilean · 10-12-2013 11:29PM

kneemos wrote: »

We're actually Brits as in officially part of the British Isles.

British & Irish Isles

NuckingFacker · 10-12-2013 11:32PM

I started wondering a bit once I got to "fair knowledgable" tbh. Then I read what the "misconceptions" were. Then I kinda shook my head. I was expecting somthing better. Nectarins ffs? I was expecting Bilderbergs and French-Quebec women loving anal despite their frosty exteriors.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 10-12-2013 11:33PM

An Coilean wrote: »

British & Irish Isles

British Isles.

An Coilean · 10-12-2013 11:34PM

Its a fairly common misconception that the state gave its full support to the Irish language since its foundation.

Kiwi in IE · 10-12-2013 11:34PM

Now I am over my season rant, Nectarines have nothing to do with citrus and are the nicest fruit on earth! Sherbet is definitely a fizzy powder.

'Cute' does not mean sly, it means adorable.

http://www.google.ie/search?client=safari&hl=en-gb&ei=FJSnUtj8D5CqhQfKtoDQBA&q=cute+definition&oq=cute+de&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.1.1.0l5.882772.893434.0.895627.35.30.4.3.3.19.622.7248.0j13j9j3j3j1.29.0....0...1c.1.32.mobile-gws-serp..21.14.2615.jgHcz5gTN3Y

Actually interestingly it seems you guys predominantly use the US definition.

An Coilean · 10-12-2013 11:35PM

Aliza Dazzling Retirement wrote: »

British Isles.

British & Irish Isles! :P

Cookie_Monster · 10-12-2013 11:36PM

An Coilean wrote: »

British & Irish Isles

nope, the geographical name of the area is the British Isles and they encompass the two sovereign state of Ireland and the UK plus various other small islands.

Quazzie · 10-12-2013 11:37PM

Winter is November, December and January. The winter solstice, or mid-winter is December 21st.

Tin Foil Hat · 10-12-2013 11:43PM

Quazzie wrote: »

Winter is November, December and January. The winter solstice, or mid-winter is December 21st.

Seasonal lag, dude. The shortest day if the year is not the middle of winter.

Common misconceptions in Ireland

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