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What are the differences between British/Irish people?

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    #62
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    smash wrote: »
    I've met English people who think Ireland is part of the UK ffs.
    I've met plenty of Irish people who claim to be getting the ferry to England, when they're travelling to Holyhead as well.


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    #63
    MJ23
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    Most English people are brutal at Geography. They'd barely know what county they're in. Ask them a few capital cities and they'd stare at you slackjawed.


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    #64
    who the fug
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    Alun wrote: »
    I've met plenty of Irish people who claim to be getting the ferry to England, when they're travelling to Holyhead as well.

    One does not mention that country in polite society


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    #65
    BoJack Horseman
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    MJ23 wrote: »
    Most English people are brutal are Geography. They'd barely know what county they're in. Ask them a few capital cities and they'd stare at you slackjawed.

    Ditto Irish.
    Dubliners in particular.

    Their mental map of Ireland stops at Kildare/Wicklow with "here be dragons" printed outside of that.


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    #66
    Eileen Down
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    I have a few friends from different parts of England living close by and whenever get together the stories they tell about growing up and the absolutely mental things they did, its no wonder the UK is practically a police state with cameras on every corner. My life seems so boring in comparison and I was no boy scout.


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    #67
    WesternZulu
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    British people love feckin drinking games in pubs...it's not something I have ever encountered, nor want to, In Ireland.


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    #68
    Beefy78
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    That's true actually. I do love a drinking game.

    One thing which came up on one of the other 84 threads on this topic was the English habit of doing a whip if you're in a big group on a night out which doesn't seem to happen in Ireland.


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    #69
    whisky_galore
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    WesternZulu wrote: »
    British people love feckin drinking games in pubs...it's not something I have ever encountered, nor want to, In Ireland.

    Other things we don't have in pubs here generally, poker machines (thankfully) and open mic nights....when there's actually people in the pub.


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    #70
    riffmongous
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    Beefy78 wrote: »
    That's true actually. I do love a drinking game.

    One thing which came up on one of the other 84 threads on this topic was the English habit of doing a whip if you're in a big group on a night out which doesn't seem to happen in Ireland.
    Please explain :pac:


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    #71
    ancapailldorcha
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    Please explain :pac:

    It is that daft phone app with the sound effect?

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #72
    Son Of A Vidic
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    Hoop66 wrote: »
    In my experience, as a Brit over here, there's more mixing between social classes. And I have found that the Irish "middle-classs" are a lot more fun than the UK version.

    Funny you should say that, because having lived for a significant number of years in the UK. I found it to be the complete opposite.


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    #73
    riffmongous
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    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    It is that daft phone app with the sound effect?
    Google suggests it means getting high off those gas cartridges used in baking and whipped cream


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    #74
    Beefy78
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    Please explain :pac:

    Rather than doing rounds you each put in a set amount (£50 for example) and drinks for the evening come out of that fund.

    I have seen it in this country but it would be much more common in the UK from what I have seen.


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    #75
    swimming in a sea
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    Henry Sidney wrote: »
    The Irish are obsessed with the English, the English don't give the Irish a second thought.

    That is the big country small country mentality. It does happen with Britan too, they are often obsessed with what Americans think of them with politics, boxing and music are some things I can think of down the years. The phrase "to crack america" is seen as truly making it.

    Americans don't care what others think and maybe the French as well:)


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    #76
    Oregano_State
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    I'm just back from living in the UK for a year. I found most of the British people I was friendly with seemed unaware of the history between England and Ireland, not that I brought it up too often, mind. They bleedin' love karaoke. Can't understand that. And I can confirm they're all about drinking games on nights out. Also fancy dress parties are a lot more common over there, not just limited to Halloween and stag/hen nights.

    I'd say overall the country is a little bit more commercialised than we are here, more chain pubs, shops, nightclubs, cafés etc., although we're heading in the same direction to be fair.

    That's my take on it anyway. In general they're a sound enough bunch, I got on well with nearly everyone I met over there.


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    #77
    OldRio
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    Henry Sidney wrote: »
    Trust me, there's nothing worse than a middle aged woman from Clarinbridge or Kinvara. Made some money in the boom and think they are something special. Two Bob millionaires in BMWs.

    Exactly Sidney. Imagine the embarrassment of having to earn ones own money. The horror of it.
    One should be born into money. It gives a sense of entitlement. A true sense of class.


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    #78
    jmayo
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    deadybai wrote: »
    Irish are really laid back and dont really care about anything.
    We hate successful people. Its almost embarrassing in Ireland for someone to be successful. The British are more encouraging and its normal to want to become the best at something. If you see an Irish person trying hard to become something you say ''Do ya see that gobsh!te over there trying to become a musician?" and then a typical reply would be "Yeah what a b0ll0cks!"

    Thanks for reminding of that spanner with the the free itunes album. :mad:
    squeekyduck wrote: »
    You have probably lived in the nice parts!

    The only people I know in Ireland who own caravans are of the howya boss types while in the UK I can name countless people who all own a caravan. Its a past time that came in after WW2 due to low manufacturing cost and seems to have stuck.

    There is actually a sizeable enough group here that goes caravaning, particularly heading off to the continent for long stays.
    I even know someone who got as far as Poland.

    I am not allowed discuss …



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    #79
    devildriver
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    Just returned for a quick trip to London. Here's my assessment for what it's worth.

    Ignorant people are ignorant wherever they might be from Britain, Ireland, USA or anywhere else.

    Bigoted racist people are bigoted and racist wherever they might be from....

    Decent and intelligent people are decent and intelligent wherever they might be from.....

    etc etc. I don't think I need to labour the point.

    I think when we talk about "national differences" we are actually focussing on the differences in character between ourselves and people who we dislike in any country.


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    #80
    gormdubhgorm
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    The English don't respond to that slight nod of a head from a stranger that means hello.

    I must have gone about "20 plus" nods of the head on a walk in London and no response from anyone. Then a person in a wheelchair said hello.
    Make of that what you will!

    Then when I got back here in Ireland I was paranoid that I was doing the "nod" incorrectly/lost the knack. So I was lashing out nods of head (not loafs) just in case. I got a nod back or an hello or some kind of response each time.

    The other difference between us and the Brits (particularly the English) is that when something is not working they get afraid. Example: "The computer is not working I'm afraid". For a nation with a supposed inferiority complex we do not seem to suffer the same fear at all!

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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    #81
    who the fug
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    devildriver wrote: »
    Just returned for a quick trip to London. Here's my assessment for what it's worth.

    Ignorant people are ignorant wherever they might be from Britain, Ireland, USA or anywhere else.

    Bigoted racist people are bigoted and racist wherever they might be from....

    Decent and intelligent people are decent and intelligent wherever they might be from.....

    etc etc. I don't think I need to labour the point.

    I think when we talk about "national differences" we are actually focussing on the differences in character between ourselves and people who we dislike in any country.

    Logic has no place on the Internet


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    #82
    km991148
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    squeekyduck wrote: »

    The British dont have a well rounded education system as Ireland and therefore their general knowledge is lacking. This is not always the case but it is certainly linked to their 3 subject A levels Vs our 7 subject LC.

    Afaik this doesnt apply to Scotland. The Scottish system is similar to Ireland and higher regarded - i..e wider range of subjects (albeit at a shallower depth)


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    #83
    Oregano_State
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    gormdubhgorm wrote: »
    The English don't respond to that slight nod of a head from a stranger that means hello.

    I must have gone about "20 plus" nods of the head on a walk in London and no response from anyone. Then a person in a wheelchair said hello.
    Make of that what you will!

    Then when I got back here in Ireland I was paranoid that I was doing the "nod" incorrectly/lost the knack. So I was lashing out nods of head (not loafs) just in case. I got a nod back or an hello or some kind of response each time.

    The other difference between us and the Brits (particularly the English) is that when something is not working they get afraid. Example: "The computer is not working I'm afraid". For a nation with a supposed inferiority complex we do not seem to suffer the same fear at all!

    That's London though. It's the same in most big cities worldwide. The bigger the city, the less people feel connected with others that live there, there have been studies done on it.

    I was talking to Yorkshire man recently who was saying the exact same thing about Londoners.


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    #84
    GG66
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    Irish have bigger funerals
    Irish unwittingly eat more horse
    Irish say hello to strangers on the street, British say, who's that?
    British eat more curry
    British trim a better countryside hedge
    British invade more countries unlawfully
    Irish apologise more, sorry but you know what I mean

    We're both really into British soaps, premiership football, British TV, British music etc. etc. etc.


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    #85
    Beefy78
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    GG66 wrote: »
    Irish have bigger funerals

    That's true. Funerals at home are a family affair or family + very close friends. Very different from Ireland from what I can see.

    Weddings don't go through the night like they seem to in Ireland too.


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    #86
    Laois6556
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    The Brits tried to exterminate the native Irish, the Irish built many British cities.


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    #87
    Willfarman
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    Laois6556 wrote: »
    The Brits tried to exterminate the native Irish, the Irish built many British cities.

    Bloody descant of us really! Did this appen recently then paddy?


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    Laois6556
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    Willfarman wrote: »
    Bloody descant of us really! Did this appen recently then paddy?

    Which are you talking about? The attempt to exterminate the Irish or the Irish building British cities?


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    #89
    dd972
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    Important to remember that many Scots, Welsh and an increasing number of English don't regard themselves as 'British' but as their own nationalities.

    Also an Irish person in all three places is generally regarded as another Joe Soap and isn't regarded as 'foreign' in the same way a Spaniard or French person would be as much as it grates the ''Oirrrish'' types who think they're special and possess unique banter and whimsy delivered in an exaggerated accent.


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    #90
    biko
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    British people say "I shall" and "I shan't", almost unheard of in Ireland.
    Irish people instead say "I will" and "I will in my hole".


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    #91
    Blue giant
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    biko wrote: »
    British people say "I shall" and "I shan't", almost unheard of in Ireland.
    Irish people instead say "I will" and "I will in my hole".

    It's actually "I will" and "I will yeah"


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