LongCoolMother
Diamond Member
i know. its sad. but true. 🙁.
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*UPDATE* I'm terribly sorry for offending any quasi-Irish folks here :( Honest!
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i know. its sad. but true. 🙁.
wfbberzerker
Lifer
well, even tho i may have been born in the us, i have red hair and i plan to move to ireland after college. do i count?
omg you're a us citizen you can no longer claim any heritage because you're american. speak english! Quit dressing weird.
I really don't care what people do with their heritage, some ignore it, some really identify with it even if they may not be a citizen of that country. Whatever works for them.
I really don't care what people do with their heritage, some ignore it, some really identify with it even if they may not be a citizen of that country. Whatever works for them.
I don't care what you say. I'm one quarter Irish. If you're to dumb to realize that I'm saying 1/4 of my ancestors are from Ireland, and you somehow think I mean that one quarter of me was shipped from Ireland and assembled in America, then tough crap for you.
It's not like a run around saying that I have magical Irish powers because I'm 1/4 Irish. It's not like I would side with the Irish if they were at war or something. I don't expect people to bow down to me and celebrate my presence on St. Patrick's Day. They can if they want, but that's just silly. There's NO reason to. I do have an Irish flag hanging in my room, but that's because a friend in Ireland sent it to me.
What's I'm saying is that there is no problem.. basically... telling people where my grand parents are from. Hell, if they really wanna know then more power to them. I know that having ancestrial roots from a certain country connects me in that way, and that way alone, and that it doesn't necessarily mean anything.
However, learning about your root and taking an intrest in their place of origin is totally acceptable. Nothing wrong with throwing back an extra green beer for all my dead ancestors from Ireland on SPD. My father and I did a lot of geneology research just for some fun one year. If you tell anyone working in a records archive that you are American, then you get laughed at.
America is the melting pot of the world, and everyone has some history outside of America. Might as well learn about it if you have nothing better to do.
It's not like a run around saying that I have magical Irish powers because I'm 1/4 Irish. It's not like I would side with the Irish if they were at war or something. I don't expect people to bow down to me and celebrate my presence on St. Patrick's Day. They can if they want, but that's just silly. There's NO reason to. I do have an Irish flag hanging in my room, but that's because a friend in Ireland sent it to me.
What's I'm saying is that there is no problem.. basically... telling people where my grand parents are from. Hell, if they really wanna know then more power to them. I know that having ancestrial roots from a certain country connects me in that way, and that way alone, and that it doesn't necessarily mean anything.
However, learning about your root and taking an intrest in their place of origin is totally acceptable. Nothing wrong with throwing back an extra green beer for all my dead ancestors from Ireland on SPD. My father and I did a lot of geneology research just for some fun one year. If you tell anyone working in a records archive that you are American, then you get laughed at.
America is the melting pot of the world, and everyone has some history outside of America. Might as well learn about it if you have nothing better to do.
Heck I'm fugging nobody. Honestly, I'm not quite sure if have any nationality in general. Technically I can be called a Russian, but I really don't like this nation and country, and in general there is no such thing as the Russian nation, unlike other nations. So to speak, in the Russian language the word 'Russian' is only an adjective, unlike all the words for all other nations, which are nouns. This means there is no such thing as a nation for me.
waggy
No Lifer
hmm i have seen a lot of redheads (married one she has lots of relitives) and only one has a extremely bad complexion. All the other redheads i have seen none of them have bad complexion. sure they may be lighter and have freckles but none of them were bad.
oh as for dyied redheads. i think they look bad. you can tell they are fake and look nasty.
oh my wife's family is not irish they are german =) heh
SoylentGreen
Diamond Member
Irish folklore and heritage is unique like most other cultures.
Why denounce it because my family came to America 100 years ago?
Dumbass.
Why denounce it because my family came to America 100 years ago?
Dumbass.
hzl eyed grl
Super Moderator<br>Elite Member
Actually, I am. He is part Irish.
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:evil: 😉
StageLeft
No Lifer
In your special case - as in mine - it's really something you have to qualify. If somebody asks "where are you from" in most cases you'll say the US because you are living in the US and, for all intents and purposes, are American. You could specify you're Iranian to add some confusion into the mix - and you were indeed born there.
But for somebody who was not born in Ireland, and hasn't even freaking been to Ireland, to claim a certain ratio of Irishness is really silly. Aren't they proud of being American, or do they need to add some pseudo-uniqueness into it?
I am not sure I have time to read all the posts in this thread since I was away from it for many hours. I am surprised so many people find offense at this though. You frigging Irish are a defensive lot 😛
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