You're still not Irish, so stop pretending you are.

[knyghtbyte]

Originally posted by: AMCRambler
Of course I know what St Patty's day is aboot(thats Canadian btw)! He's the patron saint of drunken and disorderlyness.

St Patty's day?

um, i do hope you were getting it wrong on purpose.....St Paddys day if your going to abbreviate......and aboot is scottish accent

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: maziwanka
i dont like this! (edit for the exclamation point since ppl might think im being really serious with just the period)

i was born here but my parents were born in india. what does that make me? i consider myself indian since i can identify with most of the indian culture

Well I can move to Japan and sleep on the floor under my desk while I drink sake every night, but it doesn't mean I'm Japanese. Sure, culturally I may be, as culturally you may be Indian, but you just try putting Indian down as your nationality on a passport application and see what happens.

hah! I CAN say im indian because I was born there and still am an Indian citizen (green card holder here in USA)

 

[yoda291]

damn canadians and their lack of respect for the irish.

 

[rudder]

Hump off, no need to go slagging. Skoorbs a a right gobdaw.






Link here for you not irish people.

 

[TheNinja]

 

[hpkeeper]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
"I'm Irish." Oh really? Where were you born? Florida? You're American, you dolt.

Repost

I can't bump that thread, but of course given this meaningless holiday of st. patrick's, we've got millions and millions of americans who once again say that fallacious thing "I'm Irish." Will this pretentious idiocy ever cease? I fear it won't.

Born in Ireland? Irish.

Born outside of Ireland? Not Irish.

Oh sure, your long distant roots may in part be Irish, but besides this silly statement you make every st. patrick's day as you hammer down your 9th beer to celebrate a country you'll never visit, you've got no other link to Ireland at all.

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*EDIT* This thread is stupid. I will probably make it again in a year or two.

^^^ Good Post ^^^

 

[Literati]

Stop crying. It doesn't get much more petty than this.

Drink a beer and shut up.

Everybodies Irish today.

 

[brigden]

I semi-agree with you, Skoorb, but unfortunately it's not as cut and dry as you make it sound.

I was born in the UK, specifically, England. I immigrated to Canada at age five, moved back and forth several times, and finally settled in Canada in '91. I became a Canadian citizen in '94. Now I hold dual citizenship. I consider myself English, but my brother, who is three years younger, considers himself Canadian.

Anyway, what would you say to an individual born in America, then, at age two, moved to Ireland and spent the rest of their lives there? That individual would know nothing other than Irish life. I would consider that individual Irish.

Nationality is not necessarily based on legal citizenship, but depends more on cultural ties and the stronger the ties, the more likely one is to proclaim nationality.

My GF's family were Irish many, many generations ago. She has no ties whatsoever. She considers herself Canadian.

 

[DivideBYZero]

You're all as Irish as ChopSticks. STFU and admit you just want an excuse to go Binge Drinking.

The Irish do.

 

[denmalley]

I'm an earthling, and so are the rest of you, and don't you forget it!

 

[brigden]

Originally posted by: knyghtbyte

Originally posted by: AMCRambler
Of course I know what St Patty's day is aboot(thats Canadian btw)! He's the patron saint of drunken and disorderlyness.

St Patty's day?

um, i do hope you were getting it wrong on purpose.....St Paddys day if your going to abbreviate......and aboot is scottish accent

You're wrong. St. Patty's isn't wrong. In fact, it's a more commonly used term. And "aboot" is very, very, very Canadian.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: denmalley
I'm an earthling, and so are the rest of you, and don't you forget it!

WTH are you talking about? I'm not, I'm just virtual.