Are you 'American' or 'Irish'?

[diebitter]

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I also recommend posting a thread addressed to americans at a time other than what is about 3-6 AM in america. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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That's a good point. Only the psychos and night watchmen are up then.

DOH!

errrr, I'll bump it later then.

[edfurlong]

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Dear Diebitter,

I by no means think The United States of America are perfect or even good.

However I will have to ask you not to imply that Al Bundy somehow does not represent my people as a whole.

Drunkenly,
Furlong impersonator

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I didn't! You're suggesting I implied something that I clearly didn't. Hmmm. Are you a girl?

Also, If you don't appreciate the great man, we want him back!

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All I am incoherently mumbling is that whatever you say about the US Al Bundy is ours.

Back off. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Edited to add that I was whining about the the US, not implying that you somehow had a problem with us.

[NT!]

I am an American of Irish descent. I am probably no more than 60 - 70% Irish, but one side of my family came over in the early 20th century and I have family still living there, unlike any other Old World countries, so Irish it is.

Being "Irish" is popular among Americans, most of whom are no more Irish than Charlie Weis, so I don't make a big deal of it as I don't know that much about my ancestry. I have looked into it enough to know that we come from Cork, where all the troublemakers are, which is good enough for me. I'd like to visit Ireland but all the 'heritage tourists' make it feckin expensive and I'm poor.

Oh, and there are a few notable micks by the name of 'Collins,' so at least the name is authentic [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

NT

[man]

my sister's husband is irish. I told one of my friends that they were going to ireland to visit his family and they said "wait, you mean he's from ireland?"

that would happen with most people I know.

[Jack of Arcades]

ancestry is acadian, call myself american though my ancestors were one of the first cajuns.

[man]

what's acadian? it's something french, right?

[Mr_J]

We get that here in australia, but it's usually only people under 25. I'm a wog, and it's usually only other wogs who ask me where I'm from (and wogs will nearly always ask other wogs where they're from). Skips don't care, although some chicks will ask.

Skips are what other ethnic groups (usually wogs & asians) call northern europeans (usually british). Wogs are people from southern europe of the middle east, and it's not a racist term.

Talking about racist terms, why the hell do people cry racist when whites are talking about jews, latinos or arabs?? Same f'in race.

[Tony_P]

When I say "I'm Italian" to another American it's understood that I was born here but that a few generations back my family came over from Italy. If I was talking to someone from another country I would describe myself as "American, from Italian descent"

[Slow Play Ray]

<--- European Mutt a.k.a. Purebred American

[Toro]

Here(USA), when someone asks what you are, they already know that you are an American so people will always respond with Oh, I'm Italian or whatever may apply. Quite simple, really.