St. Patrick's Day celebration returns to Seoul

i used to have one of those way back when, doubtlessly stuffed somewhere in the attic by now. come to think of it, i dont really have any green clothes, aside from some socks...

i used to have one of those way back when, doubtlessly stuffed somewhere in the attic by now

This is the wonderful time of year when it gets to be worn.

I have a green hoodie on today.  Of course, I also had it on most days this week. 

I'm wearing my "Kiss me, I'm Irish" t-shirt

I'm wearing my "Kiss me, I'm Irish" t-shirt

I hope you've got your 23&Me results ready on hand or you'll be getting a paddlin'

Do actual Irish people actually give a crap about St Patricks Day or is it purely just plastic paddies?

I had some actual Irish people say Irish dislike it when North Americans say they are "Irish".  In fact, some seem to get really touchy about it.  Even if there are more of "us" living overseas than in Ireland proper. 

I had some actual Irish people say Irish dislike it when North Americans say they are "Irish".  In fact, some seem to get really touchy about it.  Even if there are more of "us" living overseas than in Ireland proper.

Because they are actually Irish and you are not. You are Canadian. When was your last visit to the Emerald Isle?

He can't display his Irish pride in public because a mascot got cancelled by the woke.

https://www.waygook.org/index.php?topic=122761.0

Because they are actually Irish and you are not. You are Canadian. When was your last visit to the Emerald Isle?

My point was that lots of folks in North America like to say they are "Irish" because of their family names, ancestry, or even who their mother's last name was.  I never said I was Irish nationality.

He can't display his Irish pride in public because a mascot got cancelled by the woke.

https://www.waygook.org/index.php?topic=122761.0

man, what a throwback. you could fill out your waygook dot org bingo sheet off that thread alone

My point was that lots of folks in North America like to say they are "Irish" because of their family names, ancestry, or even who their mother's last name was.  I never said I was Irish nationality.

You wrote "us".  What else could that be taken to mean?

You wrote "us".  What else could that be taken to mean?

You know what I mean. 

man, what a throwback. you could fill out your waygook dot org bingo sheet off that thread alone

Cancel culture is real.  PC police are the new fascists.  If you can't believe that, then keep your head back in the sand.  Censorship is real.  I guess it's a not problem until it comes for you? 

You know what I mean.

No, I don't.  I obviously assumed you were including yourself as someone with Irish heritage that celebrates it.  Why would I take it any other way.  There are loads of Canadians that do that.  I just figured you were French-Irish. 

No, I don't.  I obviously assumed you were including yourself as someone with Irish heritage that celebrates it.  Why would I take it any other way.  There are loads of Canadians that do that.  I just figured you were French-Irish. 

Scots Irish (though that has a different meaning from the US term).  My mom had a Scottish name and my dad an Irish name.  But got English, French Acadian, German, and native American mixed in there too - Parents parents and grandparents and other ancestors.  (Though unlike Elizabeth"Pocahantas" Warren, I never claimed I was a native person, though.) 

Scots Irish (though that has a different meaning from the US term).  My mom had a Scottish name and my dad an Irish name.  But got English, French Acadian, German, and native American mixed in there too - Parents parents and grandparents and other ancestors.  (Though unlike Elizabeth"Pocahantas" Warren, I never claimed I was a native person, though.)

But Irish people look at you and think that you're Canadian. That's why some dislike it when you say, "I'm Irish."

But Irish people look at you and think that you're Canadian. That's why some dislike it when you say, "I'm Irish."

Well, there are millions and millions of Canadians and Americans who do say that.  When I was younger, I can't tell you how many folks wanted to shake my hand just because of my family name.  (Fellow folks of Irish descent who immediately felt kinship of sorts even though they never knew me.  Though some were shocked I wasn't Catholic.) 

Yeah, my name is Irish and I have some Irish in my DNA from a while back but there's not a chance in hell that I'd ever believe or say that I'm Irish.

A) I'm too mixed to really identify as anything specific as an ethicity.
B) I'm Canadian. Old stock, barring my paternal grandfather; the Jew from Ukraine. It's mostly white UK DNA in me. I love the UK, I love the culture there, but I've never even been there, let alone lived there. It would be absurd for me to identify as anything from there.

If people ask me about my ancestry I'll gladly talk about it but I don't just say anything about it as far as my identity goes. I know jack squat about Ukraine culture. I'm also a bit Italian and Native Canadian, too, but they don't really mean anything to me.

I think if one's parents are both from a country that's not the one you were born in, you should be able to get away with identifying as whatever culture that is, to a degree. But saying two of your grandparents are Irish? Like........... alright?  They were around LONG before you and aren't raising you (in most cases).

New World ethnolarping is cringe to the extreme.

Well, there are millions and millions of Canadians and Americans who do say that.  When I was younger, I can't tell you how many folks wanted to shake my hand just because of my family name.  (Fellow folks of Irish descent who immediately felt kinship of sorts even though they never knew me.  Though some were shocked I wasn't Catholic.)

I don't disagree that there are millions of people who do it. But if you're the 3rd/4th/5th... generation of a family born in Canada, it makes sense that some Irish people would sneer at you proclaiming "I'm Irish."