i used to have one of those way back when, doubtlessly stuffed somewhere in the attic by now
I'm wearing my "Kiss me, I'm Irish" t-shirt
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.
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
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?
man, what a throwback. you could fill out your waygook dot org bingo sheet off that thread alone
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.
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."
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.)