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13 Aug 2008, 7:16 pm
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13 Aug 2008, 7:21 pm
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
CelticRose wrote:
Hodor wrote:
My great-grandfather on my mother's side was completely Irish, and there's a lot of Irish blood on my father's side too. For some unknown reason, my dad's parents tried to hush up their respective Irish ancestries. I cannot for the life of me think why...
In both America and the UK there used to be a lot of prejudice against Irish people. The Celtic culture is very different from the Anglo-Saxon culture. Also, in the States there was fear caused by the number of people coming from Ireland -- similar to what we see today with people from Mexico ("They're Catholic; they breed like rabbits. They're taking away all our jobs. We're all going to end up speaking Gaelic." Sound familiar?)
No hablas espanol todavia?
Solamente un poquito. Estoy aprendiendolo.
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13 Aug 2008, 7:23 pm
CelticRose wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
CelticRose wrote:
Hodor wrote:
My great-grandfather on my mother's side was completely Irish, and there's a lot of Irish blood on my father's side too. For some unknown reason, my dad's parents tried to hush up their respective Irish ancestries. I cannot for the life of me think why...
In both America and the UK there used to be a lot of prejudice against Irish people. The Celtic culture is very different from the Anglo-Saxon culture. Also, in the States there was fear caused by the number of people coming from Ireland -- similar to what we see today with people from Mexico ("They're Catholic; they breed like rabbits. They're taking away all our jobs. We're all going to end up speaking Gaelic." Sound familiar?)
No hablas espanol todavia?
Solamente un poquito. Estoy aprendiendolo.
Aprendes de libros como me o en escuela?
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13 Aug 2008, 9:04 pm
De libros y TV. But we should really get back on topic and stop hijacking this thread. 
