Do you find the Irish differ in personality from the English? (best, country)
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They seem more outgoing, more fun-loving, hot-tempered but quick to settle things, more conservative, family-orientated, the Celtic women seem strong-willed too, especially red-heads .
All the things mentioned above but far less diverse in manners and thought than the English.
Living the best part of a year in Ireland i did find the it more parochial than England and at the time more racist.
Even so a lot of fun. A well functioning liver would be a standard requirement and make the most of the moment as tomorrow may not come seemed to be a philosophy with some.
I should add less uptight-reserved than the English too. Less hung up about class, manners and all that crap.
Have you been to the UK in the last 30 years? The stiff upper lip thing is all but dead. The country has changed even in the 7 years since I left. It's become more continental European in some ways and people are 1,000 times more open about sex than they used to be.
The Irish...tend to be more religious (catholic, but they don't impose it on you) have stronger family ties, a different sense of humour and welcoming, in my experience having traveled to the Republic a lot.
I should add less uptight-reserved than the English too. Less hung up about class, manners and all that crap.
that is true, along with your other observations in your first posting. i lived there for a year, and the irish strike me as more happy-go-lucky than the uptight tommies. definitely more fun to live in Eire than in the UK.
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Originally Posted by dragonborn
Have you been to the UK in the last 30 years? The stiff upper lip thing is all but dead. The country has changed even in the 7 years since I left. It's become more continental European in some ways and people are 1,000 times more open about sex than they used to be.
The Irish...tend to be more religious (catholic, but they don't impose it on you) have stronger family ties, a different sense of humour and welcoming, in my experience having traveled to the Republic a lot.
I wish the British still had manners.
Hopefully this year but I've met and travelled with more English people than I can count so I know them pretty well. They all tend to be young, but I also deal with many older English migrants here in Australia.
Yes of course they're more open with sex, but I find they're often still a bit reserved. Most do have manners, at least the ones I meet, but the ones that don't...oh boy!
Hopefully this year but I've met and travelled with more English people than I can count so I know them pretty well. They all tend to be young, but I also deal with many older English migrants here in Australia.
Yes of course they're more open with sex, but I find they're often still a bit reserved. Most do have manners, at least the ones I meet, but the ones that don't...oh boy!
I've lived in many parts of the UK. It really varies by region. The stereotypical British person would generally be someone from Surrey, middle or upper class. I didn't really mingle with people like that and all of my friends back home are certainly not reserved or shy about discussing sex. Like the US though, we suffer from substandard sex education in school and high levels of teenage pregnancy.
British TV has become increasingly raunchy and vulgar over the last 3 decades. I've noticed it.
Manners...I'd have agreed with you 50 years ago, but I don't think we're any better or worse than anywhere else. We have a very degenerate chav culture which is anything but mannered.
British emigrants tend to be quite wealthy people for the most part (except me) and not necessarily a valid means to judge British people in general. To put it bluntly, I tried to meet expats by joining groups, but most of them were complete and utter wankers.
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