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dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:11 pm

A very pretty young girl today, in the market,on hearing my accent, asked me where I came from.Hence the original post.
It's a thing that us Dublin guys live with.
I don't know any Quakers but if they know Bono that's fine by me.

It does become tedious to be a cliche..

C'est la vie....

Slan,
D.

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:22 pm

I often get asked where I'm from.

"America" I say. (Or North America if I'm feeling particularly PC)

"Yes, but WHERE?"

Sigh. I've lived in eight states and been to 34. I never know how to answer. One guy asked today and I told him "everywhere." Then he said "Delaware!" "Been there," I replied.

"Darn! I figured Delaware was so small nobody'd be from there."

Heeheehee.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:33 pm

Jefereson wrote:"Oh, I used to know him. He's dead."

I'm not familiar with the ad, but that's very Canadian.

Someone sent me a movie clip of a beer commercial that was to be released in the US on Fox (Blue, perhaps?) but was cancelled. Anyway, it had all these beavers (the rodent) crawling all over a business office, with some guy scrambling around on his hands and knees trying to catch one. The tag line was something to the effect that theirs was the beer of choice for getting beaver. Clearly Fox has no sense of humour.

LambChop wrote:Oh, my! And Canadians are usually so polite!

Now look who's wallowing in clichés.

djm

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:40 pm

The correct name is 'Society of Friends'

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:44 pm

why does it matter what nationality we have or what religion?
i think it's better to be proud of something you've personally archieved.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:47 pm

toasty wrote:The correct name is 'Society of Friends'

"Religious Society Of Friends" is more formal and more historically accurate, but "Friend" or "Quaker" are usually the forms used today.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 1:02 pm

Quake Rattle and Roll.

Slan,
D.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 1:52 pm

I have a friend who works in the oil industry. When he first told me that years ago I said, thinking myself to be stunningly original, "Really? Anything in the pipeline at the moment?"

He soon put me right.

Steve

peteinmn · Post by **peteinmn** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:26 pm

dubhlinn wrote:A very pretty young girl today, in the market,on hearing my accent, asked me where I came from.Hence the original post.
It's a thing that us Dublin guys live with
Slan,
D.

Live with, are you kidding? Can you teach me to talk with your accent?

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:57 pm

dubhlinn wrote:A very pretty young girl today, in the market,on hearing my accent, asked me where I came from.Hence the original post.
It's a thing that us Dublin guys live with.
I don't know any Quakers but if they know Bono that's fine by me.

It does become tedious to be a cliche..

C'est la vie....

Slan,
D.

Naw! Youse got an accent! What is she thinkin'?

I've got quite a few of them...'cann't keep track of the little suckers, they're always running into each other!

OnTheMoor · Post by **OnTheMoor** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:29 pm

I'm reading a book right now called Voyageur and it's about an English Quaker who comes to British North America just as the War of 1812 is starting up to find his sister who has disappeared. It is a pretty good read Cran, you might look at it. The conflicts that the fellow go through as he makes his way through the wilderness can be pretty interesting.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:40 pm

When my husband was in the military, people would ask where we were from, and vice versa. So when I told people that we were from New York, I noticed that they would all of a sudden get really attentive to me as I spoke. Invariably, someone would say "I thought you were from New York...you don't have a New York accent!!" :roll: Most people tend to forget that there is an actual STATE of New York, not just NYC (at least that's how it seems). No one said "youse" in my part of NY, but we did say a lot of "eh"'s and "aboats" because we were so near the Canadian border.

Poor Dub. Although, you could use it to your advantage. You could say something about living just up the street from him most of your life, and attending the same school. Just think of the notoriety you'd get

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:44 pm

izzarina wrote:You could say something about living just up the street from him most of your life,

I did, but I never mention that bit..things get very complicated afterwards.

Slan,
D.

rebl_rn · Post by **rebl_rn** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:07 pm

My mom and my aunt were travelling down south several years ago. They stopped in a small Georgia town for breakfast, and it was obvious to everyone that they weren't from around there. So the waitress asked where they were from, my aunt said, "Chicago" and the waitress asked, "Really? Do y'all know Oprah??"

:roll:

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:09 pm

dubhlinn wrote:
izzarina wrote:You could say something about living just up the street from him most of your life,

I did, but I never mention that bit..things get very complicated afterwards.

Slan,
D.

You lived down the street from him???

Sooooo....do you KNOW Bono??

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