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'Irish' usernames
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01/22/05 09:35 PM
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I've noticed that some of Gangster BB's members usernames say 'Irish', even though their Location reads they are from elsewhere. Where do your roots descend from?
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Re: 'Irish' usernames
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01/22/05 09:37 PM
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care to explian which irish usernames you have seen?
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Re: 'Irish' usernames
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01/23/05 08:15 AM
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I only know of two irishman's on the boards Irishman12 The Irish mafia 28 If thats what your thinking of.
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Re: 'Irish' usernames
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01/23/05 10:39 AM
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I never realized Turi, that other countries felt that way. Don't get around much. :p Like SC mentioned many of our ancestors immigrated to America, and in my case, my father and both sets of grandparents. Although I am American and my loyalty of course is with America, my Italian roots are deeply imbeded and a great part of who I am. I was raised to take great pride in my heritage. Many customs/beliefs that I was raised with come from the "old country". However, as time goes on, I'm sure, as with my children, and their children after, sadly they will slowly diminish. Eventually I think, everyone is going to have roots from more than just one or two countries and not have one "specific" homeland, so to speak. To many Americans, I think, having that "connection" is a sense of pride, no matter where there roots are. I never say I am Italian American either, but for me, to not have a connection to my roots, would seem so empty. TIS
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Re: 'Irish' usernames
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01/23/05 03:43 PM
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Originally posted by Turi Giuliano: Mind you, you'd think the Irish would be a lot more sympathetic about those that are related to the ones that left their country during the potato famine.
But you will pay the price for being a picky eater. Why? The ones that stayed behind had it harder. Over a million people left Ireland then and sure they had a hard life in America but an even larger number died at home. Mind you, you'd think the British wouldnt have started the fucking famine in the first place.
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Re: 'Irish' usernames
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01/23/05 09:39 PM
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I'm wondering if this "nationality" thing isn't really just a matter of how one was brought up and/or how much they know about their roots and background. I know many people who don't know what nationality they are, or they "think" their this or that. It seems so strange that they wouldn't and like Krlea mentioned, many of them do just consider themselves American. There have been a few times (very few here in CA), I'll find out that someone is of Italian decent, and I'll say (in my best California accent :p ) "Oh my God, so am I." ...and the other person doesn't really think it's a big deal. TIS
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Re: 'Irish' usernames
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01/24/05 04:21 AM
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Honestly, as an European, I consider the American people American! But when it comes to a deeper meaning of people own identity, I'm so happy to see that a lot of Americans here on the board are proud of their own roots -- as far as I'm concerned, being Italian, I was happily surprised to realize how much the Italian Americans here on the board love Italy and are proud of their Italian roots. But whatever your roots are --Italian, Irish, German, English etc..--I think that your past history must be remembered and cherished as something important, something enriching you as human beings. Of course you are Americans in your heart and passport, but whatever nationality your ancestors were, please keep on remembering them. It's remembering who they were that helps you know better who you are now. As for me, when I read TIS (for example) talking about her Italian family and the way her relatives grown up her in the proud respect of Italian traditions and culture, I'm not ashamed to tell you that I feel a little bit moved. It's something touching for me to see this spiritual bridge between our two countries being still strong. When I think of our immigrants who left Italy two centuries ago for a better future, I don't know....it's so beautiful to see that this link is not broken. On the contrary, Italy has a special place in Italian Americans hearts and so Italian Americans have in mine. Of course there is a risk that this link will be diminished as time goes by, but it's up to you not to let this happen. PS. I wish I could speak English better to wholly explain my inner feelings. It's not easy to do this in a language that is not your own language.
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Re: 'Irish' usernames
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01/24/05 09:57 AM
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Originally posted by Irishman12: I chose this name because I'm about 80-85% Irish You've mentioned that before and I'm always intrigued how you got to that percentage, it doesn't make sense. Full, Half or Quarter Irish would make sense based on parentage. Originally posted by Pax Soprana: [quote]Originally posted by Turi Giuliano: [b] Mind you, you'd think the Irish would be a lot more sympathetic about those that are related to the ones that left their country during the potato famine.
But you will pay the price for being a picky eater. Why? The ones that stayed behind had it harder. Over a million people left Ireland then and sure they had a hard life in America but an even larger number died at home. [/b][/quote]I'm not debating who had it harder, it was a tough period for all your countrymen at the time. It's just things like that usually bring people together or totally tear them apart.
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Re: 'Irish' usernames
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01/24/05 01:00 PM
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I'm not debating who had it harder, it was a tough period for all your countrymen at the time. It's just things like that usually bring people together or totally tear them apart. Sorry, I took your meaning wrong Has any of you gone back to your original countries to search out ancestors? We get Americans here all the time, looking for leprechauns
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Re: 'Irish' usernames
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01/25/05 05:14 PM
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Originally posted by Irishman12: I chose this name because I'm about 80-85% Irish and I'm damned proud of it. Yes I am born an American, but does that mean that you can't be proud of your roots? Of course not. I understand and see your point about people outside the US seeing us as Americans, but I guess we in the States know we are Americans and see ourselves as our roots. It's more of a pride thing more than anything I think It's nice that you're proud of your heritage. I read somewhere that the amount of Irish-Americans in America called themselves Irish has decreased.
È la paura che tiene ci fedele.
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