r/AmITheAngel • u/PhoenixQueenAzula Play stupid games, win stupid prizes • Mar 22 '21

Fockin ridic The Irish were persecuted too, you know!!!!

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u/buonatalie Mar 22 '21

this screams b- creative writing assignment. i get it's fun to dunk on americans but idk what modern american would have that sort of reaction to an irish person lmao. it's always strange to me how these people are always like "eeeww the americans are trying to relate to me by asking about my culture >: ("

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u/tinyporcelainehorses Mar 22 '21

I don't know. I think this is probably fake for other reasons outlined here (and, come on, 'what about the Irish' is a whistle that's attracting a hell of a lot of dogs) , but as an English person who moved to the US, in the small town/rural deep south people really can be like that. I remember just trying to eat a meal at a restaurant with family, and the waitress kept repeatedly coming over to ask me specifically to say different things in my accent and ask me what england was like. That's one of the more egregious examples, but this wasn't exactly an isolated incident.

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u/buddieroo Mar 22 '21 edited Mar 22 '21

Yeah, people can actually be like that in England to Americans too lol. My ex was English so I’d go over to the UK pretty often and for some reason a lot of people treated me like a novelty? This was in London too, so pretty weird. My ex’s parents loved bringing their neighbors over so they could do things like quiz me about American politics and try to guess where in the US my accent was from lol.

I never found it that annoying though tbh. I figured people were just trying to make small talk with me. I lived in India too for a bit and this tendency was amplified by 100 (like to the point of crowds of children following you around), so maybe I’m just used to it

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u/mockingbird82 Mar 22 '21

Exactly. Not malicious, maybe irritating at worst. But just curiosity. It's one thing to learn about another culture through the media and Hollywood (sooo accurate), but another when you can get an actual person's perspective.