Irish students involved in arrests, date rapes, drunkenness in Chicago

Woundedknee, you sound like an ould fella who spends his life trying to catch people out on their native language, some life...get a life. We do not spend 12 yrs learning the irish language, unless you are in an all irish speaking school, about an hour a day learning it. My children all speak the language, but leaving the country they have to speak english, the main language especially if they bumped into idiots like you, you probably would not understand them I bet. The main story here was about the irish in Chigago. As for Bogsidebunny.... any excuse and you run down the irish...why because you are british, you know... that bit of Ireland that the british would not give back. I think both are really full of hatred for Ireland because it and it's people are loved world wide. Jealousy causes ulcers guys, hope you get a lot of pain, especially with mouth ulcers.

woundedknee..........i never said i hated the language just said i have no use for it......why dont you speak your native language???????.......quechua......and i was born and raised in ballyer........no go back to pulling the wings off flies to make you feel better

"You think Ireland is quaint and back in the stone age." amkilshane, quaint? NO WAY. Back in the stone age. ABSOLUTELY? It never emerged mate.People still queue in large numbers at the Post office to get their dole, child benefits and other government pacifiers in CASH. Then they head off to the pub or bookmakers to squander their handouts on a large dose of "instant gratification". That's why Irish J1 kids act the maggot when they come to America. It's deeply ingrained in the Irish culture that "pleasure" is number 1 and there is no number 2. Responsibility, discipline and regard for authority? Those qualities aren't recognized in Ireland.

They've gotten into a lot more summer trouble in San Diego, because of the proximity to Tijuana. In some cases the TJ cops extorted their parents. But the bottom line was the drink. The "Irish Virus."

WoundedKnee , why don't you try speaking to young Italians in Latin another dead language. You think Ireland is quaint and back in the stone age.

Wow, WoundedKnee, are you putting us on?

Likud MK Miri Regev, who came under fire last week after calling African migrants “a cancer” in Israeli society, apologized for the first time for her comments on Sunday, opting, however, to leave the migrants out of her apology. ------ A dysfunctional people like the Irish have little sense as to what they are - their missing that poodle bit by which they might be whole. Nice work Sasanach overlord. Your divide and conquor works to great effect.

Scrivner: "WoundedKnee, come here and you will get to practice multiple languages". Ya gotta be joking. I hate the MidWest. And only a fool would want to live thru a Chicago winter when he could spend january & february in sunny Dixie. And that whining Chicago accent... Ugh!

You all have really strayed from the subject! What should be done to prepare the J-1 kids for their adventures in a strange land? Every city has its dangerous areas (in Chicago it's large parts of the south and west sides, certain sections of the northside); underage drinking is frowned upon, unless it's in someone's backyard and the noise is kept under control. Hitchhiking is dangerous for the riders and drivers; becasue we drive on the other side of the street, retrain your reflexes to look left when crossing. Most Chicago natives will gladly give guidance, especially when they hear an Irish lilt (without the F-Bomb, if you please). WoundedKnee, come here and you will get to practice multiple languages (I am always looking for a chance to practice my limited Tagalog), around my office building you can hear Pathan, Hindi and Urdu, to the west there's Russian, Korean and Vietnamse. To the south there's still some German holdouts punctuated by Croats and Serbs. The Assyrians have a New Year's Parade under my office window every April 1st. We have pretty good public transportation, not as extensive as NYC or London, but better than most American cities. We offer a rich experience to those J-1 kids, but it's not Disneyland.

I'd bet whatever limited equity I have left in my house that the poster styling himself Michael Collins is Irish. First, because he hates the Irish language. What a huge irony--the only people in the entire world who hate the Irish language are Irish. Second, because he can't write a few sentences without introducing a string of obscenities. Michael Collins, you're a vulgar illiterate fool. If you are resident in the US, Ireland's gain is America's loss.

seamusryan:Most people of most countries still speak their native language. And just to emphasize, I said most not all. In your defense though I do acknowledge that Irish is a difficult language to master, and my wife is a fluent speaker, both the Munster and Ulster dialect. I found Spanish much easier, and like Woundedknee. i use it as often as I can.

WoundedKnee: Why should it bother you if people tipped this girl more because of her accent?? They are showing a kindness. She was away from home and trying to support herself. God bless them. I myself waited tables in NYC in my youth. When I had tourists on my tables I would get out my subway map and help them plan their day without the expense of taking cabs. They truly appreciated the time I took to help them on their way. Kindness is a gift we should all give willingly and often.

woundedknee.......you sound like a real upstight misreable shithead......the type of bloke i wouldnt like to kivk a football into his garden.......think your better than everyone else........im guessing you have not had sex since 1972 and that was with your pillow......i know how to say kiss my arse in irish and thats all i need to know when i run into muppets like you.....i have no time for the language sure what use is it to me......unless i have a language fetish like you do its no use........now go look in the mirror and talk to your self in a spanish accent and have a peddle and crank

seamusryan: You have poor reading comprehension. I explicitly said that speaking to young Irish people who cannot form a sentence in Irish after 12 or more years "learning" the language gives me no pleasure. By some process of sloppy reading, you claim that this is "fun" for me. Wake up and address what people say, rather than what you think they say. As to my practice with other languages, yes, I love to speak to people in their native languages. If I'm in a Mexican restaurant, for example, I always speak Spanish to the staff. If, as happens quite often where I am, my server is a Russian exchange student, I try out my very imperfect Russian. Anther language with which I come into contact is Canadian French, and I get a kick out of listening to the differences between it and metropolitan French. No such kick speaking to the Irish, sadly--they're monotonously monolingual. Quite boring, in fact. So if you're proud of the young Irish who can spend 12 or 14 years "studying" a language and still be unable to count to ten in it, you're really weird.

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