Working and Living in Malta

[paul7388]

And to be fair us scots are stereotyped as drinkers as well.

But only been to Ireland a few times granted it was Northern Ireland and all i saw was people drinking everywhere in pubs and on the streets. Be the same probably when i go again in a few months.

 

[paul7388]

As for a Job in Sunny Malta Lotusch only you can decide if its what is best for you.

Sounds great but only if its what all the family want. Its hard and living in a depressing city like Glasgow where it rains nearly every day i can see the appeal of a sunnier quieter lifestyle. But i know for fact if i had the opportunity my boy would never move .

 

[goatwack]

I know just the one Irish fella, well, Northern Irish.

They're the same pretty much aren't they?

 

[Chipkin9]

Lol i thought you were meaning ride sheep the same way as the welsh and aberdonians do as well. Never thought it was like in the clips you posted

Well I'm not gonna post my secret porn stash to CM am I? Duh!

 

[Chipkin9]

And to be fair us scots are stereotyped as drinkers as well.

But only been to Ireland a few times granted it was Northern Ireland and all i saw was people drinking everywhere in pubs and on the streets. Be the same probably when i go again in a few months.

Partaking in the glorious 12th celebrations are we Paul?

If so, then yes I expect lots of street drinking, vandalism and casual rioting.

Same as St Paddys (Minus the rioting).

I find it all embarrassing

 

[pinnit2014]

Partaking in the glorious 12th celebrations are we Paul?

If so, then yes I expect lots of street drinking, vandalism and casual rioting.

Same as St Paddys (Minus the rioting).

I find it all embarrassing

What we don't want is it getting too formal - having to rent a Tuxedo and find a Cumberbund to attack our fellow man with is just a step too far.

 

[paul7388]

Partaking in the glorious 12th celebrations are we Paul?

If so, then yes I expect lots of street drinking, vandalism and casual rioting.

Same as St Paddys (Minus the rioting).

I find it all embarrassing

Not my idea of fun i can tell you that. Belfast is just a total riot at that time of year. But need to go because of the boy

 

[lockinlove]

Why would you be surprised that I don't like stereotypes? Most are negative in nature and intended to troll or incite a negative reaction; which in turn lets the person making the generalizations win by getting the argument they want.

You get offended by people who are Anti trump, I get offended by shitty stereotypes...that's just me.

So no, I don't like the "Irish are full of drunks" stereotype, nor have I met anyone here who is proud of drink culture; that like I said is not only a problem here.

Lots of people find sterotypes great and hilarious, actually the majority. But sure you are right, you can have your opinion. But I can also have mine.

Just did a google search. "What are the Irish most known for" and the first 50 results all include drinking and then a whole pile of excerpts of proud Irish folk. Stereotypes are not strictly negative.

Last time I looked Irish didnt get pissed off at their stereotype nor Canadians for their love of chugging maple syrup and talking funny, nor Norwegians for their love of sausage nor jews for the love of filafel.

I dont get offended by people who are anti Trump btw. I get offended by people who are anti-american.

I also havent met an Irish person who wasnt proud of their drink culture. So I guess we are hanging out with completely different Irish

 

[Matti]

I dont get offended by people who are anti Trump btw. I get offended by people who are anti-american.

I've been following this one, and other political threads on CM, primarily "President Trump", and I can't recall(not saying that there aint) any forum members that are "anti-american" but I guess everything depends how you define "american".

 

[Chipkin9]

Lots of people find sterotypes great and hilarious, actually the majority. But sure you are right, you can have your opinion. But I can also have mine.

Just did a google search. "What are the Irish most known for" and the first 50 results all include drinking and then a whole pile of excerpts of proud Irish folk. Stereotypes are not strictly negative.

Last time I looked Irish didnt get pissed off at their stereotype nor Canadians for their love of chugging maple syrup and talking funny, nor Norwegians for their love of sausage nor jews for the love of filafel.

I dont get offended by people who are anti Trump btw. I get offended by people who are anti-american.

So do I. I also find stereotypes funny. So I am definitely not as uptight or humuorless as you probably think I am. But I dislike ones that are negative in nature. The "Irish are drunks" one is negative to me and started out and intended that way.

It's constantly used online disparagingly and it really ticks me off. "Ah, He's Irish he's probably drunk, what do you expect?".

Stereotypes are absolutely fine with me unless they are used to ridicule. How the hell would you even ridicule a Norwegian about a sausage?

Of course looking back Lotusch didn't mean it in this way and so I probably shouldn't have brought it up, but I feel I needed to vent about something that day I suppose.

I also don't know why you decided to google that term; you know it, I know it, the whole world knows it...we are a country who likes our alcohol.

Anyway, maybe you think not all Irish people get annoyed by it, or maybe the ones you know are just polite; but I can tell you with certainty that a lot of us hate it. It doesn't mean we can't take a joke...it's that people use it to ridicule us and that's not ok.

 

[goatwack]

As a German-Iranian who's lived in London for most of my life I'm used to the odd bit of slapdash quippage from my partner.

I don't mind the stereotypes as most of them are based in truth

Here's a German:

 

[dionysus]

people seem to think Canadians are a bunch of left-leaning, socialist, snow-bound, beer swilling, maple syrup and bacon eating, coffee addicted apologists

probably because, by and large were a bunch of left-leaning, socialist, snow-bound, beer swilling, maple syrup and bacon eating, coffee addicted apologists

 

[lockinlove]

So do I. I also find stereotypes funny. So I am definitely not as uptight or humuorless as you probably think I am. But I dislike ones that are negative in nature. The "Irish are drunks" one is negative to me and started out and intended that way.

It's constantly used online disparagingly and it really ticks me off. "Ah, He's Irish he's probably drunk, what do you expect?".

Stereotypes are absolutely fine with me unless they are used to ridicule. How the hell would you even ridicule a Norwegian about a sausage?

Of course looking back Lotusch didn't mean it in this way and so I probably shouldn't have brought it up, but I feel I needed to vent about something that day I suppose.

I also don't know why you decided to google that term; you know it, I know it, the whole world knows it...we are a country who likes our alcohol.

Anyway, maybe you think not all Irish people get annoyed by it, or maybe the ones you know are just polite; but I can tell you with certainty that a lot of us hate it. It doesn't mean we can't take a joke...it's that people use it to ridicule us and that's not ok.

lol well yeah I do agree if people are saying ah all Irish are drunks in a negative way, that is bad and I think people that do think like that are close minded and judgemental. There are people out there like that too but I think they are close minded drama queens if they paint an entire country as such.

I actually googled "what are Irish most known for" out of curiosity to other stereotypes. Only thing I really know is drinking, leprechauns and music. The first thing that comes to mind is rolling hills, drinking and pubs singing and laughing.

Some really cool things I learned and did not know is:

• The longest place name in Ireland is Muckanaghederdauhaulia.
• The Titanic was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• in 1447 mustaches were illegal in Ireland

The first thing that came up was this though and I had a laugh

 

[Matti]

people seem to think Canadians are a bunch of left-leaning, socialist, snow-bound, beer swilling, maple syrup and bacon eating, coffee addicted apologists

probably because, by and large were a bunch of left-leaning, socialist, snow-bound, beer swilling, maple syrup and bacon eating, coffee addicted apologists

I knew there was a reason I always loved Canadians

 

[dionysus]

• The longest place name in Ireland is Muckanaghederdauhaulia.

that made me want to google Canada and learned this:
Ours is Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake

 

[dionysus]

Damn, those poor New Zealanders

Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupok

 

[lockinlove]

lol you know whoever decided these names were like "lets come up with the most outrageous longest word possible and see if people will really say "hey you wanna go for a swim down at lake Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupok" every time they want to go swimming"

 

[dionysus]

lol you know whoever decided these names were like "lets come up with the most outrageous longest word possible and see if people will really say "hey you wanna go for a swim down at lake Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupok" every time they want to go swimming"

heck it took me half a year to get half the surrounding towns names down (reservations) until I learned even the locals just use the short nicknames lol

 

[Chipkin9]

lol well yeah I do agree if people are saying ah all Irish are drunks in a negative way, that is bad and I think people that do think like that are close minded and judgemental. There are people out there like that too but I think they are close minded drama queens if they paint an entire country as such.

I actually googled "what are Irish most known for" out of curiosity to other stereotypes. Only thing I really know is drinking, leprechauns and music. The first thing that comes to mind is rolling hills, drinking and pubs singing and laughing.

Some really cool things I learned and did not know is:

• The longest place name in Ireland is Muckanaghederdauhaulia.
• The Titanic was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• in 1447 mustaches were illegal in Ireland

The first thing that came up was this though and I had a laugh

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See? Even google knows it

I didn't know about the moustaches being banned...that's crazy.

As for the place name...well no one beats Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch



Edit: Didn't see the above posts...poor New zealanders alright! lol.

 

[Chipkin9]

As a German-Iranian who's lived in London for most of my life I'm used to the odd bit of slapdash quippage from my partner.

I don't mind the stereotypes as most of them are based in truth

Here's a German:

Geordie's not giving you grief again is he Goat?

 

[dionysus]

who needs to stress deleting cache, texts and Facebook...the way we all banter and bicker any paramours are gonna think im dinking half of CM

 

[Harry_BKK]

So do I. I also find stereotypes funny. So I am definitely not as uptight or humuorless as you probably think I am. But I dislike ones that are negative in nature. The "Irish are drunks" one is negative to me and started out and intended that way.

It's constantly used online disparagingly and it really ticks me off. "Ah, He's Irish he's probably drunk, what do you expect?".

Stereotypes are absolutely fine with me unless they are used to ridicule. How the hell would you even ridicule a Norwegian about a sausage?

Of course looking back Lotusch didn't mean it in this way and so I probably shouldn't have brought it up, but I feel I needed to vent about something that day I suppose.

I also don't know why you decided to google that term; you know it, I know it, the whole world knows it...we are a country who likes our alcohol.

Anyway, maybe you think not all Irish people get annoyed by it, or maybe the ones you know are just polite; but I can tell you with certainty that a lot of us hate it. It doesn't mean we can't take a joke...it's that people use it to ridicule us and that's not ok.

In summer 1998, I did a bicycle tour with a friend through Ireland going from Dublin to Cork via Galway, Limerick and returning to Dublin via Waterford and Kilkenny. It was one of my best holiday ever, the friendliness and warmth people would welcome us with was just amazing and made us all the more welcome. The B&B ladies were just outstanding, truly caring about us all the time.

Yes, they loved their pint but in my view no more than the people in the UK, the French their daily dose of red wine or the Spanish their evening food and drink or, or, or, etc.

 

[MaltesePlayer]

We never did find out.. Did you ever make a choice to come to this little rock jutting out of the sea ?

 

[lotusch]

We never did find out.. Did you ever make a choice to come to this little rock jutting out of the sea ?

Oh dear, forgot about the thread.
Ehm, well the point is that the wife is not ready to move from the emerald isle as it is her home and her roots are here.
I did respect that choice and decided to postpone this for now.
I really would have loved to give this a go but me and the wife discussed the pros and cons and decided to leave it for now.
My 2 girls are 8 years old and maybe that is also not the best age to take them of out their trusted environment.

So I am still in Ireland and most likely will be for some time ^^

Thanks for asking tho m8.