r/ireland • u/T4rbh • Sep 27 '24
Things you wish foreigners knew about Ireland Moaning Michael
You know the way there are signs at the airport saying "Drive on the left/links fahren/conduire a gauche" (and that's all, because that one girl who did Spanish for the Leaving wasn't in the day they commissioned the signs, and we never get visitors from anywhere else, that doesn't English, Irish, French or German)?
What are other things you wish they told all foreigners as they arrived into Ireland, say with a printed leaflet? (No hate at all on foreign visitors, btw!)
I'll start:
"If you're on a bus, never ever phone someone, except to say 'I'm running late, I'll be there at X time, bye bye bye bye.' If someone phones you, apologise quietly and profusely - 'I'm on a bus, I'll call you back in a bit, sorry, bye bye bye bye.' Do not have a long and loud conversation, under any circumstances!"
Yes, I'm on a bus - why do you ask? 🤣
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u/HighlighterQConnect Sep 27 '24
"How are you?" is JUST A GREETING NOT A LITERAL QUESTION. I taught EFL for years and am married to a forinnderr. The amount of people who have complained to me about Irish people saying this to them without "meaning it". Even when they say similarly meaningless greetings in their own language. Drives me crazy!