Just one thing, Ireland doesn't have a mixture between American and Central European styles, the USA have a mixture between Central European and Irish styles
I never thought it like that, but here is definitively a flow of US ideas back to Ireland, it can be seen in change of language for example, we use words like 'beach' and 'ketchup' now when we used to say 'strand' and 'tomato sauce', also Halloween, originally brought to America by the Irish, evolved and became part of American culture and then American styles became popular in Ireland decades later, for example pumpkins for jack o'lanterns (rather than the traditional turnip).
I don't know the difference, to be honest, the word 'trá' is used or both as Gaeilge. I just know that my grandparents and parents generation the word 'beach' wasn't the default term it is now. Same for ketchup my generation and younger say ketchup (at least the people I know).
@@LisaCupcake We do, but not as many as the Americans have of us, I've told many Americans I'm Irish, and they'd say "Where's me Leprechaun?" or "Did yee find me pot o' gold?" All I say when someone tells me they're American, I'll just call them not to get in a fight with me because let's face it, Irish people would rip yous apart, (Not in the army)
@@LisaCupcake The difference is that a huge proportion of Irish people have passports and have travelled to America and have often worked there too whereas only a tiny percentage of Americans have travelled to Ireland so really have no actual experience or knowledge of the country.
You're right Ireland was founded before America and half of America is Irish she doesn't know what she's talking about she's insulting Irish people and our culture yellow signs just aren't Amercian. We don't have "drop off zones" for school. I live in ireland I don't get what's shocking its a sign.Jesus Christ ever isn't Amercian
It's interesting how little Americans know about their immigrants. After Emigrating from Ireland and arriving in the US, the most common profession to work in was construction. Many of the American buildings were built by the Irish in the Irish style. The opposite is also true, many Irish construction workers came back from America with new building techniques. I'm only a teenager, and I have no particular interest in architecture but even I know that.
Yeah! Exactly! The houses she was describing are the older styled ones and all the Irish immigrants (many if which DID go into the construction industry) took that style of house with them
actually, they don't look like American houses as much as home built [without aid of an architect], which is common enough in the rural USA to be familiar.
I think the similarities between Ireland and the US can be explained with the fact that over the past centuries many Irish people have immigrated to america
Basketball is not a huge sport in ireland compared to our gaelic sports(hurling and gaelic football) and soccer rugby yes its fairly big participation sport though but it doesn't capture the public imagine the way the other sports do
I'm sorry but I can't help looking at the structure of your sentence. It's like it was written by an 8 year old. It's absolutely atrocious and completely hilarious. Good for you, not caring about your terrible grammar and putting it out there for all the world to see. You deserve a T shirt, "I'm Ignorant and Proud!".
Liam Kiernan do you mean in Ireland? There has been an aldi in Cavan for years, as well as a lidl. There has been an aldi in Dundalk Co louth since I was a teenager (I'm 40 now) so a really long time !
Liam Kiernan I don't know about Kerry. I'm sure you would notice one around the place if there was one 😊 they don't exactly hide it much. Lidl has definitely spread out much more than aldi so maybe there isn't one yet ?
CG so your saying there's no leprechauns.? It's like finding out there's no Santa! Well at least you got fairies? Right? All we have is Bigfoot over here..
Jessica O'Sullivan doing that on country roads is fucking insane. What about pedestrians and cyclists and idiots??? Motorways fair enough but on the kind of roads the op is talking about it's disgraceful.
I'm from Germany and I went to Ireland this summer, too. I think it is the most beautiful country I habe ever seen. I loved the houses and the people and the nature and the food and just everything. I can't wait to come again and see even more of that beautiful country😍😍
Glad you had a lovely time. :) I'm Irish living in Stuttgart and I enjoy living here for the most part for now, but I miss the green fields and the people and the fresh sea air-I lived a few hundred metres from the Atlantic ocean back home.
I love how you thought your friend was being ignorant about aldi being American vs German yet you applied the same logic to everything you saw in Ireland being inspired by America.
This was exhausting to watch. Anything that she could have said in one or two sentences was said in twenty. After spending time in Ireland that has a rich culture and history, are road signs and houses really the most interesting things she could comment on? She’s really doing nothing to help the stereotype of Americans that think they own everything. Ireland is a much older country and a lot of America was built by the Irish, did she ever stop to think that something might *shock* have been adapted to America rather than the other way round. She just seems to have a very narrow minded view of the rest of the world.
Thank you so very much, Aiofe, for your eloquent comment & all of it so true. We lived in California for nearly 20 years & saw some terrible things going on there. I'm afraid I also tried to see her also as someone who'd not traveled the world very much &, yes, no matter whether or not she smiled through the whole vlog, she was doing what an American would NEVER allow a foreigner do.... throw jibes at their country. However, as much as she smiled through the vlog, love for the country of my birth got the better of me & I let her "have it" (as politely as possible of course ;-) ). I love America (both of our children were born there) but I had to stand up for Ireland too......
Being 100% Irish as well. It also pains me. She doesn't realise that the White House was made by an Irish architect and so were many american houses because of Immigration from the famine
I live in Ireland and didn't believe that about ramps as I've always called them speed bumps but I looked up the Irish Road Traffic Regulations and we do officially call them ramps. So whoever made that sign did it right 😂.
Yeah and I know this is totally unrelated but the first Statue of Liberty is from France the French gave it to America as a present god Americans just like to copy everything don't they😂😂😂
That is so true. I spent 6 months in ireland and I took one of those turist buses to get out of Dublin and holy mother of crap it drove so vast down those tiny lanes I was having a heart attack, but the driver was all cool and collected! That was definitely a shock for me 🤣🤣🤣 tiny tiny roads, yeah lets just drive 90-100 down those, the worse parts is though that the fucking tiny roads also goes is different directions and swings like crazy 😂😂😂 and if its close to cliffs and mountains there arent any rails to keel you from driving over them. Definitely the lucm of the irish that more people dont die in traffic. 🤣🤣🤣
Ffs, Football Ireland. Having surprisingly *similar* houses and an uncommon *adapted form* of golf IS unexpected. Same goes for the same food store chains; I still think it's mad they have Supervalu in Spain. Doesnt mean that I expected Spain to be Bally-go-backwards. Just wasn't anticipating virtually the same store as in the arseholes of nowhere in rural Ireland.
Well not exactly most irish moved to cities not really the countryside of america.I think the reason they look similar because both countries are sparsely populated where the more spacious one story bungalow can fit in easily.Ireland is unique even to the UK where one off houses are built outside villages in the rest of europe this isn't allowed.You see bungalows dotted all over ireland often a married son or daughter will have recieved a free site from their parents on their farm of land and build a bungalow on it so you could have maybe ten houses along a road in a line.
You have to understand that Americans think they invented Europe. Not that all white ppl in America comes from Europe. We in Europe emigrated from the US. haha
Packet O Sweets, you've been watching too many westerns on Sunday afternoons. There were trade agreements and peace treaties and legal due process on the part of many tribes that were flatly disregarded by the hostile invaders when it suited them.
Books_and_More they're actually banned in alot of housing areas by home owners associations. Imagine trying to take an Irish mammy's washing line from her?? XD I'd pity the fool
How adorable! She thinks everything comes from the United States 😃😃 BTW the roads, the speed limit and the sings is also seen in Chile's rural and semi-rural areas.
You're not too bright, are you? Saying something is like something and saying something comes from something are two completely different things. My hand is like your hand (thumb, fingers, etc.) but that in no way implies my hand comes from you. Grow up. She's been living in Germany for years. She sees something that reminds her of home (in a way that Germany doesn't) and she mentions it. Anything beyond that you read into it with your biased attitude.
Kentix, oh grow up will you. she went on throughout the video like everything in Ireland comes from America and we have the right to point that out if we want to. You need to find something better to do than make a big deal over bollox like that.
I spent 9 days in Ireland up and back down its west coast. #1 The people are the most welcoming and friendly people that I have EVER met. #2 The natural beauty of the country is simply Amazing (even the fog and the mist rain). #3 The Irish are kind and courteous while driving on the road ways when compared to Americans . Most American's (80%) drive like they own the road and how dare you be on it when they are driving. #4 Mutual respect of others even though they might not share the same philosophy. Unlike American's they can actually talk to each other with out getting upset and angry over the subject matter. #5 Good hard working people is in their DNA. They experience and enjoy their life on a daily basis. While us Americans couldn't be bothered to even take 5 minutes to see what is happening around us. #6 By right around day 3 or 4. I felt like this was home. This is something that is hard to put in words. Has much as we choose where our physical home is in this world and we refer to that spot as home. While standing on some peetmoss and facing the ocean on Achill Island. In amongst the mist and fog my heart and soul found its home. #7 The local music is every where and these folks are Extremely talented. I watch a fiddler join a song she never heard before. She jumped in before the chorus by listening and Watching the finger placing of the musicians guitar. I could go on and on about Ireland. All I know is I belong there, its home to me. To come back to the States after 9 days in that beautiful country and lovely people. It was painful to see the culture I grew up in and really opened my eyes to how badly the majority of us here are living life. If I have my way and the universe deems it. I will find a job in Ireland and move there.
Mr. Martinson, Thank you so very much for your wonderful precis of our country. I lived in the U.S.A. for almost 20 years (both of our children were born there) & wouldn't dream of mocking it, even behind closed doors. However, this girl's mocking soliloquy (regardless of the large smile she wore throughout) broke my heart & I'm afraid I had to comment also. I am glad you felt at home here. Hospitality & welcoming strangers was actually part of the Brehon Laws in our country (they are so ancient that they were only put on paper in the 7th century). The law regarding oigidecht (hospitality) stated that, in case a stranger or one in need came to the door four things had to be provided, around the clock, for the "care of the stranger":- food, drink, entertainment & a bed! The law, still is ingrained in our culture, the original law begins with the wonderful words: "Bid thy guests welcome tho they come at any hour."
@@christiangreene1196 I had a job lined up last year. Worked for free with them for a few months. They have since ghosted me and brought on a 3D modeler to continue the work. I still have 2 years in the States before I could move. Waiting for the last teenager to head off to college. Since she is not interested in moving over seas. It is dam hard to find work or be taken seriously when you can't apply in person. Add a 2 year time line and it becomes even tougher.
Verge is dirt at the side of the road at the same level as the road or slightly raised. No verge means, usually, that the side of the road falls away, has a rock wall or similar or trees grow directly on the side of the road, so that you can't swerve from the road onto the side of the road in an emergency. What makes me laugh in Germany are the new signs saying that you should drive slowy, because trees don't jump out the way. If that is the case, then they shouldn't plant them in the middle of the road! :-D Putting was very popular in the UK when I war growing up. Also, in the UK, the speed humps or "ramps" are also called sleeping policemen.
David Wright We do have "ramp" signs in the UK too, but they're usually used for road surfacing works where there's a sudden difference in the level of the road.
Glad you had fun. The American style signs are for information but there is no special rule, like bend ahead. The German style ones are things you have to do like stop or speed limits. Also the speed limits are crazy but you're not expected to go that fast, we don't really have an agency that sets them so someone decided that all country roads are 80, all urban areas are 50 for example. There are exceptions but not many.
Interesting! In the U.S. when dealing with roads/cars we always say "mph" for miles per hour (speed) and "mpg" for miles per gallon (fuel efficiency)...of course in engineering we would right m/s for meters per second
If u want to learn Irish I'll help you: Hi; cac How are u?; póg mó hón What did u say?; dún do smut What's ur name?; an bhuil cead agaim dul go dí an leithereas Hope this helped all ye non Irish people☺️☺️
Wow. How long was your trip? So at 16 (had to be legal to drink at a pub, right?) a group of up hopped on Delta and spent a month going from Shannon to Kilkenny to Killarney to Cork to Dublin (and a few in between.) BnB’s every night. The Ireland 🇮🇪I saw was a bit cooler than you describe.Ok, how did you miss the 1,000 different shades of green and the crazy amount of stone fences? Even the tourist traps like Blarney Castle and Woolen Mills, the Waterford Crystal factory, and the Guinness Brewery were so much fun. When you talked about the roads, you failed to mention an “Irish traffic jam.” That’s when a huge flock of sheep are crossing the road and you just have to wait for the shepherd to finish. Also, on average among he Europeans I’ve hung out with, the Irish we hung out with were, this is a totally self observation, were far nicer than English, Scots, French, Germans, and Italians. Yeah. Roadsigns, huh 🤔
+Richard Thigpen- I glad you enjoyed yourself lad! The "Irish traffic jam" can be cattle as well and also occasionally Seanie having an oul' chat to John Joe about cows/sheep/tractors and their two jeeps along side each other COMPLETELY blocking the road,lol!
Does anyone else realise how much hate she's getting from Irish people themselves 😂😂😂😂😂😂 (btw I'm Irish sure look at my name u can't get more Irish then that well u prob could but still)
Clodagh Friel Yes and mostly unwarranted too.Relax Irish,she is not saying anything uncomplimentary about you ,just comparing things that struck her and filling up time on her video.
I'm sorry if this is rude. I'm from Ireland and have heard name's like oisin and niamh and cliodhna but I've never heard that before. I don't even know how to pronounce it!
As an American from the west, I would guess that "no verge" is equivalent to "no hard shoulder", a warning to slow down and be cautious if pulling over to let traffic pass.
The purpose of the "no hard shoulder" sign is to warn that the area beyond the marked road has not been prepared or systematically compacted and may be soft, or when wet, a muddy bog that you could get stuck in or lose control. Is the purpose of the verge warning the same, but with a different geology?
This also was my first thought, when Dana said it. Dropping something is when it falls and land hard. Chicken lay their eggs, they don't drop it. ;-) In german we say "Kinder absetzen" which is literally "set down children", so for me it's logical to say setting down kids.
Moises Siqueira of course I understand and know its different😉 but it sounds almost the same to me (dutch ) even if its in a different contexts. Nothing wrong with the American way but my mind still connects Drop With letting something fall. So the Irish way makes sense to me.
Lorem Thuko, actually the complete phrase is "drop off" someone, rather than just "drop", as in "ouch". I don't know if that makes any difference, but just thought I'd pass it along.
Glad you enjoyed your visit to our country Dana, happy to accommodate you!:) The differences you've highlighted have never really struck me, us Irish just kind of take them for granted and accept them.... I love seeing tourists come to Ireland, particularly American and Germans considering my love for both countries - hope everyone else who visits Ireland enjoys it as much as Dana did..!
I am a German living in Athlone Ireland! And yes the speed limits are crazy alright. Aldi and Lidl are in Ireland for over the past i would say 15years now. Hope you and mr. German man had a fantastic time in Ireland! Should have called in for a cuppa😜 Take care!
Perdita Steinmetz interesting, I want to move from Germany to Ireland some day. Is there anything thats good to know, or you might just want to share what some of your experiences have been when you moved?
Chani Bader i am in Ireland for over 11 and a half years. Been to Ireland as a child and teenager. So i knew ppl here. Before i came over i went to the job center in Germany and filled out a Form that entitled me to go job seeking in a European country for up to 3 months. With that Form i got my payments (job seekers allowance or Arbeitslosengeld) from Ireland with no gap in my pension/Staatliche Renteneinzahlung if i ever go back to Germany. In Ireland i first had to get my PPS number. You get that at you local social well fair office. Then job hunting. And here i am many years later... Oh if someone tells you "see you later" then that is a undefined timeframe and could mean everything from 1hour to a week later... and a cuppa tea helps with everything!
Aldi isn't an american brand it's a German brand. Aldi and lidl were all 1 brand owned by 2 brothers until they split up the business into 2. Aldi and lidl
Lidl has nothing to do with the Aldi, you are along the right lines, but totally incorrect. The two Aldi brothers split the Aldi business in the 1960s to Aldi Nord (north) and Aldi SÜD (south).
Alan McNamara, would ya stop. She obviously didn't understand what a grass verge is. It's an easy mistake. Plenty of Irish who dont drive or frequent rural areas wouldn't know either.
I'm from Ireland and most of us call Ireland like 'Are-Lind where as everyone else says 'eye-er-lind which I don't get Also I think there's a road in Clare that says 'SOTP' on the road instead of 'STOP' 🤣😆😂
I was in England this summer and saw signs that said, "Cats eyes removed". That sounded horrible even after I learned that they were talking about the reflective things on roadways.
hahaha - that's brilliant. Once when I was on a motorway in Dublin a digital sign read "Drivers, belt everyone in your car" which of course resulted in my husband and I slapping each other (in fun of course - not hard).
Captain Club In the south east of the USA we have narrow roads. I just think she hasn't visited many places around the country. Here in East Tennessee the Irish settled most of the land.
I'm an old man, I'm Irish. And I really like this video. She is a lovely girl, her vivaciousness is so attractive and she makes things which are quite banal really, sound interesting. She can make you feel good about ordinary things, which in my mind makes her a good American and a bit special. Good luck to her!
It's nice to see this kind of perspective on my beautiful homeland. I like pitch n putt because you go straight to playing the short game of golf without having to drive the ball 400 yards first.
This video is INCREDIBLY ignorant! Of course we have different phrases, every country does, and how do you think this made Irish people feel? Even if you said nice things at the start. And by the way American house look like Irish houses because Irish immigrants built them! And don't you think you could have added at least 1 NICE surprising thing about Ireland instead of putting it down?
I live in Ireland and I really like it here it is not all bad like this woman says. There is a lot more culture here than meets the eye. Could she not have at least said about the 1916 easter rising and the G.P.O? All she talked about was our country roads, road sings, the country roads having an 80K limit, our ramps being tiny and our school zones. It is bullshit in my opinion
I’m from Ireland.... everyone thinks we are like leprechauns... but we’re not! And this is just SO normal to me... trivia question! What’s bangers and mash? Like if u know comment the answer.. Irish should know :D :3 :)
Why would't you expect to see Lidl or Aldi? Jesus Christ we're not cavemen. You think there are "streets" in rural areas. They're roads, and we can easily fit two cars, so how could you possibly think they are one-way streets? You also think that Americans came up with houses. What?! Yes, America has accomplished a lot of great things, but you're not that great. Actually, there are records to show that America was discovered by an Irish man named Brendan, long before Christopher Columbus was born. I've heard so many Americans brag about being "half Irish" or some rubbish like that. Even though one of their parents may be Irish, they've lived in America for most of their lives, so they probably wouldn't be considered half Irish by the general population of the R.O.I. A lot of Irish people think Americans are absolutely hilarious, and we love to skit you (especially your accents!). I have nothing against America, I just think that your views on Ireland are... strange. Sorry for the rant :)
Pure Awesomeness! It bothers me a bit that Americans can get Irish citizenship just because their grandparent was born there, even though they themselves know nothing about Irish culture and have never been there.
Pure Awesomeness! Literally me in a comment 😂😂😂😂 nothing against America but will they ever give over with the "you got this from us" tbh everything is made in China 😂😂😂😂
My uncle was looking up our family tree and it turns out that we are absolutely 100% Irish. Also she never talked about how weird our language is.... I mean you think you’ve figured out past present and future tense and then you discover the irregular verbs....
@@niamhrafferty8577 if u read my comment u can see I was replying to a different person who has now deleted there comment😂and my comment say we didn't choose to speak English not because we went to America but because we were forced by English people to forget our culture :)
Not sure if any of these 1000+ comments point this out yet, but "Aldi" stands for “Albrecht Discount." It most certainly originated in Germany, not the US.
Actually American style houses are Irish style houses. Many immigrants to America came from Ireland, and the built the style of house they were used to.
The small roads you were talking about would be quite rural, most roads aren't like that and I'm not sure what a verge is but I know it isn't a kerb. Also I don't think it should come as such a shock when things don't have the same meaning as they do in the U.S. You are in a different country after all!
She's an American who first lived in the Czech Republic (with Czech ancestry) and has been living in Germany for years with a German husband. I'm pretty sure she knows all about what being in a different country means. It's just supposed to be an entertaining UA-cam video.
Everybody has their own personal tastes and their own personalities. If it's not to your liking go somewhere else. I'll return to my point above. She knows what being in a different country means. She's explaining how it's different to those who've never been there. As a rule we don't have really narrow roads. We just don't. Even in the countryside. It's going to stand out for someone from here as quite unusual. The things you might talk about if you came here might seem mundane to us. It's amazing how much the same things are repeated over and over in all the "I visited America" videos on UA-cam. It's like you can list them all before the person even says them. Yes, we have free refills....No, we don't think twice about it. Nor are we in awe of Wal-Mart.
Kentix-I can critique her as much as i want,dont tell me to go somewhere else,free speech,thought you yanks are big into that,yea not when you dont agree with that speech.Typical overreaction from a yank
Captain Club Yes, but those are mostly motorways, not boreens. Well, except for this one M1 access road near Drogheda where they put the motorway-begins-here sign up too early.
I'm from Dublin and moved to sligo 3 yrs ago when I was 12. I definitely like the countryside better, I do miss Dublin but I'm happy here. Very good video. ☺
Those roads freaked us out, they usually have reserved side ditches for people to pass each other. The cars all move like it's a highway, but the locals were so friendly and they always let us pass thru
Sara Nicole it basically means that there is a pond or lake near and there might be frogs who cross the road so it just means to be careful when the frogs cross
In same places, when frogs move to another lake, its so many frogs that on every centimiter on the road is one smashed...and if you dont drive slowley and carfully in that seson, it's dangerous, bucuse you can lose control over the car, becuse road is so sticky from smashed frogs ..its sad, but its real.
I suspect most Irish commenting here are quite young.These Irish houses being referred to are quite young probably 50 years or younger.Planning in Ireland has been laxer than in some other European countries hence lots of one off modern houses scattered through the countryside-nothing particularly Irish in style about them.If you could go back a hundred years you would have gotten a more distinctive local style -lots of single storey, whitewashed cottages and old two storey farmhouses.
I'm from germany and i was 2 weeks in ireland when i was 16 as a mini student exchange thingy and i still think the country is one of the most beautiful i have ever seen and it is probably second as a place i could imagine to live (i visited a lot of other EU countries so far).
I can explain the "ramp" thing. When the craze for making speed bumps began, someone noticed that the relevant law didn't grant any authority for them. But it _did_ grant authority for level and grade changes using ramps! So, rather than change the law, the local authorities decided to pretend that the speed bumps were a pair of ramps that happened to be back-to-back. That's why the sign always says "ramps ahead" even when there's only one speed bump. For similar reasons, you will sometimes see cycle tracks marked with a no-cycling sign (a red circle around a bicycle silhouette). By the time we discovered that the red circle means "prohibited", the signs were already up. So... we changed the regulations to declare that the sign meant "cycle track", and not its normal international meaning. Ah, shure it'll do!
Maybe that's how houses end up looking in a general-standard-european culture that's historically mainly been small family farms? At least in places where there has not been a reason to modernize them entirely (or maybe a lack of absolutely sufficient means?) No idea, just putting it out there.
Um, no. Modern American houses is what Dunna seems to be talking about here, ones that work for middle class families on their own medium size lot surrounded by others. Old style housing in Europe was built for a class structure the US has never had. She's not talking about traditional Irish hovels which is where most Irish immigrants lived in.
Remember, the United States is a very large country, just about equal to the size of all of Europe. So there are distinct regional styles of architecture that are influenced by things like weather and climate, history, geology, culture, and economics. So to say that many houses in Ireland look like many house in the United States is true... for some parts of the United States, but not all parts of the United States.
Ireland has the highest percentage of red haired people at around 10%. Scotland only has around 6%. Based on total number of people rather than percentage, the United States has the highest with over 6 million, followed by Ireland with approximately 470000, then Scotland with approximately 300000. Interestingly, apart from Ireland the Volga region of Russia has the highest percentage of red haired people.
Dont know what ur talking bout. Sure were all ginger leprechauns guarding our pots of gild at the end of the rainbows eating our potatoes and bread and line dancing while our farmer families ride into town in the horse and cart to go sell stuff at the market😂 (sarcasm if u couldn't tell^)
I live in Ireland pitch and putt is a game where you only have two clubs a pitcher and a putter, in golf there are a lot more clubs for different things, the holes are shorter and the greens are smaller, it’s a tradition in my family to play it’s very enjoyable
The Irish built America 😂 soo it's actually America "copying" Ireland 🇮🇪 and most people in Ireland is used to weird roads so yknow 👌In the video you kinda come across like America was the first country to ever exist and everything in America is the right way but I suppose we'd be the same if we were to make this video you 🤷♀️
So cool. We're spending a month in Ireland now and we are loving the country side views. Looking forward to exploring more. Thanks for the tips on what to look for. Looking for more tips on best places to see not in the tour books! Thanks -Henry
Hey! I love Ireland. If you can check out the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival down Cork way. Fantastic for 'the craic' People are great, and Cork City, some of the best food in Ireland. Hope you thoroughly enjoy your vacation. 🕊🐝
The White House was made by an Irish architect, Most American houses are in Irish style, Because of immigration.
Joseph Durkin atleast someone has a common sense
SpeiDz common sense isn't that common anymore.
Joseph Durkin YEAH
Yes
Thank you just thank you
Just one thing, Ireland doesn't have a mixture between American and Central European styles, the USA have a mixture between Central European and Irish styles
I never thought it like that, but here is definitively a flow of US ideas back to Ireland, it can be seen in change of language for example, we use words like 'beach' and 'ketchup' now when we used to say 'strand' and 'tomato sauce', also Halloween, originally brought to America by the Irish, evolved and became part of American culture and then American styles became popular in Ireland decades later, for example pumpkins for jack o'lanterns (rather than the traditional turnip).
Ketchup ? No its red sauce in Ireland red sauce
I don't know the difference, to be honest, the word 'trá' is used or both as Gaeilge. I just know that my grandparents and parents generation the word 'beach' wasn't the default term it is now. Same for ketchup my generation and younger say ketchup (at least the people I know).
Never heard anybody say ketchup in Ireland only red sauce
Dispersedbat i say ketchup and im from ireland 😂
I swear American people think Ireland is a huge farm hahaha
Christmas Eve O Bryan lol we won’t have any farms left because of how many houses we are building these day
Because people in Ireland have NO misconceptions about America, right?
@@LisaCupcake We do, but not as many as the Americans have of us, I've told many Americans I'm Irish, and they'd say "Where's me Leprechaun?" or "Did yee find me pot o' gold?"
All I say when someone tells me they're American, I'll just call them not to get in a fight with me because let's face it, Irish people would rip yous apart, (Not in the army)
@@LisaCupcake The difference is that a huge proportion of Irish people have passports and have travelled to America and have often worked there too whereas only a tiny percentage of Americans have travelled to Ireland so really have no actual experience or knowledge of the country.
Tell me about it
She says that Irish houses look like American houses but did she even consider that American houses looked like Irish houses
caoimhe o donnell was just about text that The Irish built America
You're right Ireland was founded before America and half of America is Irish she doesn't know what she's talking about she's insulting Irish people and our culture yellow signs just aren't Amercian. We don't have "drop off zones" for school. I live in ireland I don't get what's shocking its a sign.Jesus Christ ever isn't Amercian
It's interesting how little Americans know about their immigrants. After Emigrating from Ireland and arriving in the US, the most common profession to work in was construction. Many of the American buildings were built by the Irish in the Irish style. The opposite is also true, many Irish construction workers came back from America with new building techniques. I'm only a teenager, and I have no particular interest in architecture but even I know that.
Yeah! Exactly! The houses she was describing are the older styled ones and all the Irish immigrants (many if which DID go into the construction industry) took that style of house with them
actually, they don't look like American houses as much as home built [without aid of an architect], which is common enough in the rural USA to be familiar.
I think the similarities between Ireland and the US can be explained with the fact that over the past centuries many Irish people have immigrated to america
That crtainly explains how basketball hoops made it from Ireland to the US ;)
Both Americans and the Irish have had some negative experiences with the English, and don't go out of their way to emulate their ways.
Basketball is not a huge sport in ireland compared to our gaelic sports(hurling and gaelic football) and soccer rugby yes its fairly big participation sport though but it doesn't capture the public imagine the way the other sports do
Don't know what to believe,
* *cough** it’s because of the Irish/potatoe famine where people emigrated in order to well.... NOT die **cough**
I cannot imagine this person fitting very well into Ireland and it's culture at all
I'm sorry but I can't help looking at the structure of your sentence. It's like it was written by an 8 year old. It's absolutely atrocious and completely hilarious. Good for you, not caring about your terrible grammar and putting it out there for all the world to see. You deserve a T shirt, "I'm Ignorant and Proud!".
We have had Lidl and Aldi long long before America. Obviously they originated in Germany but we have had them over 20 yrs in Ireland
Lesley Tate I’ve never seen an Aldi, only Lidl
Liam Kiernan do you mean in Ireland? There has been an aldi in Cavan for years, as well as a lidl. There has been an aldi in Dundalk Co louth since I was a teenager (I'm 40 now) so a really long time !
Lesley Tate I’ve don’t recall seeing one in Kerry, only SuperValu, Tesco, and Lidl
*edit
Actually I may have been very early 20's when the aldi was opened in Dundalk - the years melt into one another after a certain age 😀
Liam Kiernan I don't know about Kerry. I'm sure you would notice one around the place if there was one 😊 they don't exactly hide it much. Lidl has definitely spread out much more than aldi so maybe there isn't one yet ?
I'm Irish so much face palm in this vid
Daniel Kennedy same
Yup
Haha same😂
Daniel Kennedy I know Right !!!
Those are all helpful comments. Now we know what you mean and why. Thanks.
I'm surprised she didn't say that she was shocked that all of us weren't leprechauns
CG so your saying there's no leprechauns.? It's like finding out there's no Santa! Well at least you got fairies? Right? All we have is Bigfoot over here..
@@beccamullen5471 😂
So fecking true XD
CG ya lol
That's a bit offensive for me STOP WITH THE FRICKING LEPRECHAUN JOKES!!!
I live in Ireland. Give me a like if you live in Ireland
Miroslav Komljenovic are you Serbian?
What part you in I’m wanting to visit soon i am 1/2 Irish my Mom plays and owns a bagpipe band
cork
Riverstick Cork
ARMAGH !!
well I mean we did pretty much build America so...
eirenero.............my great great granfather built 20 % alone on a monday..............
EireNero yup
Yup 😂
hahahaha
I hated the way she said ‘American style houses’ like plEase u mean ‘America has Irish style houses’!!1!1!1
*Ireland has left the chat*
Absolutely
And slams the door
You forgot to say "after going into a coma"............🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
The 80 speed limit on country roads, Its a limit not a target lol.
Chris McEvoy no its definitely a target. I aim to hit it at least once a day!!! 😂
I go a lot faster than 80 on roads that I know well at night when I can see the lights of other cars coming.
Chris McEvoy but if u go to low under the speed limit on a main road u can get a penalty point
Jessica O'Sullivan doing that on country roads is fucking insane. What about pedestrians and cyclists and idiots??? Motorways fair enough but on the kind of roads the op is talking about it's disgraceful.
I'm from Germany and I went to Ireland this summer, too. I think it is the most beautiful country I habe ever seen. I loved the houses and the people and the nature and the food and just everything. I can't wait to come again and see even more of that beautiful country😍😍
Glad you had a lovely time. :) I'm Irish living in Stuttgart and I enjoy living here for the most part for now, but I miss the green fields and the people and the fresh sea air-I lived a few hundred metres from the Atlantic ocean back home.
THANK YOU
(I'm Irish)
Cead mile failte (one hundred thousand welcomes) you are always welcome in our beautiful emerald isle
klawiii x3 ,
Thanks. I'm Irish. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.
All the comments
25% Im Irish
25% Facts
50% This was awful
True.
People tryna claim they're Irish is so funny
I love how you thought your friend was being ignorant about aldi being American vs German yet you applied the same logic to everything you saw in Ireland being inspired by America.
good point!!
Kakarot20007 ikr
Even though ireland was colonized first and around longer
they aren't American inspired tho most Irish people migrated to america through out history
Girlll those don't look like American houses,American houses look like Irish houses
Sweet Like Swift Cosgrave I think it's fair to say they've met somewhere in the middle in the past 50 years.
I think someone swapped them over night!
*My Irish soul is crying* She was in Dublin ofcourse she was going to see big houses.Is she really judging our signs now
I live in ireland and this was pain
The normal fella me too
ah sure you'll be grand
Ya smee
Another man’s poison
She was on the verge of hitting the kerb 😏
The 80km ''speed limit'' is just a suggestion but what it really says is ''can you survive beyond this?..go on, I dare you''.
Brendan Mc lol
Y is this true
Why on Earth is this sooo true 😂😂😂😂
This was exhausting to watch. Anything that she could have said in one or two sentences was said in twenty. After spending time in Ireland that has a rich culture and history, are road signs and houses really the most interesting things she could comment on? She’s really doing nothing to help the stereotype of Americans that think they own everything. Ireland is a much older country and a lot of America was built by the Irish, did she ever stop to think that something might *shock* have been adapted to America rather than the other way round. She just seems to have a very narrow minded view of the rest of the world.
At least she is travelling and trying to expand her experiences, can't be said of a lot of other people, both in America and here.
Americans are shocked & suprised at anything thats not american
Thank you so very much, Aiofe, for your eloquent comment & all of it so true. We lived in California for nearly 20 years & saw some terrible things going on there. I'm afraid I also tried to see her also as someone who'd not traveled the world very much &, yes, no matter whether or not she smiled through the whole vlog, she was doing what an American would NEVER allow a foreigner do.... throw jibes at their country. However, as much as she smiled through the vlog, love for the country of my birth got the better of me & I let her "have it" (as politely as possible of course ;-) ). I love America (both of our children were born there) but I had to stand up for Ireland too......
How annoying is she
Aoife H ats what I was think lol
I think you mean "American houses look lk!e Irish ones" because I'm pretty sure the Irish ones have been there a lot longer.
is it just me or did you find this video to be super ignorant hahah
l live in one of those houses in ireland its been here since the 1500s .
Becca Brown they probley have
Becca Brown ik and in the great famine they brought their building designs to america
Okay being 100% Irish this video pains me to watch 😑😂
I'm English and it pains me. I can't even imagine how it must hurt you.
being 99% Irish I'm different from you because your 100% and I like it.
Being 100% Irish as well. It also pains me. She doesn't realise that the White House was made by an Irish architect and so were many american houses because of Immigration from the famine
This is 100% the most boring list of observations I've ever heard, read or endured.
Sean Kelly. Thanks for this.....I stopped after 2 minutes, what with all the arm waving I was beginning to suspect it was much ado about nothing.
@@richardl772 I'm convinced it has to be a joke
A kerb is still called a kerb in Ireland legit never heard anyone calling it a verge
Weronika B verge is the ditch on a road while the kerb is the side of the footpath.
Verge is the grass area outside a house where there is no pavement. A kerb is the roadside edge of a pavement...
It’s not a kerb in the countryside it’s a grass verge between the road and the ditch, no verge means your right up against the ditch
the verge is like a grass pavement
keira dunne you've got it! First person to explain this properly. It's awkward how many Irish are confused/misinformed about this.
actually, aldi and lidi originated from Germany not America
Luni Vlidios everyone knows but the americans
Aldi is a shitty store
@@johnreed9050 no
Oh i thought it was spain
Yeah when she said that I got confused
Not to be rude or anything like tha but I hate when Americans call Ireland "ieereland" it's pronounced areland
Rebecca Muntean yes omg
IKR IM LIKE REEEEEEEEEW WHENEVER THEY DO THAT
Lol soz 4 capz
Omg it's so annoying
I know there annoying I'm irish hello fellow irish love you UUUUUUUUU
Yes I hate the way Americans say ireland
I live in ireland and have never seen the ramp sign 😂
Rebecca Healy White samee
Same
Rebecca Healy White same
I live in Ireland and didn't believe that about ramps as I've always called them speed bumps but I looked up the Irish Road Traffic Regulations and we do officially call them ramps. So whoever made that sign did it right 😂.
How come ?! Lolol.
I live in Dublin and I see ramps all the time ...
Just a little fun fact. The original white house is in Ireland. Well, a much smaller version.
www.ireland.com/en-us/articles/aras-an-uachtarain/
A man from my town designed it
Barnaby Jones the person who designed the white house but a similar round room in my mom's work I'm Irish btw
True and central park in new york is based on phoenix park in dublin
Yeah and I know this is totally unrelated but the first Statue of Liberty is from France the French gave it to America as a present god Americans just like to copy everything don't they😂😂😂
It’s a ramp if you hit it going 80!
hahahhahahahah
Aha😂
Aha
diamondslashranch 😂
That is so true. I spent 6 months in ireland and I took one of those turist buses to get out of Dublin and holy mother of crap it drove so vast down those tiny lanes I was having a heart attack, but the driver was all cool and collected! That was definitely a shock for me 🤣🤣🤣 tiny tiny roads, yeah lets just drive 90-100 down those, the worse parts is though that the fucking tiny roads also goes is different directions and swings like crazy 😂😂😂 and if its close to cliffs and mountains there arent any rails to keel you from driving over them. Definitely the lucm of the irish that more people dont die in traffic. 🤣🤣🤣
U ever think the architecture is pretty much the same considering the Irish built most of the US? Starting to make sense? Lol
Irelands not that crazy... It's not nuts to have houses and european supermarket chains..
Lucia Salati exactly. She’s saying Ireland is crazy because it has clothing lines and houses and golf
Ffs, Football Ireland. Having surprisingly *similar* houses and an uncommon *adapted form* of golf IS unexpected. Same goes for the same food store chains; I still think it's mad they have Supervalu in Spain. Doesnt mean that I expected Spain to be Bally-go-backwards. Just wasn't anticipating virtually the same store as in the arseholes of nowhere in rural Ireland.
I Am from Ireland and you didn't travel much and didn't see any of the landmarks like if you are from Ireland 🇮🇪
What’s Ireland?
Make a video where you visit Ballymun in Dublin or Southill in Limerick
The AFK Pro I’m sure she would love it
Ye boy its some crack everyone is lovely
Well that's two shit holes to be sure to be sure what if she went to Douglas or greystones
An American man drove through Ballymun years ago and said to his wife oh my god look at all the athletes around here?? Tracksuit wearers
She’ll get ripped apart in southill
maybe the houses Look so familiar because many irish moved to the new world in the 19th (?) century.
Well not exactly most irish moved to cities not really the countryside of america.I think the reason they look similar because both countries are sparsely populated where the more spacious one story bungalow can fit in easily.Ireland is unique even to the UK where one off houses are built outside villages in the rest of europe this isn't allowed.You see bungalows dotted all over ireland often a married son or daughter will have recieved a free site from their parents on their farm of land and build a bungalow on it so you could have maybe ten houses along a road in a line.
It's also because of cheaper prices in the country side.
I was always thinking that the Cottages are from Ireland. Those houses she mentioned look very new
On Xbox I got in a fight with an American that said Ireland doesn’t have WiFi!
It’s annoyingly true
Blue box all the way lads
Ded memes r the wae lmao
I wouldn't be posting this comment right now if that's the case.
Lol I have really good WiFi and im from ireland
Don't you mean American houses look like Irish ones
You have to understand that Americans think they invented Europe. Not that all white ppl in America comes from Europe. We in Europe emigrated from the US. haha
Blue99 slap them
Packet O Sweets well that's a disgusting justification for genocide. Also Europe killed and colonised each other too so what's your point.
Packet O Sweets, you've been watching too many westerns on Sunday afternoons. There were trade agreements and peace treaties and legal due process on the part of many tribes that were flatly disregarded by the hostile invaders when it suited them.
Have u ever heard of the term “spa” well it’s not the place you go to relax it’s what you are
Lughaidh Kennedy omg 😂😂😂
dead
Yung Red lad u ruined it is think he was trying to slag her without her knowing
😂😂😂 I can't lmao
Lmao she is a spa
The way the Americans say i-or-land
Exactly it's pronounced airland
Chloe Cooke I say eye-er-land idk it’s my accents. Is that correct? I have an Irish friend who pronounces it different so....
We just say it like our land or Arland, two syllables. Americans make it 3 syllables and really emphasise the I, Eye ar land.
Americans don't dry their clothes on a clothes line??
All_The_Stories_Are_True no, they use dryers
Yeah, a lot of people do. It's just not as common as it once was, especially in towns.
Books_and_More they're actually banned in alot of housing areas by home owners associations. Imagine trying to take an Irish mammy's washing line from her?? XD I'd pity the fool
Books_and_More we do sometimes
sometimes if our dryer is broke😂
How adorable! She thinks everything comes from the United States 😃😃
BTW the roads, the speed limit and the sings is also seen in Chile's rural and semi-rural areas.
N Santander thank you for saying that so I didn't have to
shur america's the centre of the universe
You're not too bright, are you? Saying something is like something and saying something comes from something are two completely different things. My hand is like your hand (thumb, fingers, etc.) but that in no way implies my hand comes from you. Grow up. She's been living in Germany for years. She sees something that reminds her of home (in a way that Germany doesn't) and she mentions it. Anything beyond that you read into it with your biased attitude.
Packet O Sweets So Packet, what kind of houses will you see in my neighborhood?
Kentix, oh grow up will you. she went on throughout the video like everything in Ireland comes from America and we have the right to point that out if we want to. You need to find something better to do than make a big deal over bollox like that.
I spent 9 days in Ireland up and back down its west coast. #1 The people are the most welcoming and friendly people that I have EVER met. #2 The natural beauty of the country is simply Amazing (even the fog and the mist rain). #3 The Irish are kind and courteous while driving on the road ways when compared to Americans . Most American's (80%) drive like they own the road and how dare you be on it when they are driving.
#4 Mutual respect of others even though they might not share the same philosophy. Unlike American's they can actually talk to each other with out getting upset and angry over the subject matter.
#5 Good hard working people is in their DNA. They experience and enjoy their life on a daily basis. While us Americans couldn't be bothered to even take 5 minutes to see what is happening around us.
#6 By right around day 3 or 4. I felt like this was home. This is something that is hard to put in words. Has much as we choose where our physical home is in this world and we refer to that spot as home. While standing on some peetmoss and facing the ocean on Achill Island. In amongst the mist and fog my heart and soul found its home.
#7 The local music is every where and these folks are Extremely talented. I watch a fiddler join a song she never heard before. She jumped in before the chorus by listening and Watching the finger placing of the musicians guitar.
I could go on and on about Ireland.
All I know is I belong there, its home to me. To come back to the States after 9 days in that beautiful country and lovely people. It was painful to see the culture I grew up in and really opened my eyes to how badly the majority of us here are living life. If I have my way and the universe deems it. I will find a job in Ireland and move there.
Mr. Martinson, Thank you so very much for your wonderful precis of our country. I lived in the U.S.A. for almost 20 years (both of our children were born there) & wouldn't dream of mocking it, even behind closed doors. However, this girl's mocking soliloquy (regardless of the large smile she wore throughout) broke my heart & I'm afraid I had to comment also. I am glad you felt at home here. Hospitality & welcoming strangers was actually part of the Brehon Laws in our country (they are so ancient that they were only put on paper in the 7th century). The law regarding oigidecht (hospitality) stated that, in case a stranger or one in need came to the door four things had to be provided, around the clock, for the "care of the stranger":- food, drink, entertainment & a bed! The law, still is ingrained in our culture, the original law begins with the wonderful words: "Bid thy guests welcome tho they come at any hour."
Ireland is beautiful but Norway takes some beatin' 🇮🇪🇧🇻
Have you managed to get here yet Jamie?... We’re all waitin for ye!😉☘️
@@christiangreene1196 I had a job lined up last year. Worked for free with them for a few months. They have since ghosted me and brought on a 3D modeler to continue the work. I still have 2 years in the States before I could move. Waiting for the last teenager to head off to college. Since she is not interested in moving over seas. It is dam hard to find work or be taken seriously when you can't apply in person. Add a 2 year time line and it becomes even tougher.
Verge is dirt at the side of the road at the same level as the road or slightly raised. No verge means, usually, that the side of the road falls away, has a rock wall or similar or trees grow directly on the side of the road, so that you can't swerve from the road onto the side of the road in an emergency.
What makes me laugh in Germany are the new signs saying that you should drive slowy, because trees don't jump out the way. If that is the case, then they shouldn't plant them in the middle of the road! :-D
Putting was very popular in the UK when I war growing up.
Also, in the UK, the speed humps or "ramps" are also called sleeping policemen.
David Wright We do have "ramp" signs in the UK too, but they're usually used for road surfacing works where there's a sudden difference in the level of the road.
Yes, I know. I've never seen them used to identify sleeping policemen.
David Wright "Verge" (UK) = "Shoulder" (US)
Also, in Dutch, RAMP means DISASTER.
Glad you had fun. The American style signs are for information but there is no special rule, like bend ahead. The German style ones are things you have to do like stop or speed limits. Also the speed limits are crazy but you're not expected to go that fast, we don't really have an agency that sets them so someone decided that all country roads are 80, all urban areas are 50 for example. There are exceptions but not many.
80 kph = 49.7 mph (for any other Americans watching this video)
aichaudh I've seen some pictures of their roads, it's not a limit, it's a challenge!
aichaudh that's funny because the approximation actually is km/h. I've never seen yours anywhere before.. but it do makes sense.
I'm Italian and I write km/h too, but in English it does make more sense kph. In italian would just be weird, kao... meh.
Interesting! In the U.S. when dealing with roads/cars we always say "mph" for miles per hour (speed) and "mpg" for miles per gallon (fuel efficiency)...of course in engineering we would right m/s for meters per second
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If u want to learn Irish I'll help you:
Hi; cac
How are u?; póg mó hón
What did u say?; dún do smut
What's ur name?; an bhuil cead agaim dul go dí an leithereas
Hope this helped all ye non Irish people☺️☺️
Legend
Haha
Well bless your heart!
Cac, Póg mo thón, dún do smut, and an bhfuild cead agam dul go dí an leithreas. 100% true. Love it xD
Lmfao
Wow. How long was your trip? So at 16 (had to be legal to drink at a pub, right?) a group of up hopped on Delta and spent a month going from Shannon to Kilkenny to Killarney to Cork to Dublin (and a few in between.) BnB’s every night.
The Ireland 🇮🇪I saw was a bit cooler than you describe.Ok, how did you miss the 1,000 different shades of green and the crazy amount of stone fences? Even the tourist traps like Blarney Castle and Woolen Mills, the Waterford Crystal factory, and the Guinness Brewery were so much fun.
When you talked about the roads, you failed to mention an “Irish traffic jam.” That’s when a huge flock of sheep are crossing the road and you just have to wait for the shepherd to finish.
Also, on average among he Europeans I’ve hung out with, the Irish we hung out with were, this is a totally self observation, were far nicer than English, Scots, French, Germans, and Italians.
Yeah. Roadsigns, huh 🤔
+Richard Thigpen- I glad you enjoyed yourself lad! The "Irish traffic jam" can be cattle as well and also occasionally Seanie having an oul' chat to John Joe about cows/sheep/tractors and their two jeeps along side each other COMPLETELY blocking the road,lol!
But the drinking age is 18..,
Stacey Dunne Do you know what happens at banada? my "catholic" school is filled with ppl drinking, smoking and doing drugs
That weird person of course I know I live here but the comment said 16 to be able to legally drink in a pub and that’s not a thing the legal age is 18
Why do American say Ireland and Dublin so weird 🤦♀️😂😂👏
She doesn’t even go here because it’s dooblin in Irish accent
The way she says lidl, LEEDLE
Viv107 that’s the way u say it
Eve Dobre yh but it in her accent it sounds weird
iky haha
Think she just went around on Google Earth tbh
😁
Eoin, your comment gave me an excellent laugh. Many thanks!!!
Does anyone else realise how much hate she's getting from Irish people themselves 😂😂😂😂😂😂 (btw I'm Irish sure look at my name u can't get more Irish then that well u prob could but still)
Clodagh Friel
Yes and mostly unwarranted too.Relax Irish,she is not saying anything uncomplimentary about you ,just comparing things that struck her and filling up time on her video.
I'm sorry if this is rude.
I'm from Ireland and have heard name's like oisin and niamh and cliodhna but I've never heard that before. I don't even know how to pronounce it!
Ik clodaghs but friel sounds german
Yankee doodle you pronounce in like cloda
Id like to see her try pronouncing your name lol
As an American from the west, I would guess that "no verge" is equivalent to "no hard shoulder", a warning to slow down and be cautious if pulling over to let traffic pass.
A verge in Ireland and the UK refers to a grassed edge alongside the ride. Similar to a pavement, or sidewalk.
The purpose of the "no hard shoulder" sign is to warn that the area beyond the marked road has not been prepared or systematically compacted and may be soft, or when wet, a muddy bog that you could get stuck in or lose control. Is the purpose of the verge warning the same, but with a different geology?
not everything is american grow up
perfectly said
I think I broke my nose from face palming too hard.
Ikr she thinks Ireland is like a different planet,
Same
There not American houses there just houses there not American signs there just signs
I'm a little confused - do you mean "They're" not American houses there, or they're not American signs there.??
Girl, you just offended the whole of Ireland 🇮🇪😒😒
Too irish to explain
She offended everyone who's not american
Setting a child down sounds nicer than dropping them to me a non english person.
This also was my first thought, when Dana said it. Dropping something is when it falls and land hard. Chicken lay their eggs, they don't drop it. ;-)
In german we say "Kinder absetzen" which is literally "set down children", so for me it's logical to say setting down kids.
Andy Koenigsdorf you don't drop a child at school. You DROP them OFF.
Moises Siqueira of course I understand and know its different😉 but it sounds almost the same to me (dutch ) even if its in a different contexts. Nothing wrong with the American way but my mind still connects Drop With letting something fall. So the Irish way makes sense to me.
We call it a "kiss-and-go" in South Africa at schools where the mom drops off the kids
Lorem Thuko, actually the complete phrase is "drop off" someone, rather than just "drop", as in "ouch". I don't know if that makes any difference, but just thought I'd pass it along.
A verge isn't a kerb. You'd (probably, being American) call it the shoulder of the road.
When she said she was shocked that we have lidle and Aldi I laughed
Glad you enjoyed your visit to our country Dana, happy to accommodate you!:) The differences you've highlighted have never really struck me, us Irish just kind of take them for granted and accept them.... I love seeing tourists come to Ireland, particularly American and Germans considering my love for both countries - hope everyone else who visits Ireland enjoys it as much as Dana did..!
I am a German living in Athlone Ireland! And yes the speed limits are crazy alright. Aldi and Lidl are in Ireland for over the past i would say 15years now. Hope you and mr. German man had a fantastic time in Ireland! Should have called in for a cuppa😜
Take care!
Perdita Steinmetz interesting, I want to move from Germany to Ireland some day. Is there anything thats good to know, or you might just want to share what some of your experiences have been when you moved?
Chani Bader there i a channel on UA-cam of someone who moved abroad.
His name is FRANK2GO
Perdita Steinmetz great, thanks:)
Chani Bader i am in Ireland for over 11 and a half years. Been to Ireland as a child and teenager.
So i knew ppl here.
Before i came over i went to the job center in Germany and filled out a Form that entitled me to go job seeking in a European country for up to 3 months. With that Form i got my payments (job seekers allowance or Arbeitslosengeld) from Ireland with no gap in my pension/Staatliche Renteneinzahlung if i ever go back to Germany. In Ireland i first had to get my PPS number. You get that at you local social well fair office. Then job hunting. And here i am many years later...
Oh if someone tells you "see you later" then that is a undefined timeframe and could mean everything from 1hour to a week later... and a cuppa tea helps with everything!
Aldi isn't an american brand it's a German brand. Aldi and lidl were all 1 brand owned by 2 brothers until they split up the business into 2. Aldi and lidl
Lidl has nothing to do with the Aldi, you are along the right lines, but totally incorrect. The two Aldi brothers split the Aldi business in the 1960s to Aldi Nord (north) and Aldi SÜD (south).
@@quakermaas Maybe also getting mixed up with the dassler brothers who started Adidas and Puma.
@@wannaseesomestuff I think so lol but maybe not idk
oh and when i was in ireland i loved the "Drive left" signs in like 6 languages or so... gealic, english, german,...
As foreigner it only took one second of oscitancy to create a dangerous situation because you cerebellum let you drive right again.
i know.
:)
Just to let you know our language is called Irish not Gaelic
Insanity yup im irish from dublin we learn it in school its irish or gaeilge gaelic refers to all celtic languages
A curb is a curb in Ireland
Alan McNamara, would ya stop. She obviously didn't understand what a grass verge is. It's an easy mistake. Plenty of Irish who dont drive or frequent rural areas wouldn't know either.
I'm from Ireland and most of us call Ireland like 'Are-Lind where as everyone else says 'eye-er-lind which I don't get
Also I think there's a road in Clare that says 'SOTP' on the road instead of 'STOP' 🤣😆😂
Where ?
Somewhere in County Clare
@@lindalynch1218 Where in Co. Clare? I could just drive up and have a look np.
iNova It’s an acronym: Stop On This Point.
I kind of get annoyed when people pronounce Ireland wrong
Candity omg same
I was in England this summer and saw signs that said, "Cats eyes removed". That sounded horrible even after I learned that they were talking about the reflective things on roadways.
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hahaha - that's brilliant. Once when I was on a motorway in Dublin a digital sign read "Drivers, belt everyone in your car" which of course resulted in my husband and I slapping each other (in fun of course - not hard).
Barbara Flynn Franzoni 😂
So we irish pronounce “Ireland” like “our-land” or “are-land” and some get annoyed when others pronounce it “eye-r-land” ... just saying😂✌🏼🤷🏼♀️
Megan Tx I mean, up north we pronounce it eye-r-linn
Megan Tx OH MY GODDDDDD THANK YOU
Americans have different accents than Irish people, it’s not a mispronunciation unless they add an extra syllable
@Lil Kay Wow, I haven't caught that.
The Irish roads are fine in my opinion, guess Americans are just used to things being wide
Captain Club In the south east of the USA we have narrow roads. I just think she hasn't visited many places around the country. Here in East Tennessee the Irish settled most of the land.
Like her ma hehehehehehehehe
I'm an old man, I'm Irish. And I really like this video. She is a lovely girl, her vivaciousness is so attractive and she makes things which are quite banal really, sound interesting. She can make you feel good about ordinary things, which in my mind makes her a good American and a bit special. Good luck to her!
I live in Ireland ☘️ and yes it is a beautiful country
I feel like ur dissing Ireland a little bit🍀
She didn't say one negative thing. She obviously loved her time there.
Yeah its her attitude. Shes a bit smug and snearing. Well now arent we so quaint
She is a typical American airhead.
It's nice to see this kind of perspective on my beautiful homeland. I like pitch n putt because you go straight to playing the short game of golf without having to drive the ball 400 yards first.
This video is INCREDIBLY ignorant! Of course we have different phrases, every country does, and how do you think this made Irish people feel? Even if you said nice things at the start. And by the way American house look like Irish houses because Irish immigrants built them! And don't you think you could have added at least 1 NICE surprising thing about Ireland instead of putting it down?
Aye I know! I found this really annoying and ignorant and she offended loads of irish people in the comments
What a rude typical loud mouth American!
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I live in Ireland and I really like it here it is not all bad like this woman says. There is a lot more culture here than meets the eye. Could she not have at least said about the 1916 easter rising and the G.P.O? All she talked about was our country roads, road sings, the country roads having an 80K limit, our ramps being tiny and our school zones. It is bullshit in my opinion
Aye, I'm with ye on that one
I’m from Ireland.... everyone thinks we are like leprechauns... but we’re not! And this is just SO normal to me... trivia question! What’s bangers and mash? Like if u know comment the answer.. Irish should know :D :3 :)
I love horses and Unicorns and youtube bangers and mash gotta love. Quick to make. Put some gravy on it and one of the most perfect dinners
More of an English thing, Bangers n Mash
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Why would't you expect to see Lidl or Aldi? Jesus Christ we're not cavemen. You think there are "streets" in rural areas. They're roads, and we can easily fit two cars, so how could you possibly think they are one-way streets? You also think that Americans came up with houses. What?! Yes, America has accomplished a lot of great things, but you're not that great. Actually, there are records to show that America was discovered by an Irish man named Brendan, long before Christopher Columbus was born. I've heard so many Americans brag about being "half Irish" or some rubbish like that. Even though one of their parents may be Irish, they've lived in America for most of their lives, so they probably wouldn't be considered half Irish by the general population of the R.O.I. A lot of Irish people think Americans are absolutely hilarious, and we love to skit you (especially your accents!). I have nothing against America, I just think that your views on Ireland are... strange. Sorry for the rant :)
Pure Awesomeness! It bothers me a bit that Americans can get Irish citizenship just because their grandparent was born there, even though they themselves know nothing about Irish culture and have never been there.
Pure Awesomeness! Literally me in a comment 😂😂😂😂 nothing against America but will they ever give over with the "you got this from us" tbh everything is made in China 😂😂😂😂
My uncle was looking up our family tree and it turns out that we are absolutely 100% Irish. Also she never talked about how weird our language is.... I mean you think you’ve figured out past present and future tense and then you discover the irregular verbs....
Flying Colours I know it's all so confusing 😂
jaysus calm down pal
Everything in Ireland doesn't come from america
the English Language comes from America
@@pjmoseley243 imma guess ur not from Ireland by that offensive sentence 🙄like we didn't choose to speak English!
@@niamhrafferty8577 if u read my comment u can see I was replying to a different person who has now deleted there comment😂and my comment say we didn't choose to speak English not because we went to America but because we were forced by English people to forget our culture :)
@@pjmoseley243 English comes from England oil
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Not sure if any of these 1000+ comments point this out yet, but "Aldi" stands for “Albrecht Discount." It most certainly originated in Germany, not the US.
Actually American style houses are Irish style houses. Many immigrants to America came from Ireland, and the built the style of house they were used to.
Eric Taylor makes sense
I was thinking of that and was amused when she told the story of her friend and Aldi. Same thing for her with the houses. :-D
I love watching Americans going to Ireland cause I'm #irish and plus anyone 2019!!??
The small roads you were talking about would be quite rural, most roads aren't like that and I'm not sure what a verge is but I know it isn't a kerb. Also I don't think it should come as such a shock when things don't have the same meaning as they do in the U.S. You are in a different country after all!
She's an American who first lived in the Czech Republic (with Czech ancestry) and has been living in Germany for years with a German husband. I'm pretty sure she knows all about what being in a different country means. It's just supposed to be an entertaining UA-cam video.
Kentix=how is it entertaining,A yank screaming and waving arms all over the place,overreacting about fckn road signs?
Everybody has their own personal tastes and their own personalities. If it's not to your liking go somewhere else. I'll return to my point above. She knows what being in a different country means. She's explaining how it's different to those who've never been there. As a rule we don't have really narrow roads. We just don't. Even in the countryside. It's going to stand out for someone from here as quite unusual. The things you might talk about if you came here might seem mundane to us. It's amazing how much the same things are repeated over and over in all the "I visited America" videos on UA-cam. It's like you can list them all before the person even says them. Yes, we have free refills....No, we don't think twice about it. Nor are we in awe of Wal-Mart.
Kentix-I can critique her as much as i want,dont tell me to go somewhere else,free speech,thought you yanks are big into that,yea not when you dont agree with that speech.Typical overreaction from a yank
Kentix Didn't seem like that to me
80km/h is nothing there are some with 120
Captain Club Yes, but those are mostly motorways, not boreens. Well, except for this one M1 access road near Drogheda where they put the motorway-begins-here sign up too early.
Adrian Colley yeah true
Captain Club that’s a motor way
Fireball Titan they don’t know that
Most of these houses, are bungalows. Bungalow style houses are from the nation of India. So, bungalows could described as Indian style houses.
Nice one Rory!!
Oh my god she’s waaaaaaaay too hyper for my poor European self.
Mercy T lol she’s typically American ... most young women talk like that here
I'm from Dublin and moved to sligo 3 yrs ago when I was 12. I definitely like the countryside better, I do miss Dublin but I'm happy here. Very good video. ☺
BryanThe IrishEagle where about in sligo. I also live in sligo
Tubbercurry.
BryanThe IrishEagle we got same picture
antobosss720 xx Nice! :D but... Mine is bigger soooo... I win? ;)
Those roads freaked us out, they usually have reserved side ditches for people to pass each other. The cars all move like it's a highway, but the locals were so friendly and they always let us pass thru
I don’t know why but as an Irish person I fell triggered, I really don’t know why but I am
I'm triggered when people use the word triggered. I really don't know why but I am. (Well mostly cause it's stupid).
Me too!!Feels like she making out were all a bunch of leprauchauns,how many times she used "little" "small" ""tiny",
Lucky you..... I got halfways...Paused it.....said sweet Jesus out loud...then dropped two painkillers because of the throbbing headache she gave me.
+Deadpan Barry hahah nice one!
Every Irish person here is triggered
Like come on, have you been living in another country your whole life
Oh wait
I remember looking up German traffic signs and saw one with a frog and it said frog in the road.
Sara Nicole it basically means that there is a pond or lake near and there might be frogs who cross the road so it just means to be careful when the frogs cross
In same places, when frogs move to another lake, its so many frogs that on every centimiter on the road is one smashed...and if you dont drive slowley and carfully in that seson, it's dangerous, bucuse you can lose control over the car, becuse road is so sticky from smashed frogs
..its sad, but its real.
I suspect most Irish commenting here are quite young.These Irish houses being referred to are quite young probably 50 years or younger.Planning in Ireland has been laxer than in some other European countries hence lots of one off modern houses scattered through the countryside-nothing particularly Irish in style about them.If you could go back a hundred years you would have gotten a more distinctive local style -lots of single storey, whitewashed cottages and old two storey farmhouses.
Stuff I remember as odd from my trip to Ireland:
Gaelic Football.
quotenwageherianer should see hurling as well its similar but it sticks its a great game both are run by the Gaelic Athletic Association
I'm from germany and i was 2 weeks in ireland when i was 16 as a mini student exchange thingy and i still think the country is one of the most beautiful i have ever seen and it is probably second as a place i could imagine to live (i visited a lot of other EU countries so far).
zomfgroflmao1337 THANKS
What is the first most beautiful one?
I'm from Ireland and I found Germany beautiful also. I was particularly impressed with Bamberg and Baden Baden, the German countryside is amazing.
I can explain the "ramp" thing. When the craze for making speed bumps began, someone noticed that the relevant law didn't grant any authority for them. But it _did_ grant authority for level and grade changes using ramps! So, rather than change the law, the local authorities decided to pretend that the speed bumps were a pair of ramps that happened to be back-to-back. That's why the sign always says "ramps ahead" even when there's only one speed bump.
For similar reasons, you will sometimes see cycle tracks marked with a no-cycling sign (a red circle around a bicycle silhouette). By the time we discovered that the red circle means "prohibited", the signs were already up. So... we changed the regulations to declare that the sign meant "cycle track", and not its normal international meaning. Ah, shure it'll do!
Worst thing in dublin are english hen nights 😹
Don't remind me ... Was like running the gauntlet for hours one night :)
Worst thing in Kilkenny is Dub hen weekends. 😂😂😂
Worst thing in Dublin are the dubs
alain............yes brexit slappers................
Maybe it's the other way around, American houses look like Irish houses. :)
I thought N.-American houses look like Scandinavian houses.
Maybe that's how houses end up looking in a general-standard-european culture that's historically mainly been small family farms? At least in places where there has not been a reason to modernize them entirely (or maybe a lack of absolutely sufficient means?) No idea, just putting it out there.
I don't think so. There are no general-standard-european houses. Traditional houses in Europe look quiet different.
Um, no. Modern American houses is what Dunna seems to be talking about here, ones that work for middle class families on their own medium size lot surrounded by others. Old style housing in Europe was built for a class structure the US has never had. She's not talking about traditional Irish hovels which is where most Irish immigrants lived in.
Remember, the United States is a very large country, just about equal to the size of all of Europe. So there are distinct regional styles of architecture that are influenced by things like weather and climate, history, geology, culture, and economics. So to say that many houses in Ireland look like many house in the United States is true... for some parts of the United States, but not all parts of the United States.
A kerb is not called a verge we call it a footpath
One more surprising thing: We are not all ginger, I dunno why we get the stereotype when actually Scotland has most of the worlds red heads
Ireland has the highest percentage of red haired people at around 10%. Scotland only has around 6%.
Based on total number of people rather than percentage, the United States has the highest with over 6 million, followed by Ireland with approximately 470000, then Scotland with approximately 300000.
Interestingly, apart from Ireland the Volga region of Russia has the highest percentage of red haired people.
WRONG - Scotland has 13%. Learn something.
Aaron ikr
AND we dont eat more than 5 potatos a week!
Dont know what ur talking bout. Sure were all ginger leprechauns guarding our pots of gild at the end of the rainbows eating our potatoes and bread and line dancing while our farmer families ride into town in the horse and cart to go sell stuff at the market😂
(sarcasm if u couldn't tell^)
Just now I'm in Ireland and I was shocked too when I first drove on those small roads
I live in Ireland pitch and putt is a game where you only have two clubs a pitcher and a putter, in golf there are a lot more clubs for different things, the holes are shorter and the greens are smaller, it’s a tradition in my family to play it’s very enjoyable
The Irish built America 😂 soo it's actually America "copying" Ireland 🇮🇪 and most people in Ireland is used to weird roads so yknow 👌In the video you kinda come across like America was the first country to ever exist and everything in America is the right way but I suppose we'd be the same if we were to make this video you 🤷♀️
Amy Casey Kelly yea that’s most Americans
So cool. We're spending a month in Ireland now and we are loving the country side views. Looking forward to exploring more. Thanks for the tips on what to look for. Looking for more tips on best places to see not in the tour books! Thanks -Henry
Wow. Thanks so much. I'll check those out and we'll definitely be careful on the roads. Love getting personal recommendations! -Henry
Very cool. Thanks!😀
You watched too much of "Father Ted" :-P
Hey! I love Ireland. If you can check out the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival down Cork way. Fantastic for 'the craic' People are great, and Cork City, some of the best food in Ireland.
Hope you thoroughly enjoy your vacation. 🕊🐝
Awesome. I'll look into it. Our youngest is very into guitar music right now, so this might be perfect! -Henry
We call them speed bumps in Dublin not Ramps
Solano I think all of Ireland says speed bumps too because I do too
Solano u call them both in Northern Ireland but mostly ramps
Irish ppl are great drivers, the small country roads are no bother to us 😂