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English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: IRI5HJ4CK on February 27, 2009, 18:16:16
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Hi everyone,
I just had a thought, what sort of tradition's do you have in your country?
In Ireland, its mainly music, Irish dancing, Traditional Irish music, Ceilidh Bands (I used to be in one) etc.
An example of Accordion playing, for Irish dancing (Used to play for the Irish dancers myself too): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuhbuQHRNfU
There is also a main competition in Ireland, its been going for years, its known all over Ireland, its called the "Fleadh Ceoil", "Ceoil" is music in Irish. People can enter from all over the world, last time, when I got to the all Ireland (Final event) On the accordion, There was an American accordion player there too.
I was lucky hehe, I came second in the all Ireland on the accordion :) I was shocked!
So, whats the tradition's of your country?
Jack
p.s. I also play the piano :)
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Drinking tea (but I don't)
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In Britian, we:
Que, Complain, shoot people(in the north), swear, have kids at 16(in the north), eat marmite, get divorced, watch football(or rugby or cricket), drink cups of tea, listen to RnB, hip hop all that modern rubbish, have a roast dinner on a sunday, read the sun, let journalists ruin our lives, pay taxes, see reports of how our country is rubbish but when its really a beautiful country, hate France, have banter and watch TV. yes, thats britain.
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Haha, this is our form of entertainment :-* :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_6uMSwoAe8&feature=related
Jack.
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Mainly it's the faroese dance(which I'm not an fan of) basically what you do is sing some very old folksong and take one step to left, two step to right, it can be very loud when the old guys get serious and yell the song
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Here in America? We just sit down all day thinking. Thinking about what we are going to have for dinner. For entertainment, we just go to clubs lol.
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Hmmm... I think that the British and American entrants in the "state your traditions" competition do their countries a grave injustice.
A few random Southern English (Surrey/Sussex/Hampshire) traditions:
Morris Dancing
Maypole dancing
Thatched rooves
Jellied eels
Cockles & Whelks
Personal space requirement, three times that of a typical New Yorker
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hm... germany ... BEER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Puil0j8B4
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Meet Holland ;D
(http://www.freewebs.com/spun_measured_and_cut_elbows/DSC00193.JPG)
(http://www.bene-scriptum.nl/afbeeldingen/elfstedentocht.jpg)
(http://www.amsterdamimage.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2127&g2_serialNumber=2)
(http://www.eukicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/back-zest-nike-air-max-90.jpg)
(http://www.motorhoutrust.nl/images/lib/filevoorbij/file5.jpg)
(http://www.minbuza.nl/binaries/afbeeldingen-nieuw/foto-album/nederland-in-beelden/detailfoto-s/135.jpg)
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Eat plenty of curry. :thumbs:
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Turkey: Turkish delight!
England: Football!
Austria: Skiing!
Antarctica: Snow.
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In Britian, we:
shoot people(in the north), swear, have kids at 16(in the north)
Those things remind me soo much of Middlesbrough ;D
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This is what I believe British traditions are: (In priority order)
1. Drinking lots of tea.
2. Moaning and complaining. In my opinion we're best at it, we can complain very well when we want to. :evil:
3. Don't know really.
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Norwegian Traditons:
Pay lot of taxes and gas fuel price ;D.
fotball. following on Champions League in england.
skiing. walk in the nature.
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Germans gets very fast angry, if a bad driver drives infront of us >:(
:D
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Here in Australia, "Marmite" is something you say when your Pa asks you if your mother is going out. We eat Vegemite:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/vegemite.jpg)
which is guaranteed to put hair on your chest and make a man out of you. We also drink a lot of beer:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/kangaroo.gif)
In fact, we drink so much beer that our naval vessels are constructed entirely from empty beer cans:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/beercanregatta2.jpg)
We also take pleasure in thrashing our former colonial overlords at the game which they invented:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/cricket.jpg)
Both we and our kiwi brothers enjoy thrashing them at the other game they invented, although it has recently become a tradition that the kiwis also thrash us at it:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/bledisloe.jpg)
But we are still good friends. Such good friends that we provide a home to all those kiwis who are no longer welcome in their own country:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/kiwis.jpg)
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/russellcrowe.jpg)
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Norwegian Traditons:
Pay lot of taxes and gas fuel price ;D.
do not forget that Norway has a tradition of mind to smuggle cheap Swedish meat across the border! ;D
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from mexico: we do celebrations on december called posadas , we breack a piñate , eat a fruit juice called ponche
we have a kind of ships called chalupas (see in youtue a funny accident search for titanic mexicano)
bands called mariachis , and our food , there is the pozole ( maize in chili with meat) enchiladas there are a lot of enchiladas zuisas , mineras etc)and our multicolor dresses for the traditionals parties
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Germans gets very fast angry, if a bad driver drives infront of us >:(
:D
Especially Dutch drivers? NL = Nur Links?? ;)
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Here in Australia, "Marmite" is something you say when your Pa asks you if your mother is going out. We eat Vegemite:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/vegemite.jpg)
which is guaranteed to put hair on your chest and make a man out of you. We also drink a lot of beer:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/kangaroo.gif)
In fact, we drink so much beer that our naval vessels are constructed entirely from empty beer cans:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/beercanregatta2.jpg)
We also take pleasure in thrashing our former colonial overlords at the game which they invented:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/cricket.jpg)
Both we and our kiwi brothers enjoy thrashing them at the other game they invented, although it has recently become a tradition that the kiwis also thrash us at it:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/bledisloe.jpg)
But we are still good friends. Such good friends that we provide a home to all those kiwis who are no longer welcome in their own country:
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/kiwis.jpg)
(http://web.aanet.com.au/~kuusuru/russellcrowe.jpg)
Haha, I like the sound of Australia very much indeed :lol: You sure your not related to us with the Beer side of things? :lol:
Jack.
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Haha, I like the sound of Australia very much indeed :lol: You sure your not related to us with the Beer side of things? :lol:
A former premier of Queensland was fond of saying on St Patrick's day that "One-third of Queenslanders have Irish ancestry; the other two-thirds wish they did" ;D
I'm one of the two-thirds; Danish/German on my mother's side, English/Scots on my father's, but that doesn't stop me enjoying the odd Kilkenny :thumbs:
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Well one of the favorite Latvian dishes is a fruit bowl in a hollowed out watermelon, except the fruit isn't in water/watermelon juice, it is soaking in Vodka.
I'll get some pics tomorrow of some of the Latvian art we have in our house.
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A former premier of Queensland was fond of saying on St Patrick's day that "One-third of Queenslanders have Irish ancestry; the other two-thirds wish they did" ;D
I'm one of the two-thirds; Danish/German on my mother's side, English/Scots on my father's, but that doesn't stop me enjoying the odd Kilkenny :thumbs:
If you've got English/Scot's on your Father's side, its quite possable you've got some Irish ancestry, at some point ;D
Irish get everywhere :lol:
Jack.
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Here in Sweden they (not me) are dancing around a pole dressed up in flowers and singing songs. it's called 'midsommar' to celebrate that it's sommar again.
maritiem
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Wash our cars on a Sunday
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If you've got English/Scot's on your Father's side, its quite possable you've got some Irish ancestry, at some point ;D
Irish get everywhere :lol:
Jack.
And if you're Irish, you wil have English ancestors as well.
Like everyone in the British Isles, I've got Danes, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Picts, Ires, Britons, Scots, Celts, Phoenician, Romans, Greeks, Gauls, Persians (to name a few, specifically) and every other nationality as an ancestor, somewhere along the line.
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do not forget that Norway has a tradition of mind to smuggle cheap Swedish meat across the border! ;D
hehe. you got 100% correct there ;D
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Especially Dutch drivers? NL = Nur Links?? ;)
haha yes, if i would wirte down every single shortcut joke like NL, it would take about 5 hours! :lol:
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Hmmm... I think that the British and American entrants in the "state your traditions" competition do their countries a grave injustice.
A few random Southern English (Surrey/Sussex/Hampshire) traditions:
Morris Dancing
Maypole dancing
Thatched rooves
Jellied eels
Cockles & Whelks
Personal space requirement, three times that of a typical New Yorker
You are right Terry! I should show some pride. (Sorry I know this topic is old). Here in America, we like to take care of our ships and keep them clean. (Like so):
(http://ssunitedstatesconservancy.org/images/Radler1_000.jpg)
For entertainment, we like to play sports. Such as martial arts, Baseball, Football, and some of us, who don't DO that sports, just love to watch them! A lot of us these days are getting into computers! America is filled with pride and we never go down without a fight here (Not always good)! ;D
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I thought you were English? :o ;D
Isn't that the SS United States? isn't that rusty and up for the breakers now? :P ::) :lol:
Jack.
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You are right Terry! I should show some pride. (Sorry I know this topic is old). Here in America, we like to take care of our ships and keep them clean. (Like so):
For entertainment, we like to play sports. Such as martial arts, Baseball, Football, and some of us, who don't DO that sports, just love to watch them! A lot of us these days are getting into computers! America is filled with pride and we never go down without a fight here (Not always good)! ;D
I thought you were British :-\
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I thought you were English? :o ;D
Isn't that the SS United States? isn't that rusty and up for the breakers now? :P ::) :lol:
Jack.
I thought you were British :-\
Nah! I just let him hold my flag while I was scrubbing the deck of that ship. It took a while, as I only had a spare toothbrush. ;D
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No, I am American.
Despite his use of the British flag, Mr Firestar is American (above)
Hehe...good one Terry. But yes, you did do a great job with that toothbrush.
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Ah i see, i guess i've must been confused with another Firestar, the 12 yr old British kid who wanted to sue the Disney channel because Hannah Montanah insulted the Titanic.
My mistake, i get confused easily with all those name and flag changes lately :thumbs:
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Ah i see, i guess i've must been confused with another Firestar, the 12 yr old British kid who wanted to sue the Disney channel because Hannah Montanah insulted the Titanic.
My mistake, i get confused easily with all those name and flag changes lately :thumbs:
I have already said this many times on this forum before, the 12 did not represent my age. It was supposed to be '124' but I made a typo. And I never said I wanted to sue them. I said I was writing them an angry letter. Please Ballast. You know I am not 12 I have even told you in PMs. I feel like you are doing this to antagonize me and I do not like that. ;)
I thought you were English? :o ;D
Isn't that the SS United States? isn't that rusty and up for the breakers now? :P ::) :lol:
Jack.
Shhh!
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Hi Firestar.
As you and Ballast are both Dutch, you should really be talking in a much more laid back way. Just take a deep breath and chill out, man.
It isn't like you've suffered any harm from his comments. ;D
But I guess if you're 124, you might be allowed to be a bit crusty.
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But I guess if you're 124, you might be allowed to be a bit crusty.
How old are you in Earth years? And how old is Fred in Earth years?
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You groundlings don't have the mathematics to express my age.
As for Fred, he's young enough to be my XzhhQzX**¬@~AJJK, as we say back home.
[edit - typo] It's ~#KK before HKGG#!, isn't it?
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You groundlings don't have th emathematics to express my age.
As for Fred, he's young enough to be my XzhhQzX**¬@~AJJK, as we say back home.
Can I be your dan;!@#32Å“daÂ¥s5Φdv♫s%R$#? ;D
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I don't think the collar and leash would fit you.
Now, more traditions:
When my wife moved to Selsey from New Jersey (right next to New York City), she phoned me up in the first week, asking "What's happened? I walked into the village and it's deserted! What's going on?".
The answer of course was "It's Wednesday".
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Here in Colorado skiing/snowboarding is like walking for most of us. One thing that happens every year is that the first day of the ski season a lot of people wear a bunch of crazy stuff (Bunny suits, just a swimsuit) and go skiing. The first and last day of ski season are a big deal for us.
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Here in Muskoka, we mostly do boating since we have a lot of lakes.
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Would that mean Much RC boating as well? is the water suitable? (As in, much weed etc.?)
Jack ;D
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We also like our herrings raw with unions. Yammie yammie
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We also like our herrings raw with unions. Yammie yammie
That's also popular here. One of my favourites!
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I'll grant you Brits something, you do good Fish and Chips :lol:
In Ireland, we can't do anything with potatoes, just grow them, and eat them as is, get us to try and make them into chips, and you'll get nowhere :lol: :D They taste like mush :lol: ;D
Jack.
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In Galway there is a restaurant that makes a rose-flavoured creme brulé, My wife absolutely adores that one. Sometimes we've flown there for the evening, just so that she can eat that.
So don't put Irish cuisine down too much, Jack!
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I think the most british dish is actually curry! :D
we love it that much!
and ofcourse us brits enjoy a good bit of meat, a yorkshire pud, roast potatoes, some veg, and ofcourse, gravy! ;D
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Sorry to raise this respectfully aged topic, but I have a serious question for you British folks. Over here we have a food called "English Muffins". What do you guys call them? Regular muffins, or English muffins, or something totally different? I have wondered this for a long time and an answer would be great. Thanks! :) ;D
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Muffins.
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Muffins.
Ok, here is where it gets interesting. If you call English Muffins Muffins, then what do you call regular muffins?
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Muffins
But what is the difference? I'm only familiar with muffins. I don't know which of your types is the same as the type I'm familiar with.
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These are our English Muffins.
(http://mimicooks.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/toast-english-muffins.jpg)
These are our regular muffins.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Muffin_NIH.jpg)
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First one is muffins.
Second one is tea-cakes or muffins...
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Ah...I have been wondering about that. Thanks! ;D
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Ha-ha. Look above.... :evil:
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They are all just "muffins" to us.
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Here in the US americans eat, work allot and become couch potatoes and drink a bit, well at least my dad does :doh: :lol: BUT im Canadian and we play Hockey, jog, bike, go swimming, go tobogonning, snowmobiling in certain areas, and other things hmmm everything else is nothing out of the ordinary :thumbs:
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Hmmm...Many of my topics seem to have come back from the dead :lol:
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Yes odd indeed...took long enough :lol: ;)
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It wasn't really dead. Just attending an out-patient appointment. ;D
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yumm, english muffins ;D and yumm muffins :D
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is it true that in america your supermarkets are like 4 times the size of our english supermarkets? i heard alot of you guys do most of your shopping like once a month and buy by bulk, is this true?
Im just interested to know :)
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Sorta well how big are your supermarkets? Ours are umm I dont know the square footage , but the once a month, sorta, some people go to Costco (look it up if you dont know about it) and get huge bins of ice cream and etc, but realisticly steak and chicken wont last a month, milk wont last a month orange juice wont last a month, cause ill drink it, we go to the grocery store umm at least 2 times a week and spend 100$ or more :thumbs:
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nice thanks that was just something that i wanted to know was true or not :thumbs: