The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #22477 Message #243900
Posted By: GUEST,Antóin
17-Jun-00 - 08:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: Are You a Real Paddy or a Plastic Paddy?
Subject: RE: BS: Are You a Real Paddy or a Plastic Paddy?
God bless all the "Plastic Paddies" in the USA and elsewhere. At least they're all seeking something different even if they do get led astray into the cul-de-sac of "Wild Rover" type repertoires. But here's an idea for maybe another thread; does anybody have a description of the many Irish in Ireland (the majority) who conscientiously and deliberately try and copy all things American in music, food and clothes fashions?. There used to be a term, no longer much in vogue, "Seonínism" to describe the Irish who tried to ape everything English. I think there is a need of a special term to describe our present day pseudo-Yanks of the Emerald Isle.