When I saw this thread I thought here we go,how long will it take someone to turn a well meaning thread into a political rant. What we have given the world or have our fair supply of is people who can start a fight in an empty room.

Without the desire to offend why did the likes of Oscar Wilde, Wellington etc put their Irishness on the back burner many of our literary greats adopted the mantle of the English upper classes. Some even out Englished the English in their accents and mannerisms, as I say nothing to offend just a funny point. Did we give the world contraryness?