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RE: First Steps in Ireland
Hm, I thought "British Isles" is the correct term (as opposed to "Great Britain" or "UK").
But I understand that there is bad history. I did look into it a little bit before coming over.
I will find ALL the local specialties and I'll probably gain some kg, but that is a sacrifice I will have to make!
I would just avoid the term British or UK in general. There is no such place as the British isles officially it's more of an adopted term that we wouldn't accept here. It depends on what part of the country you are in but around my part it wouldn't go down very well.
For a person with an interest in history there is a long and storied past to read into. A lot of material there but very interesting. Plenty of movies on the subject as well.
There is the Republic of Ireland which contains 26 counties. Then there are the six counties in the north of Ireland which are occupied by Britain and that is technically part of the UK along with Wales and Scotland. It's been fought over for over 800 years and only calmed down about 20 years ago while there are still tensions in the north of the country. Things are a lot better now and there is a lot of co operation between the UK and Ireland but still a long way to go.
Okay, noted, I'll avoid the term then, thanks for pointing it out!
Being in the Republic of Ireland, I try to be careful about that anyway, as I can't really be sure how people's stance is. I'm just trying to integrate and avoid any obvious social mistakes (or "Fettnäpfchen", as the German says).
Nobody will be offended as you wouldn't be expected to know these things. But you might get corrected. 😃
Travelling anywhere is an experience and a learning curve as everywhere has its own past and it's own social intricacies.
The general rule of thumb is that if a person is polite and genuine they will be welcomed anywhere.
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This is confusing as hell thanks for posting this picture :-D
Americans would never be able to get this right even if you offered them a million dollars.
Eh, I guess it's a question of "do I need this in my life"? I didn't try to understand the differences before starting to consider moving to Ireland.
I couldn't recite all states of the US if my life depended on it. I am not even entirely sure how many there are, just that there are at least 50 (I think). I can somewhat point out where Texas, California, and Florida are, but New England? Is that even a state?
Geography is something you know when you need it, or when you're interested in it.
New England is just a region of the north eastern states like New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Basically all of the states that nobody has been to unless they have gone to Boston LOL.
See, that's just bullshit to confuse Europeans. :P