Diane Jennings How can they screw up spelling your name? Why do you hate the Brits? Diane does not need a tan. Diane looks nice the way she is. Diane never has a bad hair day. €8 for Lucky Charms is a travesty.
When my daughter was in Girl Scouts many years ago, each troop had to pick a country to represent and put on a skit at their annual meeting. My daughter's troop chose Ireland. I suggested that the girls all get drunk and fight. Their troop leader apparently had no sense of humor.
when the conversation is between two americans they will refer to themselves as Irish, Italian, English etc...because we already assume they are American unless it's obvious they are native born Irish etc.
And if we're a mutt like me, we can be heard to say something like "I'm French, Dutch, English and Irish". Diane is confusing our claim as _being_ X when in reality we're claiming our _ancestry_ of X.
@@KimberlyGreen and how. I'm assembled in America with various European parts. 23andMe says I'm 17.9% "Broadly Northwest European." That's a fair bit that they couldn't sort! Borders changed and people moved and the sites do update me from time to time.
The ignorance of Irish/British geography drives me crazy as a teacher. It's not a difficult issue...it really isn't. Surprised it wasn't higher on your list. Always good to see Tammy!
I feel the pain of the accent thing. I’m from the American South, and NOTHING peeves me more than a bad southern accent in a movie or tv show. GRRRRRRRR!
Agreed. It's especially bad when the Brits play Americans. The bizarre extra exaggerated hard Rs and the "what planet" hybrid blustering Southern Colonel type accents are atrocious. Every time I watch PBS and a British mystery has an "American" character it's cringe city.
Depends on which part of the south you're from. Some accents are really subtle, others are nice and thick. My southern accent when I do use it is a Southern Arkansas accent. Even though I'm from Nevada. My step family are from Hotsprings, AK and relocated out west. The accent stuck to me as a kid.
I want to expand on number 8. Several times I got into an argument when somebody said that as an Irish-American I'm Anglo-Saxon. If you ever want to anger an Irish-American just say that.
@Britain’s Briton I wouldn't expect a Brit to understand the difference between citizenship and ethnic group. Simply put your opinion hasn't mattered since 1776 and my Great Grandfather who immigrated here didn't care so why should i?
@Rusty Shackleford really the term WASP is a prejudicial remark made by Catholics against Protestants especially anglicans but it can also be used as a reference against other denominations Protestants I mean even though it may not apply. Also one final point just to let you know I am Catholic and I have Irish ancestry the most likely I have native American English and German so just call me Heinz 57 until I find out.
Ed, I agree. Other than the few remaining Native Americans, almost everyone in America came from somewhere else. So when we ask each other this, we already know we are proud Americans..we are just trying to figure what country each other's miscreant ancestors got kicked out of...
Diane did a video about this type of thing last year. When I was in Europe last year and someone asked where I came from, I always answered “Northern Virginia” instead of “the United States.” If someone asked my nationality, I’d say “American.” If someone asked my ethnicity I’d say “English and Welsh.” And I have plenty of friends with Irish ethnicity, and they basically answer similarly. Of course, it’s not always that simple. My English ancestors were from Yorkshire, so a large fraction of my English ancestry is really Danish/Swedish, since the Vikings controlled Yorkshire for a good 200 years. I’m sure Diane’s Irish ancestry is substantially Scandinavian too since the Vikings from Norway, Sweden and Denmark overran much of coastal and Northern Ireland at the same time they overran northeastern England. A pure Irish (Celtic) person would not have blue eyes and blond hair like Diane, so she’s expressing the Viking phenotype rather than the Celtic phenotype.
"He was quite fond of the drink. T'was the drink that killed 'im." "How terrible! He was an alcoholic." "No, he was hit by a Guiness truck. So it was quite literally the drink that killed 'im."
@@amistry605 Hm... Lenny (who you've seen if you've seen any of Diane's US travel videos), Dr. Sarina, Vanessa, Martin, Emman (all from the Try channel)...
At the Irish wedding reception, the D.J. yelled... "Would all married men please stand next to the one person who has made your life worth living." The bartender was almost crushed to death, but is expected to survive.
The bad irish accents in movies and TV shows... I can relate to this on such a soul level HAHAHAHA x'D but then the more over the top... the funnier I guess?? S'up Diane ;D hahaha
Love both of your channels, two of the few I've subscribed to. Yes Diane, my name is Patrick. Very few friends refer to me as Paddy and in limited instances. Any one who says Patty I'll refer them to my Aunt, cut them off from alcohol, or destroy their souls with an evil eye lol ( ok an exaggeration)
One thing to keep in mind about Americans is that many of us are of mixed ancestry. For example, I'm (in no specific order) Scottish, English, and German. I've also taken one of those genetic ancestry tests and find I may also be Irish, Nowegian, Swedish, and French. My wife is from India but also of Burmese, English, and Irish ancestry. My son, therefore, is (deep breath) Scottish, Irish, English, German, Indian, Burmese, Nowegian, Swedish, and French, Whew! So what do I call myself? American! But I celebrate all of my ancestry.
Both my parents were born and raised in Ireland and when someone asked me "How do you find Ireland?" (thinking it was my first time there, not the twelfth) my uncle Jim jumped in and said, "Yerra, sure wasn't he half-reared in Ireland!" My all-time favorite compliment.
Whaaa😱 Aoife makes perfect sense😉 Yeah have gotten some weird pronunciations over the years. Spotted the NY starbucks team having a conference at the end of the counter. They put the cup up & ran away from it, that's how I knew it was mine😂
@bbonner422 Ah sure what can you do, it's a different language. I just use it as a conversation starter when abroad & have a laugh about it. Last time I was in US was Vegas a few years ago & someone pronounced my name Oovie. Got so excited over a new mispronounciation & it somehow seems closer than the usual A-I-O-FEE 😄
When we travelled through Ireland, I was able to understand almost everyone, regardless of the accent they had, with one exception. We were in Kenmare, trying to find our Bed and Breakfast. I saw a man walking, rolled down the window and asked him for directions. He spoke for at least a full minute, giving us the directions. I thanked him and drove on. My wife asked me if I understood what he told me. The only word I was able to understand was Post. I think he was telling to turn some way at the post office. We were lucky enough to see it across the river and found our way to it.
Tom McCafferty I’m from Kentucky Lol Irish people need to come down to Appalachian Kentucky. Outsiders of Kentucky have no clue what they’re talking about. I think it’d be funny to see an Irishman and an Appalachian argue about something.
You’d be more likely to meet someone else with an American accent in kenmare during the summer months tbh! But yes, if you get a local (particularly and older one) you’re not going to have a breeze. I’m from Dublin and I seriously struggle with a strong Kerry accent
I'm sort of "Irish American" - I can trace my family tree back there and my DNA test came back 57% Irish, but I can't find anyone who came over any more recently than like 4 generations ago, so any semblance of actual Irish culture is long gone.
Neilis that’s about where I’m at. My great great grandfather was Irish and his wife was Scottish. My poor mother was unknowingly telling me as I grew up that I’m scotch-Irish. Once I learned that there is a difference between “scotch-Irish” and “Scottish and Irish” I taught her. Unfortunately she had been saying it for so long that she still says it incorrectly and it peeves me to no end!
@@hutchison82 Sorry no... Same Celtic roots that later moved on to Ireland and then to Scotland. Vikings did invade ALL of the British Isles (and most of coastal Europe all the way down to Melfi, Italy!)... but Wales isn't Normandy.
Yeah, for real. A dude once berated me because I said I'm Irish and he said, "No you're of Irish descent. You're American, not Irish." I thought that I'm of Irish descent was implied when I said I'm Irish....
No Irishman is drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass and not fall off the face of the Earth! Everyone knows that! But it goes for Scots as well!
Good vid. In re: naming practices of Irish immigrant families. I myself am a baby boomer whose Falls Road born dad and Irish American mom sought out Irish names in books that no one else in the family had used for me and my sibs. Their respective families had a lot of John's and Mary's and my mom reviled nicknames. Our neighborhood Irish American kids had parents who did no research so our friends included lots of John's and Kathy's. But the second generation Irish parents have been doing research. One of my cousins (and her Irish born husband) adopted four South Korean children and gave them IRISH names and then had to explain to others "no it's not a Korean name, it’s Irish. The kids, by the way love saying "No it’s Irish" defiantly to the curious.
Craig Hodge not impressed with the guy I hear the same shit everyday about celebrities from the right wing when one of them says something they don’t agree with.
Oh, yeah, food. I was in Thailand in 1989 and had a catfish curry at a restaurant that was little more than a converted gas station. It was in the middle of nowhere, the outdoor tables were rusty and rickety, and they had rolls of toilet paper for napkins, but it was one of the best dishes I've ever eaten. I still think about it from time to time.
I am from MI originally, and my mother was from the UP. My grandad came from Cornwall, and I guess there were other Cornish that settled in that part of Michigan. As a kid, we often would have Cornish pasties. They are kind of like a beef stew that is wrapped in a pie, then baked. There were always incredibly delicious. But since coming to the south, they do not have them here. I miss pasties! 😥
I'm from Maine here in the United States and I get just as annoyed when they ALWAYS get the accent totally wrong. I just subscribed. Love it Diane! Good stuff. Your videos will help me not get everything arseways if I ever come to Ireland. Oh yeah....drunk Irish girl cooks thanksgiving dinner 😂😂😂 Awesome!
Diane, I'm British, yes, a great grandmother who arrive in Southampton pregnant. However. I see myself as English, never had an issue with people from Ireland. Thank you for your comments about "Brits", you are a beautiful person, who has an open mind. Thank you. Ian
Never tried kerrygold, most of the time I'm too poor to buy Land o lakes. but I may splurge on a box or two when I get my tax refund, and make some killer ass banana bread
I like Kerrygold's Garlic and Herb butter, but it is pricey. It's $3.00 for 3.5 ounces. I know it's imported from Ireland, but did it have to travel first class?
All Irish dairy products are worth all my money! Take my money Ireland! Seriously milk and cheese doesn't taste good (I live in the US) anymore after having Irish cheese and milk.
I run into the ancestry question at least twice a week and it's always from the Irish. I love history and genealogy so just be prepared for a presentation including DNA test results because of how often it happens.
People in NE Alabama have some weird ways of pronouncing words and names. Like my grandma's name was Sarah, but all her relatives pronounced as either Sur-ee, or Say-rah. They'll also shift the 'a' at the end of female names to 'er.' One of her sister's was named Reba, but everyone called her Reber. My grandpa had a sister named Eva, and it was pronounced E-vur. Their mother had one of the worst names you could inflict on a female child ino, Getrude, and yet people managed to make it even worse. They called her Gurtty/Gurddy. His other sister was named Genida, and she was called Nider, Nitah, and Night, which I always thought was actually cool, but she herself was just completely awesome anyway.
Happy Friday, Diane! Hope all is well with you.I am quite certain that it doesn't seem like it would take much for you to be angry or even mildly irritated. You don't strike me as the type. I appreciate your insights and opinions each and every week. Always a pleasure to watch you on here Diane. Great video as always. Have a great weekend my lovely friend. Stay weird, my dear.
I am not Irish American. I've of Scots heritage. BUT...as a Southerner, I can totally understand hating the bad Irish accents. I feel much the same about most of the "Hollywood" "Southern Accent". Makes me grind my teeth. Outtakes at the end of this one.....priceless! Loved seeing Wee Scottish Lass! Cheers! DonP
I've done that with the conditioner. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Im Irish/ American, that's why I don't drink. I don't want to become fond of it, as it were. (Precautionary measures)
I love the part about the "Drinking Culture". I come from Irish, Polish and German stock and can never seem to get this way of life across to ANYONE. Keep up the good work! :)
I feel your pain with the bad accents. I live in the southern portion of the U.S. and every time I hear a southern accent in a movie or on TV I cringe. For some reason they think they sound good??? I wish they would stop.
My partner is from an italo-american part of Connecticut, where, having two italian grandmothers, her pedigree-obsessed classmates insisted that she was not half italian, but, "two quarters italian."
I love freckled pale girls. My wife is one. Foreplay starts with "I want to count your freckles". I got up to 12 once. Out of probably several thousand!
I'm in tears laughing, you really hit many of the annoying points, you'll next have to do a list of how to annoy an Irish person in America. No that list might get too long. Have a grand weekend Diane, thanks for the laugh.
I'm Irish American. Dad was born in Abbeyfeale and didn't leave the country until after he graduated university as a veterinarian in 1948. He had dark hair and blue eyes, 'classic' Irish coloring. He never lost his accent, which I can mimic quite well. I have his dark hair and and green eyes from my maternal Scots grandmother. When I was younger, total strangers would walk up to me and ask me if I was Irish! I found this amusing. I often speak English with Gaelic syntax and grammar the way Dad did. I get my share of odd looks when I do this, which I also find amusing. Speaking of getting angry; I'm slow to anger and not easily irritated, but when I start saying sarcastic insults with Dad's accent, watch out. When I start start saying sarcastic insults in *Gaelic*... run. LOL! ;)
We don't add on the "american" here in the US simply because it's implied that if your speaking with an american accent, then your referring to your ancestry and not where you were born. now I do actively call my grandparents German-American and Irish-Americans because they immigrated here and got their citizenship, but over all I've noticed that people who do add on "American" are usually 1st generation Americans that were born here but have been raised around the culture of where their parents came from. A big thing here is knowing where you or your family came from because of how many cultures have been mixed together here. I obviously consider myself American, but I do call myself Irish, German, and Portuguese since that's what my ancestry is.
I've been told that to do Irish spelling, you basically put several vowels in a bunch, then pronounce it with the ones you *didn't* use. The sample word they illustrated this with was "Taoiseach", pronounced (to the best approximation anyone not Irish can accomplish) "tea-shuck".
I'm an Irish American with my Dad and three grandparents from Belfast. I grew up in an Irish Neighborhood in San Francisco where the Irish Language was spoken by many of my friend's parents who were from Corca Dhuibhne. We had GAA Hurling and Football played in The City and were blessed with the Carroll's All-Stars playing the All Ireland winners each year. When it comes to accents, I grew up with the genuine article and can't stand the fake Irish accent. However, the Cork and Kerry people in my neighborhood thought my family's accent meant we were all Provos. We understand we are Americans, but we certainly aren't missing much of the Irish experience and upbringing. Oh yea, and 12 years of Catholic School with the Sisters of Mercy and Jesuits.
Ken K A lot of Americans like to pretend to be Irish. They’ve realised how shite it is to be American so because their great grandfather new someone who was half Irish they think they’re irish
They started selling Kerry's Irish Gold butter in my grocery store and now I'm hooked. I'll never go back to regular American butter ever. I'm willing to pay the extra money. It's worth it.
In terms of bad accents, I know the Irish have a voluminous amount of movies to flog for their hideous accents. As a Cuban-American, I wager (I may be wrong) that Irish folks don't have anything on the level of "Scarface.".Truly, a movie with a critical mass of hideously bad Cuban accents. Not surprising, as most of the actors cast were Italian (Al Pacino, Mary Elizabeth Mastrontonio, Robert Loggia). Only the guy playing Manolo (Steven Bauer) was Cuban. Nevertheless, even though the accents were off, I still love Al Pacino in that movie. What the accent lacked in authenticity, he at least delivered it with a lot of panache.
@@chipparmley - Oh no Chip! Terrible foreboding about how this would pan out. I can only imagine what Hollywood would do with the material given its current tendencies... Why is the current routine simply to remake/prequel/sequel 30-odd-year old movies, rather than come up with, uh, NEW material??? In the words of Kurtz at the end of "Apocalypse Now" : "The horror....the...horror..."
The "how Irish" thing is actually pretty understandable from an american perspective. My great grandparents came over from Ireland and I've grown up claiming that I have Irish ancestry. If anyone asked I would claim to be Irish-American. I don't know if that claim is necessarily valid anymore since I'm technically 3 generations away from any family that actually ever lived in Ireland but in America almost everyone is an import at some generation of their family. More weight is put on where your family originally came from than most people realize. So when I say I'm Irish it doesn't necessarily mean that I was born and raised in Ireland its more me claiming that my ancestors come from Ireland. The area that I live in is heavily populated by Irish, German, and Italian families that came over multiple generations ago and they separated themselves into communities on their own. So when you meet someone new a lot of times depending on their name people will be like "oh you're Irish aren't you?" or "Italian eh?" or something along those lines, its not meant to be mean or derogatory at all its just an inadvertent way that we "classify" each other. I think America is unique in this regard in that I don't know of any other nation that has the diversity of origins as we do. So I guess in the end we may claim to be of any nationality but we don't mean to insinuate that we are actually one of you. Its more of a claim of where our family came from.
You are absolutely correct with the accents. I am Irish American. My parents (God rest them) were Irish, with Dad being from Kerry and Mom being from Clare. Mom's accent was much softer than Dad's; I barely noticed Mom's accent, but Dad's Kerry accent was much thicker. While I was born in the US, we moved back to Ireland and I lived in Cork until I was 4. I do not have an accent, but my friends and students say they can hear a hint of one when I am upset or angry. But I DREAD when someone uses the phony accent. First, it is done poorly. Second, I take offense on behalf of my parents because it is almost a form of mockery. I love your videos, Diane. God bless you with happiness, health, humor, and holiness always. Thanks for sharing.
Gabriel Inglesias does a whole bit about being in an Irish bar on "st patty's day" where he speaks in a scottish accent and people ask him if he is Irish. Talk about annoying! And no, he is not doing it for the irony.
I’m caught in between American, Irish and honestly/unfortunately British. I was born in and spent half of my childhood in Belfast. I was teased for my accent in the US because other kids said it sounded like I was always asking a question 😃. I forced myself to lose it for a time but now I just speak naturally.
@@DianeJennings I liked it, although it was too long at 3 1/2 hours. The story has little to do with the character's Irish ancestry. The point is that he was involved with the Mafia, but wasn't of Italian descent.
Although I’ll admit there are a lot of plastic paddies here in America, it would be a huge generalization to say that all Irish Americans are like that. For those of us who actually keep our culture and are proud of our heritage, it pisses us right off to hear someone say “You’re not real Irish unless you were born here.” It’s an ethnicity, not a nationality. Get it right.
Wait. . .you mean all Irish people don't sound like the Lucky Charms' Leprechaun. . .😲 I believe the Irish are the only ones I have ever heard ask "how" we are Irish. . .and it was nice to see a cameo by the Wee Scottish Lass. . .I love her, too 😉👍👍
With you 100% on these! Your comments about the UK made me LOL!!! My family are Irish Americans (Toohill, Sheen, Powers, Burns, Gleason, OKeefe) LOVE your videos! And I love Guinness. Our local pubs name? “The Irish Circle”
😂 Rants are fun! I had one about grocery store lines the other day. I think it’s totally OK to just start calling these vids “10 things that annoy Diane.”
When I was living in England serving with the US Navy and spent some time in Montrose, Scotland, I was told by a Scot that to really piss off and Irishman, tell him that an Irishman is just proof that a Scot can swim. I never really knew what that meant. As for ancestry, my father always referred to any genealogical information as, "they all just came from a different litter."
I knew not to say St. Patty's Day, but I didn't realize Paddy was the nickname for Patrick (and Patty was specifically for Patricia). Now the whole St. Paddy's Day makes sense (I'm just a simple American). LOVE your videos! Thanks!
On the difference between Celtic races you could have mentioned the Cornish, the last remaining Celtic people and Language in England. Only a few people can still speak Cornish but it is taught now and has been registered as an Official Language. The Cork accent often gets confused with a welsh accent by people who don't know the difference.
Dana says- Wow, Editor Diane was firing on all cylinders. Fantastic edits- really made me smile. Add in an appearance by Wee Scottish Lass and you getting passionate about things that tic you off, and it's a 10 out of 10 video as far as I'm concerned.
I'm what they call Heinz 57. I have Irish and Native American parents. Love my heritage on both aspects! I'm American and definitely got the drinking game down!
Love it!!!! I am an American of Irish descent my name is Derek Quinn my ancestors came over sometime around the American Civil War through Canada and settled in Michigan Yeah that mistaking Scots for Irish and vice versa is annoying.
You're totally right, I did pay a lot of money for a small tub of Kerrygold here in Iowa, but I did it because you said it's great. And you know what? It's soooooo great, we love it! They have a couple of the cheeses too, but one expensive food item at a time!😉
I'm what you might call an Irish American. But I was born and raised in the south, so I'm a southern boy. I did however got the Irish passport, partly for EU access. Sometimes I can get Kerry Gold at Walmart for a good price. Also I hate when people name their kids after cities in Texas.
Oh, I feel ya on the accents. Movies never get Louisiana accents right. NOLA accents are more like east coast ones than the rest of the south. Some of us don't even have regional accents. I don't. A lot of people are surprised I'm from the south. Never lived out of state, but if I moved anywhere else, there is so much food and so many ingredients you can only get here. When my sister moved to Nebraska, she'd have us ship Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning (aka Tony's) to her. You can luckily get that online. We use that shit on everything. Always a must in gumbo and jambalaya. You can use it on chicken, to spice up a sandwich, to spice up stews or soups, etc.
The only time I did a successful Irish accent was by accident. I lived in Glasgow for a year (3rd year of Uni) and though they would make fun of you fiercely if you picked up any of the various Scottish accents (inadvertently - it happens), they don't pick up on the fact that you develop their cadences- and I did not notice that I had. I went to Europe to visit family and I kept getting asked if I was Irish. I couldn't figure out why until a friend told me it was my cadence. Mix an already mixed Appalachian/Ohio accent with Glaswegian cadences and apparently you sound Irish to everyone from the US, New Zealand, Australia and Europe (but not Irish people or English people).
My little rural grocery store in the Ozarks has Kerry Gold butter at a very reasonable price, the best butter in the world. I did hear a new Irish drinking joke that started with "An Irishman walked out of a bar..."
As an American I get annoyed by people referring to themselves as irish or Italian ect. It's a weird identity crisis thing Americans seem to have where we want to feel unique so we cling to the 20% of our bloodline from 4 generations ago. If all Americans just viewed themselves as American across the board we wouldn't have nearly as much division
Hey, the great thing about being a hillbilly in Kentucky, our accent is so strong that we never pronounce the "T" letter properly; we say it with a "D" sound. We may spell St. Patty's day wrong but we never pronounce it wrong lol.
I'm American of Irish descent and if I say I am Irish and if someone ask me how and I don't know them, I will just say none of your business and what happens next is up to them. I really don't like to be questioned about how I am Irish.
I've never thought of myself as Irish American. I'm an American of Irish heritage. Patrick is the anglicized version of the Irish name Padriac. So Paddy, Patrick, and Padriac are interchangeable. There is a darker side to the images of leprechauns than there is today. In the late 19th and early 20th century the Irish immigrants were often portrayed as drunken pugnacious sub human beings. (What you see in the mascot of the Boston Celtics is a very sanitized version of one of those images.) I also recall reading about the physical appearance of young boys dying from malnutrition during the Great Hunger. That description pretty much matched leprechauns.
Former Brother-in-law was 6’2”, dark hair, but slim 100% Irish heritage. His cousin was the same but built like a Mack truck. The Club Soda drinks are not as good as they are in Ireland.
Lyons Toffeepops! Really hard to find in America and not on Amazon. Sometimes I have to bribe my cousins to send some over or pack their bag full when they visit.
From a hoary old college class on languages... The "Irish" accent that's been "carefully" cultivated by Hollywood is an accurate Irish accent from the 19th century. The language and accent just drifts over time. Another fun footnote is the American southern accent is closer to 18th century "high-born" English than modern English today!
Angus Mcthag The influence of gaelic would have still have been strong at the point.with many even learning english in america. The famine obviously killed people,but it also killed off irish(as wecall it) as the everyday tongue so the modern irish accents are heavily influenced by the fact that we speak english as the everyday language,that would have been the case in the 19th century.
Some of us have ancestors that came over in the 1800's and it just gets "blended" in over time like all the rest. When you come to America, you become a part of it and it becomes a part of you, kinda like any home. I refer to myself as Chicago Irish- mostly(ethnically) Irish, usually mixed with something else, avoids the sun like a vampire (can't hide those jeans,) and can recite every line from the Quiet Man. Sorry that's all I got, but I'm still PROUD of it ;)
Well mom is Irish, dad is American, me born in Ireland, moved to Texas because of dad's job. Have been back to Ireland twice in my life, which is sad. And I only get annoyed when I run out of ammo at the shooting range HAHAHA !! Love the video...
I didnt know Fassbender was Irish. OH and now that you mention it, I bought Kerrygold. ONE STICK was 2.50. You can get the 4 stick lb on sale for 3 .30. So if you feel that pain for everything else, i can sympathise.
When I was little I had 2 Irish friends. One was Protestant,blonde hair with 6 or 7 brothers and sisters. No redheads or black hair among them. The other was catholic and had black hair and fair skin. I knew nothing about the conflict or even the difference between The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. I played with both but they never played with each other. Sad.
