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Sunday, October 2, 2005

Any Irish readers out there?

I'm trying to identify the Hiberno-English aspects of this article, but I'm afraid that since I was born in the Netherlands, I've met with limited success thusfar and would greatly appreciate some insights (or craic, if all else fails). It's been too long since I did my BA thesis in fair Baile atha Cliath.

Any and all insights welcome, both through email or in the comments section.

It's for a good cause, you might just help me to ace a course in 'Cross-cultural journalism' (which is required if I want to get my MA degree in journalism anytime soon), or at the very least, prevent me from flunking it.

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Hmm, don't know what the problem is, I'm American and could read it without any difficulty...

Douglas (ip:207.237.254.216) 2 October 2005 - 10:58 uur

I'm Dutch and I can read it too ;-) But it seemed to me the way humour is used in the article has very Irish aspects. Brits tend to use a lot more understatements ('This may not have been the right course of action', after a bad decision has caused thousands of casualties'); Americans are a bit more straightforwardly ironic and/or downright cynical (http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/HarrietMiers/images/sack.jpg if you want an example). This is some sort of inverted sarcasm that I don't notice as much in British and/or American newspapers.

The course I'm following isn't just about the really big cultural misunderstandings, but also deals with more subtle differences.

Unfortunately, I lack the knowledge of Irish literature to properly explain why this article is different, and the phrase 'intuitive' might just not cut it with the professor ;-)

Thanks for your input.

Arjan Dasselaar (ip:83.160.148.167) 2 October 2005 - 12:17 uur

You might try Notre Dame University's site. They have a whole Irish STudies program. (We're Irish Catholic and my father and lots of relatives of mine went there.)
http://www.nd.edu/~irishstu/about.html

PJ (ip:69.166.203.224) 2 October 2005 - 18:07 uur

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