Irish people say 'Fuck' a lot.
 

Really. Like, every fourth or fifth word. We've all picked it up without even noticing. It wasn't until tonight that I realized how much I've started saying 'fuck' in like, every sentence.

One of the greatest moments of the year:

My roommate is this really confident, articulate, opinionated, forceful, energetic Irish/Italian-American girl from Philly. She's going to be a lawyer. Not just she wants to be a lawyer, but she's going to be a lawyer, and a fucking good one. You meet her once and you know it's true.

She's also incredibly liberal. And so is her Dad. He heads up a trade union. But one thing he does not tolerate is cussing. She's got two equally brash and tomboyish older sisters, and her mom is the stereotypical "Fiery Italian" type - but they do not, none of them, ever cuss around her Dad. He won't stand for it. And he especially hates the 'F' word.

Only problem is, Irish people say 'Fuck' a lot. Which means my roommate's started saying it a lot too. Without really even thinking about it.

So one day, she's on the phone with her Dad. And they're talking about whatever horrible thing Bush has done lately. (I don't remember which one, this was a few months ago.) And they're having this incredibly impassioned conversation about how much Bush sucks. And my roommate's getting more and more worked up, and finally she just gets all fired up and exclaims,

"My god, Dad! He's such a FUCKER!"

And then suddenly she realizes what she's done. Her eyes go wide, and she stops talking entirely.

And her Dad doesn't say anything.

And he doesn't say anything.

Just dead silence on the line.

And she's sitting there, gripping the phone white-knuckled with this stricken look on her face. Just waiting to get yelled at.

And her Dad says nothing.

And then finally, after about forty-five seconds of complete and total silence, he finally speaks up:

"...Yes. Yes he is."

:D

(Maybe you had to be there.)

Feckin' Irish

How come you lot dont swear so much ?
When i asked my friend in Edmonton what she thought of me one of the first things she said was you swear alot :( is this a bad thing ?

Nobody says 'fuck' as much as New Yorkers. I was at this comedy show one time and one of the guy's jokes was that in NYC, 'fuck' is used as a comma. And that's pretty much true. But yeah, it is crazy the way you pick that up. I had no idea I said 'fuck' so much until I moved from NYC to DC.

People always ask me how I get away with swearing so liberally in my house, which I do. When I tell them both my parents are from New York City, they shut up.

Nah, I think it's great. 'Fuck' is an awesome word. People should use it more.

Heh. Another one of my roommates is from New York. (There are three, total. The third one's from LA.) She's not terrible about it. But then, she's also a nursing student. You probably can't be the kind of person who swears a lot, and want to be a nurse. :p

She does say 'Cawfee' and 'Sawce' though. It's great. :D

Yeah like with Utahns, CUNT is every other word.

At least with the Utahns I hang out with.

kiss me, i'm a quarter irish!

Funny, I thought that was a Scottish thing...

Maybe you're really in Scotland and you just don't know it. :eek:

i just have a really filthy scottish mouth.

Re: Irish people say 'Fuck' a lot.
 

This reminds me of Family Guy.

Re: Irish people say 'Fuck' a lot.
 

I'm sure some Christian websites would like to use that quote as evidence that Satan can easily become embedded in your soul if you even open the possibility to it by swearing once.

Fuck is a good word. But sex should really be a verb as well as a noun.

i say fuck.

It isn't? "I want to sex you up"?

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I don't need swearing to get the Devil into my soul. I've already got the Internet.

Colin Farrell says Fuck a whole lot for sure.

His behavior is pretty appaling but when he spoke in gaelic at the oscars it made my toes curl.

Yeah its great speaking gaelic and no other fuck knows what you mean , i do it in edinburgh alot the scottish capital and no one hear can speak it.Its a disgrace.

Mon some fuck call me and i can speak to you in gaelic, apart from you callum you worry me.

Yeah i use it alot and it wasnt til i went to the states i realised it is not a word to be used as i use it ie .

'That cunt over there'
'right you cunt hows it going'
' Mon you cunt lets head'

the fucking fucks fucked.

Strange thing is neither of my parents ever swear.

It's amusing when you see the decrease in usage of it in ireland once outside dublin

Hey, are you around, or did you go to Wales or something? I'm essentially only gonna be here for another week or so. We should hang out at least once before I leave. Maybe you can drag me to the National Museum or something. :p

my 4th grade teacher was irish, with an accent and everything.

she used to walk aroudn the class when we were writing essays and if she saw something she didnt like she would pick it crumble it up and say 'rubbish'!

strangely enough. she was my fav
orite teacher!

No, it isn't a true verb, it only acts as a verb in certain phrases. You can't say, "I want to sex you" or "He sexed me." I like the word sex because it has fewer connotations than fucked or made love to or even slept with.

The drinking age in Ireland is TWELVE!

I say stuff like this all the time.