tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post1700392657969076792..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: Reaction to surprises in one's ethnicityJohn Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-82851682558654646432013-07-31T09:33:22.390-04:002013-07-31T09:33:22.390-04:00Anon --
I understand what you're saying, thoug...Anon --<br />I understand what you're saying, though disagree slightly. The Italian-Americans who make a big deal about it tend to do so in a "Hey, we're paisans" sort of way; which is all about clannishness. In the greater NYC area, at least in the outer boroughs, a lot of them try to imply that they're "connected" (to the Mafia), even though very few of them actually are, or, if they are, it's in an I-know-a-guy-who-knows-a-guy sort of way. It's all a little hard to swallow. <br /><br />The Irish-Americans I've known, on the other hand, while they do make a big deal out of their Irishness, tend to do so in a more self-deprecating way, which is far easier to take. They'll make jokes about their thickheadedness, or their silliness on St. Patrick's day, or some such. If you haven't heard each of the individual jokes too many times, it can be quite charming.<br /><br />John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-61278954688560661762013-07-31T09:23:43.847-04:002013-07-31T09:23:43.847-04:00I've always found the whole "American of ...I've always found the whole "American of Irish or Italian extraction who just won't shut up about it" thing extremely annoying; perhaps it's because, as an actual European-European, it seems very needy for a European-American to want sooo badly to be something other than American (it's not clear to me what's wrong with being American). Have some pride in yourselves, hyphenated-Americans.<br /><br />I've actually met two Finnish-Americans who were about as annoying about it as your average Irish-American is, but hilariously they didn't seem to know the first thing about Finland (for instance, they were unaware that Finland was not an independent state until 1917).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-77412331193903802252013-07-30T03:19:55.519-04:002013-07-30T03:19:55.519-04:00LOL for real three times
LOL for real three times<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />W O Dnoreply@blogger.com