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Posted: May 16 2010, 06:29 |
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| Quote (Michael Hilton @ May 16 2010, 00:08) | | My Mother, a decendant from wuthering heights leans on my emotional side,my Father the silent irish type clams me up! |
Hi Michael.
When you say your mum's from wuthering heights - do you mean your mum's from Haworth, where the Bronte sisters lived? I live close to those moors.
Being from both catholic Irish (mum's side) and British (dad's side) cultures, I could relate to Changeling. My mum seemed reticent to talk about her Irish roots, I wondered if it was a shame thing, but I was glad and relieved she did - it made more sense in terms of my own identity.
There are characteristis that seem distinctly or subtly different - the Irish being relatively classless, unconcerned with hierarchy, take people as they find them, open, passionate, emotional, ... The British on the other hand - generally more reserved, stiff upper lip - keeping it all in. Both known for a sense of humour - dry and observational. The Irish emphasise story telling and jokes, the British, more ironic, and sarcastic. Other cultures, like the Americas don't always get the dead-pan humour.
I work as a therapist - and I'm sure that's the Irish in me - equivalent to a Taro card or tea-leaf reader in a previous existence, and I like a good story 
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