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Course: Britain and other culturesSection: British views on IrelandSubtitles: en

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no

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oh that's his name I know his name but

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I've forgotten it to me yeah he's a Mark

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or a David

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who is this guy Tiger Woods are they all

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Irish they are all Irish yeah they don't

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like the English very friendly

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loveliest friends I went on a date with

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an Irish guy

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just loved it love the accent fantastic

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accent if I hear the word Irish

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yeah Ginger

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yeah

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oh

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so you were looking for an Irish Pub you

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can find one hiya welcome to easy

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English

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today I want to know what typical Brits

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think of the Irish but before that I

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want to see if the people of Brighton

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can guess all of these celebrities and

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see if they can figure out that their

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Irish nationality connects them all

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let's go okay so picture number one

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who's that

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okay don't know who that is no it looks

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no either like an actor or a boxer okay

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so the first picture is Conor McGregor

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Conor McGregor Conor McGregor Conor

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McGregor uh Conor McGregor do you know

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who that guy is

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my face is a bit familiar

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um not a clue who that is I have no idea

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who that is oh Natalie I'm brulia no I

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don't I have no clue who she is

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oh no clue I have no idea I don't

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actually know who that is no

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and yeah

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um I know him I know he's a actor

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oh David Beckham on my eyesight oh yeah

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but what's his name is um

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yeah yeah

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no idea uh I feel like I know how we've

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had but with that I am not so sure

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um no idea oh it's uh

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oh Sinead O'Connor well done very good

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Nothing Compares

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neither no he's a singer isn't he

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and then again I've seen him before yeah

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but I don't I don't recall exactly where

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but no again no clue not sure that's

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someone you'd know I got why is that

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someone I know I don't know I know Bono

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I know his name but I've forgotten it

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um not clear who that is sorry looks

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like a YouTuber I don't know him I think

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oh it's someone's doing gaming

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it looks like a YouTuber

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exactly oh that's jackseptice Kyle oh my

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dear oh

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yeah

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okay well this is

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well this is One Direction

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yeah without you

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that is from One Direction yes

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Liam

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any other takers Nile yes wow

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all right obviously she was a

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directioner we both were that's Nile

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horror yeah One Direction he's not Nile

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from One Direction is it Niall Horan

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nice right it's actually the probably

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the funniest one from One Direction

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what's his name uh Niall Horan uh it

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wasn't my favorite but who is your

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favorite One Direction obviously Harry

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Styles obviously obviously he looks like

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a golfer but I don't know I agree golfer

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yeah uh is he a golfer no idea but it's

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a golf person giving golf

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the golfer is it it's not Tiger Woods no

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Tiger Woods and then he's probably a

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golfer

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and so then then there is a correlation

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with all these people

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they all share one thing in common

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they men

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they were dyslexic just because it's not

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Irish

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yes he is

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they are all Irish Irish

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oh they're Irish they're all Irish

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are they all Irish

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what is like a stereotype maybe not your

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own opinion but what is a stereotype of

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Irish people uh very hospitable funny I

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like good the gift of the gab like good

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storytellers well yeah you hear the

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stupid ones like they all eat potatoes

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and stuff like that what else do we

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think about Guinness Guinness what I was

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fed yeah yeah

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longer ago than you it's very different

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things yeah

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um and actually they were quite racist

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stereotypes in the past oh really I

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don't know I think they drink a lot

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maybe yeah I never I don't think I know

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any Irish people I went on a date with

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an Irish guy around oh yeah he was yeah

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it went well no he was just visiting he

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did drink a lot actually we got some

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spoons

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don't make us say potatoes

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I mean I know that there were some awful

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signs that you know back in the sort of

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40s and stuff where it was Irish went

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um invited into places they weren't

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yeah yeah there would be no Irish no

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all sorts of other people as well have

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you ever spent time in Ireland do you

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know any Irish people I wish yeah I've

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got Irish classmates and Friends Sean

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from Camp pineapple so yeah yeah we know

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yeah he's a lovely he's from Cork I have

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some Irish I have some Irish in my in my

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family in my blood are there any

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different uh Brits do you think no no

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not at all they're all like very warm

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and a conversationalists maybe like the

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energy yeah yeah energy it's just like

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nice to be around people who like give

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off

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for the outgoing yeah yeah it's like a

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bright it's nice it's good to be around

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that energetic right yeah also the

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accent is beautiful

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any garlic accents yeah just loved it

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love the accent it's a fantastic accent

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yeah love the accent how is it different

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from like a British accent

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um in terms of how it sounds

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it's quite I feel like it's softer it's

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got like a yeah yeah but it can be it

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can be harsh too yeah it's more

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fricative there you go there you go you

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know Connie right you watch UFC I guess

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oh yeah what's that fight what would you

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say are some of his characteristics or

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character traits why is that proper

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confident thinks he's the best then you

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got smoke like a beep yeah you've been

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humbled him you're a big could be fun

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we could be a bit Moody yeah everyone's

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just a bit pissed all the time you go to

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London people are grumpy yeah if you

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could take one cultural aspect of

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Ireland or of the people and kind of put

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it into British culture into Britain

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what would you take that would improve

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British culture

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river dancing

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they're much better at Eurovision

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