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Originally Posted by jwb
I never even heard the term island monkey for Irish people but potato monkey is funnier. Imho
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Neither have I, and yes it is. And it makes more sense.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I've heard island monkey as a slur against the English but not the Irish.
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I've never heard it at all, nor I think has anyone else, which is why Marie thought I was being racist, as generally you think of island as being you know, out in the Caribbean or somewhere like that.
I wonder what the best and most appropriate slur for us would be? Paddies and Micks is fine. I've heard muck savages, but that only applies to those outside Dublin, and usually way down in the south or over in the west. Also culchie, and no I don't know where it comes from. Other than that I don't know. Potato muncher? Lizzy I called us "that barbarous country" but that's hardly a slur really; we've a lot of barbers in Ireland. And Barbaras too.