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Originally Posted by cba1067950
yes lots of rednecks on long island.
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Good, we agree on something.
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its funny that you consider derogatory slang language skills.
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Colloquialisms and profanities are part of the language. Atleast I have a basic command of syntax and grammar.
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something you learned in school? thats tax money well spent.
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For the record, I went to Catholic school.
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"alright kids... this is how you insult italians. "
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We didn't need classes. the ones in my old neighborhood set themselves up.
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yea you must have a lot of street cred.
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I was unaware one could accumulate "street cred" from posting on an internet forum. Can I cut a rap album now?
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quite the witty insult though. i mean shit... attacking peoples spelling on an internet message board? its original. its hip. you put the mockery in i-mockery let me tell you.
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Come on. Just use a spellcheck. Most will correct your grammar, too.
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you watched that special on tv too?
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Or maybe he's been to lower Manhattan and has seen the still heavy Irish influence. Maybe he's heard of the Westies or Tammany Hall.
You know the movie
Gangs of new York? Its a fictional story based on the nonfiction book
The Gangs of New York.
About 10 years ago, PBS ran a miniseries called
The Irish in America that went into organized crime in NYC.
In his book,
How the Irish Saved Civilization, Thomas Cahill brushes on it.
This is not a new subject that was only brought up because of an over dramatic Scorsese film.