John Waters once said, "if you go home with somebody and they don't have books, don't fuck them." Guys, if he has any of these books on his shelf, he's probably a keeper.
I might make a Buzzfeed list of all the times Buzzfeed has referred to Irish people/places/things as British. #2, Michael Fassbender, and #51, Domhnall Gleeson, are Irish.
Jesus, Ailbhe has been dining out on 'press', 'immersion', 'notions', 'gas' and 'wooden spoon' for years!
Here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ailbhemalone/how-stereotypically-irish-are-you
And here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ailbhemalone/how-irish-are-you
And…Â
A link through to this would be great, as Isherwood, Baldwin, Genet, Maupin, Hollingurst, Renault, Waugh, Forster and O'Neill are all on it http://www.buzzfeed.com/jackcasey/10-formative-books-every-young-gay-man-should-read-itt
It is! It was a toss-up between that and Into the West, but since Ondine also focuses on the selkie myth, I opted not to include The Secret of Roan Inish.
I have never heard my Irish mother use a single one of these phrases - in fact, she always taught us that you should never use the phrase "taking the mick/mickey", as it's a pejorative.
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