Did the US Champs English Announcer on NBC just make an anti-Irish slur?

A friend with weed is a friend indeed,

but a friend with gold is better I'm told.

Shanty Irishman wrote:

Carrie Tollefson just made a comment indicating she did not know the direction of the wind except that it was coming from her left.

The English announcer asked if she had Irish Blood.

Carrie answered in the affirmative.

I would boycott if I wasn't interested in watching the 10,000 footage.

Not watching but, if it's Hutchings, recall that he caused a flutter a couple of years ago by calling Su Bingtian a "Chinaman."

Had to apologize for that. Maybe this will be another.

Shanty Irishman wrote:

Carrie Tollefson just made a comment indicating she did not know the direction of the wind except that it was coming from her left.

The English announcer asked if she had Irish Blood.

Carrie answered in the affirmative.

I would boycott if I wasn't interested in watching the 10,000 footage.

In the words of Bob Dylan: you don't have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing. "

Tollefson ain't an Irish surname, probably Scandanavian, plus she's a dumb blonde who went to Villanova so ...? she's gets a free pass ..

I must have miss something. What’s the problem?

ashman wrote:

Shanty Irishman wrote:

Carrie Tollefson just made a comment indicating she did not know the direction of the wind except that it was coming from her left.

The English announcer asked if she had Irish Blood.

Carrie answered in the affirmative.

I would boycott if I wasn't interested in watching the 10,000 footage.

Not watching but, if it's Hutchings, recall that he caused a flutter a couple of years ago by calling Su Bingtian a "Chinaman."

Had to apologize for that. Maybe this will be another.

This stuff about 'Chinaman' being offensive is getting silly. Why should 'Chinaman' be bad but 'Chinese man' be ok? Ridiculous how sensitive people are these days.

I didn't hear the Irish one, as described its just a non sequitur. Is the supposed implication that she was being stupid? We used to say that at school in the 70s...

BlimeyMate wrote:

Shanty Irishman wrote:

Carrie Tollefson just made a comment indicating she did not know the direction of the wind except that it was coming from her left.

The English announcer asked if she had Irish Blood.

Carrie answered in the affirmative.

I would boycott if I wasn't interested in watching the 10,000 footage.

In the words of Bob Dylan: you don't have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing. "

Tollefson ain't an Irish surname, probably Scandanavian, plus she's a dumb blonde who went to Villanova so ...? she's gets a free pass ..

Her grandmother was Irish. I heard it, didn't think it was a slur- just a funny exchange. They work well together.

Shanty Irishman wrote:

Carrie Tollefson just made a comment indicating she did not know the direction of the wind except that it was coming from her left.

The English announcer asked if she had Irish Blood.

Carrie answered in the affirmative.

I would boycott if I wasn't interested in watching the 10,000 footage.

The Irishmen I know wouldn’t think of boycotting over this, because they aren’t sensitive pansies.

theJeff wrote:

Shanty Irishman wrote:

Carrie Tollefson just made a comment indicating she did not know the direction of the wind except that it was coming from her left.

The English announcer asked if she had Irish Blood.

Carrie answered in the affirmative.

I would boycott if I wasn't interested in watching the 10,000 footage.

The Irishmen I know wouldn’t think of boycotting over this, because they aren’t sensitive pansies.

Exactly. I was joking if you couldn't tell from my username.

theJeff wrote:

Shanty Irishman wrote:

Carrie Tollefson just made a comment indicating she did not know the direction of the wind except that it was coming from her left.

The English announcer asked if she had Irish Blood.

Carrie answered in the affirmative.

I would boycott if I wasn't interested in watching the 10,000 footage.

The Irishmen I know wouldn’t think of boycotting over this, because they aren’t sensitive pansies.

So Irishman is OK but Chinaman is racist?

Just trying to keep track.

dirty company wrote:

theJeff wrote:

The Irishmen I know wouldn’t think of boycotting over this, because they aren’t sensitive pansies.

So Irishman is OK but Chinaman is racist?

Just trying to keep track.

They are all ok.

dirty company wrote:

theJeff wrote:

The Irishmen I know wouldn’t think of boycotting over this, because they aren’t sensitive pansies.

So Irishman is OK but Chinaman is racist?

The point isn't English usage; it's history. "Irishman" was never used as a shorthand to deny the individuality of Irish people, all the better to treat them like sh*t collectively (that word would have been "Paddy"). "Chinaman", on the other hand, was used in exactly that way.

I won't comment on the relative sensitivities of people with different ancestries except to say that some people have reason to be a little more sensitive than others.

Just trying to keep track.

dirty company wrote:

theJeff wrote:

The Irishmen I know wouldn’t think of boycotting over this, because they aren’t sensitive pansies.

So Irishman is OK but Chinaman is racist?

Just trying to keep track.

The point isn't English usage; it's history. "Irishman" was never used as a shorthand to deny the individuality of Irish people, all the better to treat them like sh*t collectively (that word would have been "Paddy"). "Chinaman", on the other hand, was used in exactly that way.

I won't comment on the relative sensitivities of people with different ancestries except to say that some people have reason to be a little more sensitive than others.

SB wrote:

dirty company wrote:

So Irishman is OK but Chinaman is racist?

The point isn't English usage; it's history. "Irishman" was never used as a shorthand to deny the individuality of Irish people, all the better to treat them like sh*t collectively (that word would have been "Paddy"). "Chinaman", on the other hand, was used in exactly that way.

I won't comment on the relative sensitivities of people with different ancestries except to say that some people have reason to be a little more sensitive than others.

Just trying to keep track.

The China one still seems odd but its a bit like North Ireland or The North being OK but 'Northern Ireland' not being ok in certain circles (Irish republicans/IRA sympathizers etc).

Wtfbbq wrote:

I must have miss something. What’s the problem?

FWIW - I'm right there with you - no idea what's going on.

SB wrote:

dirty company wrote:

So Irishman is OK but Chinaman is racist?

Just trying to keep track.

The point isn't English usage; it's history. "Irishman" was never used as a shorthand to deny the individuality of Irish people, all the better to treat them like sh*t collectively (that word would have been "Paddy"). "Chinaman", on the other hand, was used in exactly that way.

I won't comment on the relative sensitivities of people with different ancestries except to say that some people have reason to be a little more sensitive than others.

Poor Paddy worked on the railway: