When I lived in London the term 'plastic paddy' was a term used by Irish people to describe people born in UK with irish roots. It was usually done in jest especially if they started boring us with history etc Regards, Fintan ----- Original Message ---- From: Joe Orfant <orfant@comcast.net> To: IRELANDCo KERRY <IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, 14 May, 2007 12:55:42 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Expressions Well, I was wondering when Shanty Irish would pop up and it finally did a few emails back, but you've all overlooked a few other terms including Bog Irish and, my favorite, " Two-toilet Irish." And don't forget "FBI" or Foreign Born Irish, a sometimes term around Boston for Irish, not "native" but born in Ireland. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk