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HelpRe: WDYT of Irie?
in reply to a message by lezzie
I'd think the parents were serious potheads.
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I had a similar reaction. :-) For me it just screams "trustafarian"-- "privileged white kids who subscribe to the hippie lifestyle (because they can) since they have no worries about money, a job etc. They can then devote their lives to eating organic, following Phish, and wearing dreadlocks (no need for job interviews)
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**Edited to add that every Jamaican I've met has had a name like Nigel or Pauline or Wesley, so when I hear "well-know, distinctive piece of exported Jamaican culture" I don't assume that Jamaicans will be using it, hence the white American connotation. Just to clarify.
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I had a similar reaction. :-) For me it just screams "trustafarian"-- "privileged white kids who subscribe to the hippie lifestyle (because they can) since they have no worries about money, a job etc. They can then devote their lives to eating organic, following Phish, and wearing dreadlocks (no need for job interviews)
www.urbandictionary.com
**Edited to add that every Jamaican I've met has had a name like Nigel or Pauline or Wesley, so when I hear "well-know, distinctive piece of exported Jamaican culture" I don't assume that Jamaicans will be using it, hence the white American connotation. Just to clarify.
www.qwantz.com
This message was edited 9/12/2006, 9:03 PM
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Yeah, it just makes me think of some dumb college kid way into smoking pot throwing around slurred phrases like, "I feel soooo irie, man..."
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*snorts*
I've never heard the term Trustafarian before. I can't wait for an opportunity to use that in conversation.
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain
I've never heard the term Trustafarian before. I can't wait for an opportunity to use that in conversation.
~Mark Twain
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Rastafarian is a religious movement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafarian
Not all Rastafarians are pot-smoking, dread-lock-wearing, phish-following, tie-dye-loving hippies.
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds - Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
- Serenity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafarian
Not all Rastafarians are pot-smoking, dread-lock-wearing, phish-following, tie-dye-loving hippies.
- Serenity
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I know that.
But my comment was about the usage of irie as a name, not about Rastafarians. It sounds like a "white America getting attached to something Jamaican" name to me.
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But my comment was about the usage of irie as a name, not about Rastafarians. It sounds like a "white America getting attached to something Jamaican" name to me.
www.qwantz.com
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I was just wanting a clarification since you said "hippy" in your original response, not "Jamaican", and there are some people out there who don't know the difference so my own response wasn't directed to only just you but to everybody who may not know.
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds - Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
- Serenity
- Serenity
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