James Joyce

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 23:05

Was he English, or Irish?

Please explain your reasoning below.

Thanks.
Title edited for legal reasons.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 23:08

Is f@cking my sister!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 23:09

That was the first thing that came into my head, so I've voted Irish accordingly.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Irish. Have you ever met an Irishman who doesn't ramble on for hours incomprehensibly? Exactly.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

But also, he was born in Dublin, wasn't he?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 23:39

WTB wrote:

But also, he was born in Dublin, wasn't he?

And, in the late 1800s, Dublin was part of....

myp · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 23:43

MaliA wrote:

WTB wrote:

But also, he was born in Dublin, wasn't he?

And, in the late 1800s, Dublin was part of....

Great Britain? So, not England.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 23:46

He was such the Irish author most of his books were written in Switzerland.

'Dubliners' is still ace though, if you skip the first short story.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Portrait of an Artist is my favourite. Ulysses, not so much. Couldn't get far into Dubliners without getting bored. Maybe it was that short story?

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

MaliA wrote:

WTB wrote:

But also, he was born in Dublin, wasn't he?

And, in the late 1800s, Dublin was part of....

That doesn't particularly matter though, does it? I'm English, not British. Well, in my opinion... How did Joyce identify himself? Surely that's the most important question.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

WTB wrote:

How did Joyce identify himself?

He said "Hi, I'm James"

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

Also, the British/English thing is somewhat irrelevant since the poll choices don't include "British". Dublin may have been in Britain but has never been in England, so English cannot possibly be the correct answer. Assuming of course he was born in Dublin and there are no other as-yet-unmentioned factors that are relevant, that is.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

The Albinoel Kid wrote:

WTB wrote:

How did Joyce identify himself?

He said "Hi, I'm James"

"Topadamornintoya, I'm James!"

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

The Albinoel Kid wrote:

Also, the British/English thing is somewhat irrelevant since the poll choices don't include "British". Dublin may have been in Britain but has never been in England, so English cannot possibly be the correct answer. Assuming of course he was born in Dublin and there are no other as-yet-unmentioned factors that are relevant, that is.

Ah yeah, just realised the question was 'English' rather than 'British'. That's not even debatable.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:04

WTB wrote:

The Albinoel Kid wrote:

Also, the British/English thing is somewhat irrelevant since the poll choices don't include "British". Dublin may have been in Britain but has never been in England, so English cannot possibly be the correct answer. Assuming of course he was born in Dublin and there are no other as-yet-unmentioned factors that are relevant, that is.

Ah yeah, just realised the question was 'English' rather than 'British'. That's not even debatable.

Yeah, I covered that in post 7.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

The theme tune was his best work.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

myps pies wrote:

WTB wrote:

The Albinoel Kid wrote:

Also, the British/English thing is somewhat irrelevant since the poll choices don't include "British". Dublin may have been in Britain but has never been in England, so English cannot possibly be the correct answer. Assuming of course he was born in Dublin and there are no other as-yet-unmentioned factors that are relevant, that is.

Ah yeah, just realised the question was 'English' rather than 'British'. That's not even debatable.

Yeah, I covered that in post 7.

Whatever, dick.

It's MaliA we should be mad at. Don't let him turn our blossoming relationship sour. :kiss:

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:22

WTB wrote:

our blossoming relationship

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:17

The love letters he sent to his wife are hilarious.

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

I threw Ulysses across the room after the 5th chapter or so. I couldn't even tell which character was speaking. The chore:enjoyment ratio was already far too high. Am I a thicky or something?

ps: Clearly Irish.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6522

Born in Ireland, left Ireland as a young man, never went back to live in Ireland, but wouldn't bloody shut up about Ireland : In my humble experience, this marks him down as utterly, totally Irish.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Dec 09, 2011 17:44

Did he drink warm Vimto?

romanista · **Posted:** Fri Dec 09, 2011 21:42

Who did he support at celtic- rangers?

Next question: cogito ergo sum

Decartes: french or dutch?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38481

He wore a beret. French.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

He spoke Latin, so Italian.

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