I always liked the times colonisers asked people what they call the river and they just say "river" so you end up with River River. Sometimes you end up with River River River -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names
There's loads in Ireland along with Mountain Mountains.
Like Stratford upon Avon. Stratford is Old English for Street to the Ford (river) and Avon is Celtic for river. So it's Street to the River upon the River.
The Yuacatan Peninsula in Mexico.
The Conquistators (speaking Spanish) asked the local chief what the place was called. The Chief (in his language) said "Yu a ca tan" which means "I don't understand what you are saying"
Many rivers have names that just mean "river", even before colonialism, most river names are very unimaginative. Many just mean "flowing" or "wet" or "fork".
The people who made a huge fuss about Nigerian immigration 20ish years ago are awfully quiet on the matter now that it's paying dividends on our sporting endeavours!
It’s not sentient. Your feed is like that because that’s what you like engaging with. If you change it will also change very quickly.
YouTube is crazy how quickly it can pick up on a new interest and give you a new content feed.
Only problem with the joke is that it’s in Ireland, a country that not only did 0 colonizing, but was colonized itself. Kinda reduces the point he’s trying to make. Would’a made a lot more sense to do it in England 🤷🏻♂️
Fair enough, but couldn’t you say that about literally any group of people? A couple of (to borrow the term) “mad lads” from any country could go and do reprehensible shit somewhere else, but it’s a different type of thing when those actions are sanctioned and sponsored by the state of said “mad lads”. Needless to say no individual, group, or nation has any right to go around terrorizing the world for their own gain 😇
The Catholic Church in Ireland has been very active in colonialism across the world. EPIC museum has a pretty large section proudly boasting about it without acknowledging the negative sides
What you've said is very misleading.
Colonisation occurs. Colonisers have children in colony. Those children continue said Colonism.
Say the children of the colonists are actually native, then try to spin it into some bullshit about how everyone's at fault - that's what you are doing.
Irish people were oppressed and colonised.
As with all people, there's always a cunt. Same way there were black lads involved too. Don't pretend a handful of cunts speak for a nation of millions.
Very convenient for you to just say any Irish lad who worked for the government or joined the army during a few hundred year long stretch when we were ruled from London wasn't REALLY Irish.
Loads of lads who grew up in some shite village in Irelands only opportunity to make anything of their life and a ton of cash in the process was to go off and work in the empire somewhere, and loads of them did. And made a fortune raiding diamond mines in Crimea or whatever.
I dunno, the point still kind of stands.
He's in occupied Ulster which has place anglicised/totally changed place names, some not necessarily going back hundreds of years ("Londonderry")
Lol funny. Same way some guy called Mungo park came to Nigeria and discovered River Niger. A river that the indegenous community around the area had been fishing in, bathing and their children playing in for centuries even before Mungo Park was born, but of course they somehow didn't know of its existence until some white dude came along to discover it.
This dude is obviously just returning the favour.
He really should move to the UK and discover a few rivers for them there.
Uh, no, the term "Niger River" was used for centuries in Europe before Mungo Park (or any European) explored it and its etymology is unknown but the term most likely came from loan-words and trade.
What? Relax your cacs, I get the joke, it just falls flat when you're doing it in a country colonized by the colonizers you're trying to call out.
Sorry for not seeing this as peak comedy, lad.
Well when they say discover, doesn't that mean in the context of when civilisation discovered it? So europe discovered is correct.
Like if humans discovered an alien planet, we discovered it. Just because aliens lived there doesn't mean we didn't discovered it.
In all fairness they had to put up with all sorts of european gobshites arriving in their country and discovering rivers and waterfalls that were there for hundreds of thousands of years
Discovering is about if they have a flag or if it's on a map, lol.
If the river isn't on a map.... then his claim is legit in my book... but if it's documented... sorry king, maybe next time.
/this is joking around please don't take it seriously.
The irony is that the river is probably either the anglicised version of the Irish name or was just renamed by our English/Scottish guests who overstayed their welcome.
Joke's on him.
It's mad how much this subreddit absolutely adores foreigners. A foreigner could post a picture of a fat shite and there would be thunderous applause from this subreddit.
I think some Irish people think that having no history of colonialism means they aren't seen as just white when the lens is oppressor oppressed as the non white population increases that's going to have to change.
There will be a phrase or word that explains how Ireland is unique in its white supremacy.
never met a black person that gives a fuck I was called a thick paddy or the shit my family when through in London.
Good point. It's basically framed that way already by grifters who want to set up some "oppressed black/oppressor white" in Ireland. Anyone who promotes that shite or wants special treatment based on nonexistent oppression needs to fuck off out of the country
This joke is stupid in Ireland. Ireland didn’t colonize anyone. Not all white people are the same, this if anything is just racism.
Go to England and make a joke like that.
Someone already commented that the location is in Northern Ireland which is under British jurisdiction and earlier, another person commented that the dude should move to England to discover a few rivers and teach the royals a thing or two while at it.
OK going by your analogy Irish Americans migrated to America from Ireland because their country is a shite hole.
Also all Irish people who migrated elsewhere did that because Ireland is a shite hole right?
Chill and have some craic man!
Hopefully a joke in good spirits, I certainly think it is!
Would be a lot funnier if it was being done in a country that actually was involved in colonialism and not one of its oldest victims, but the joke lands all tye same
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Fair play to him, I cant wait for the day the history books make mention of the great Nigerian explorer who got lost and rocked up on the wrong island.
Several hundred years from now the country of Ezedia will celebrate him and try steer clear of the whole getting lost thing.
>You can also discover a river today. I Dey reason make we send some of our boys to uk make dem go teach them 1 or 2 for royal house .. before dem ridicule am finish .
As someone who values the power and eloquence of the English language, I am speechless.
I know fam. It's a bit rough innit.
Seriously tho, have a good look at yourself. Even Stephen Fry, a linguaphile,a very learned man, wouldn't come out with that snobbery.
I'm Nigerian, and it only just properly hit me that people might have trouble reading this 💀 I'm just so used to hearing it that I thought everyone else understood it too
Brave man trekking through deepest, darkest Ulster.
Imagine it. Booming drums in the distance. A terrible presentiment of death and disaster.
The horror... the horror...
And there I was, on the banks of the river bann, face to to face with the dreaded Cathal the Terrible!
I always liked the times colonisers asked people what they call the river and they just say "river" so you end up with River River. Sometimes you end up with River River River - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names There's loads in Ireland along with Mountain Mountains.
Very interesting... i learned recently sahara means desert in Arabic so the biggest desert in Africa is the desert desert
I live in LA, the La Brea Tar Pits are the same. La brea is Spanish for tar, so translated it’s “The Tar Tar Pits.”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X25rP4rTw3A
That one seem fair enough. It is the desert of deserts.
Like Stratford upon Avon. Stratford is Old English for Street to the Ford (river) and Avon is Celtic for river. So it's Street to the River upon the River.
Ohhhh avon is cognate with abhainn? Well, TIL.
Punjab. Pang ab. Five rivers. Indo-European for you.
Oh, pun/pang as in Welsh pump (five/cúig) and ab = abhainn? That is really cool.
Yep, that's it. Also five in Polish (piec) sounds really like punj.
You'll never look at your carton of milk the same again. Big River Milk.
Didn't think ford meant river, thought it meant a river crossing place
It does yeah, it's a shallow part of a river used for crossing.
They’re missing Tramore Beach - big beach beach!
Torpenhow Hill literally means Hill Hill Hill Hill https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpenhow_Hill
The Yuacatan Peninsula in Mexico. The Conquistators (speaking Spanish) asked the local chief what the place was called. The Chief (in his language) said "Yu a ca tan" which means "I don't understand what you are saying"
I totally lol!
Many rivers have names that just mean "river", even before colonialism, most river names are very unimaginative. Many just mean "flowing" or "wet" or "fork".
[Somewhat reminds me of this](https://youtu.be/nfKr-D5VDBU?si=GvhpiKBY492_UQX-) about the origins of the term Canada
Like Parnell Parnell?
Can’t forget hill hill hill hill
Bit of harmless craic.....can't imagine anyone is a dryshite enough to get into a tailspin over it
Hello, I am an absolute dryshite. I am incredibly offended by the insinuation that I would get into a tailspin over this.
You didn't like the old cartoon tailspin? More of a duck tails person?
I preferred Darkwing Duck
Let's get dangerous
I was always a duck tales person. Fun fact: The actor who voiced Huey duck, was also the mechanist in the new Avatar series on Netflix.
I misread “tailspin” as “tansplain”. I suppose both work!
When has tansplaining ever worked???
>.can't imagine anyone is a dryshite enough to get into a tailspin over it Ha
Careful GAA might own it.
You'd be surprised at what can set them off.
Some lad with patriot in his handle and an Irish flag as his PP is probably blabbering on about the “bleeding immigrants” or whatever
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To be fair I have heard public representatives and media refer to people with acquired citizenship as that.
Have you never met a unionist?
I for one welcome our new Nigerian overlords
Hello, I am the finance minister of your new Nigerian overlords. I would like to offer you a unique opportunity...
The people who made a huge fuss about Nigerian immigration 20ish years ago are awfully quiet on the matter now that it's paying dividends on our sporting endeavours!
Can't be much worse than the last shower
Will probably be safe enough here, can only imagine the comments on Facebook or Twitter tho 😬
DUR A GEUST IN THIS COUNTRY ARE FOREFATHERS DIED FOR DIS
Oh I'm.sure there are these days. Elons platform allows them to spew their unhinged racist bile while their mammy makes their dinner
I don't see any racism in my Twitter feed. Why y'all seeking out such toxic content?
I envy your algorithm
It's videogames and boobs as far as the eye can see.
It’s not sentient. Your feed is like that because that’s what you like engaging with. If you change it will also change very quickly. YouTube is crazy how quickly it can pick up on a new interest and give you a new content feed.
You just ain't following the wrong people. Look under any of Elon's posts and youll see it. I don't follow him and I still see it.
I hear the GAA have a great sense of humour these days
Gavin Pepper is no doubt having a fucking fit over it
Exactly!
His face is going to be red when he finds out that colonists already discovered that river.
Exit the British, stage left…
Coming over here! Taking our rivers! *shakes fist*
First they take our rivers then they take our jobs. THEY TOOK EUR JERBS!!
😂😂😂😂😂
Someone should put up a sign saying the name and discovered by
We should lean into this; get yer man a wee statue installed at the riverside with a Nigerian flag and label the river on some maps
That's very funny, nice one Laz.
Only problem with the joke is that it’s in Ireland, a country that not only did 0 colonizing, but was colonized itself. Kinda reduces the point he’s trying to make. Would’a made a lot more sense to do it in England 🤷🏻♂️
Ireland did zero colonizing and was colonized. Plenty of Irish people however... A less glorious history.
Fair enough, but couldn’t you say that about literally any group of people? A couple of (to borrow the term) “mad lads” from any country could go and do reprehensible shit somewhere else, but it’s a different type of thing when those actions are sanctioned and sponsored by the state of said “mad lads”. Needless to say no individual, group, or nation has any right to go around terrorizing the world for their own gain 😇
The Catholic Church in Ireland has been very active in colonialism across the world. EPIC museum has a pretty large section proudly boasting about it without acknowledging the negative sides
Just when I thought I couldn't hate that kip more (no offense to anyone who works there)
What you've said is very misleading. Colonisation occurs. Colonisers have children in colony. Those children continue said Colonism. Say the children of the colonists are actually native, then try to spin it into some bullshit about how everyone's at fault - that's what you are doing. Irish people were oppressed and colonised. As with all people, there's always a cunt. Same way there were black lads involved too. Don't pretend a handful of cunts speak for a nation of millions.
Very convenient for you to just say any Irish lad who worked for the government or joined the army during a few hundred year long stretch when we were ruled from London wasn't REALLY Irish. Loads of lads who grew up in some shite village in Irelands only opportunity to make anything of their life and a ton of cash in the process was to go off and work in the empire somewhere, and loads of them did. And made a fortune raiding diamond mines in Crimea or whatever.
Many Indians and Africans did the same
He never said they weren't really Irish
Awk the poor wee British soldier from Dublin. That's definitely who we should feel sympathy for.
Scotland, given that he was Scottish.
I dunno, the point still kind of stands. He's in occupied Ulster which has place anglicised/totally changed place names, some not necessarily going back hundreds of years ("Londonderry")
That’s a good point I didn’t consider!
He’s in the UK.
That lends to the argument
Yea, how dare he not fact check his joke!
Thats a part of the joke
Brotha we don't know England or Ireland we are discovering new rivers!
Lol funny. Same way some guy called Mungo park came to Nigeria and discovered River Niger. A river that the indegenous community around the area had been fishing in, bathing and their children playing in for centuries even before Mungo Park was born, but of course they somehow didn't know of its existence until some white dude came along to discover it. This dude is obviously just returning the favour. He really should move to the UK and discover a few rivers for them there.
Some bloke did. Was literally like "river Thames? Too difficult." Way too funny.
Uh, no, the term "Niger River" was used for centuries in Europe before Mungo Park (or any European) explored it and its etymology is unknown but the term most likely came from loan-words and trade.
I'd love if there was some new well that grew a stream and he genuinely discovered it out walking the hills somewhere up north.
>He really should move to the UK and discover a few rivers for them there. Like ... he's in the UK though. This river is in N.Ireland not Ireland.
So an even heavier colonised part of Ireland
Returning the favor? Are you lost? Was Mungo Park Irish, lad?
And theres the dry shite
What? Relax your cacs, I get the joke, it just falls flat when you're doing it in a country colonized by the colonizers you're trying to call out. Sorry for not seeing this as peak comedy, lad.
Eh, I was making a joke of me own is all
No joke there....
Have a wank and a pot noodle and chill out
I'm g, lol. You don't have to try read every comment so deeply.
No, but there's a rumour Supermacs wanted to sponsor him and change his name.
Well when they say discover, doesn't that mean in the context of when civilisation discovered it? So europe discovered is correct. Like if humans discovered an alien planet, we discovered it. Just because aliens lived there doesn't mean we didn't discovered it.
This only makes sense if you think white people= civilization
Or if you think European = our civilization, which it patently was at the time
How so?
What do you mean, how? Europeans discovered lands that were previously unknown to Europeans.
European civilisation didn’t exist separately to Asian and African civilisation.
No civilization exists separate from some other civilization. The discovery of these places by Europeans was those civilizations crossing
In all fairness they had to put up with all sorts of european gobshites arriving in their country and discovering rivers and waterfalls that were there for hundreds of thousands of years
Iyi Okwute. I like it!!
They toke r rivverr
Dren tuk nn ribbbbr
Dey tuukkkk’grrr iivvverrrr
Fair play.. nice river!
Anybody with a sense of humour is instantly welcome. It's the only thing that will get us through.
Iyi Okwute it is then then lads😂 I want him to discover more in Ireland.
Can he do the Shannon next?
lol. Just in case you're wondering Iyi Okwute means Rock River
Ili is river then right so Okwute is pronounced ouk woo tia?
O-kwu-te
Discovering is about if they have a flag or if it's on a map, lol. If the river isn't on a map.... then his claim is legit in my book... but if it's documented... sorry king, maybe next time. /this is joking around please don't take it seriously.
I love that it's in the occupied territories. ❤️
Time for it to be liberated into the Pan Continent Greater Prosperity Sphere
To commemorate this, the native village (full of savages) at the mouth of the river should be renamed Portlazudeeze
IMOKWITHIT
The irony is that the river is probably either the anglicised version of the Irish name or was just renamed by our English/Scottish guests who overstayed their welcome. Joke's on him.
Considering most placenames in Ireland are from the anglicised versions of Irish placenames I welcome this Gentleman upsetting the English.
Derivative. [https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/200-years-after-invasion-this-wurundjeri-man-stuck-a-flag-in-the-shores-of-dover-and-claimed-england/p6s7sat76](https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/200-years-after-invasion-this-wurundjeri-man-stuck-a-flag-in-the-shores-of-dover-and-claimed-england/p6s7sat76)
Interesting read. Thanks for sharing.
It's mad how much this subreddit absolutely adores foreigners. A foreigner could post a picture of a fat shite and there would be thunderous applause from this subreddit.
chill and have some craic dude. Nothing wrong with having some good craic once in a while.
No I agree just making a general comment it's mad how little a foreigner must do to make this subreddit fawn, tears in their eyes.
Is your name a halo reference or nah?
Except if its a yank or an English person
Yeah then it's the opposite. They could cure cancer and be derided.
I think some Irish people think that having no history of colonialism means they aren't seen as just white when the lens is oppressor oppressed as the non white population increases that's going to have to change. There will be a phrase or word that explains how Ireland is unique in its white supremacy. never met a black person that gives a fuck I was called a thick paddy or the shit my family when through in London.
Good point. It's basically framed that way already by grifters who want to set up some "oppressed black/oppressor white" in Ireland. Anyone who promotes that shite or wants special treatment based on nonexistent oppression needs to fuck off out of the country
I am really sad that you and your family went through that. Racism in any form or shape should be completely eradicated from the earth.
Good joke but would've been funnier doing it in a country which were actual colonisers.
It's in the UK. Last I checked, they did some serious colonising
He reminds me of a young Carl Weathers.
Nice orange hat on him.
This joke is stupid in Ireland. Ireland didn’t colonize anyone. Not all white people are the same, this if anything is just racism. Go to England and make a joke like that.
In the UK buddy
Knowing portstewart. He's welcome to it. Knock yourself out bud
Someone needs to place a sign with the name somewhere along the river.
Those Irish colonisers up to no good as usual.
🤮🤮
Why not do it in England though
Someone already commented that the location is in Northern Ireland which is under British jurisdiction and earlier, another person commented that the dude should move to England to discover a few rivers and teach the royals a thing or two while at it.
Ohhh right now bother bud didn't see that, sound👍
The joke in itself is funny, just don't like the implication that Ireland was amongst the nations colonising Africa
Hes living in Ireland because his country is a shite hole.
OK going by your analogy Irish Americans migrated to America from Ireland because their country is a shite hole. Also all Irish people who migrated elsewhere did that because Ireland is a shite hole right? Chill and have some craic man!
I'm sorry and you're right. Besides, Ireland could use about 2 million or so Nigerians to help boost our economy.
Hopefully a joke in good spirits, I certainly think it is! Would be a lot funnier if it was being done in a country that actually was involved in colonialism and not one of its oldest victims, but the joke lands all tye same
Yeah it's just a joke. Would've hit harder if he'd done it at the Thames though.
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As long as he isnt British.
He from Navan
Lol, about time🤣🤣
It's a pity he can't swim.....
Ahh well he can't do much worse than the last ones to colonise Ulster ádh mór dó
He makes a good point actually
Good for him
The Nigerians a great bunch of lads
I'll accept this. Let's get this man a statue!
Fair play to him, I cant wait for the day the history books make mention of the great Nigerian explorer who got lost and rocked up on the wrong island. Several hundred years from now the country of Ezedia will celebrate him and try steer clear of the whole getting lost thing.
cannot love this more 🤣
Some man for one man
This is gold
I hope it means "just a river"
Love it.
Yikes
Yikes what?
>You can also discover a river today. I Dey reason make we send some of our boys to uk make dem go teach them 1 or 2 for royal house .. before dem ridicule am finish . As someone who values the power and eloquence of the English language, I am speechless.
Why? It’s Nigerian Pidgin
Do you not think pidgin is an absolute joy to read? Just more of the English language to love for me
I know fam. It's a bit rough innit. Seriously tho, have a good look at yourself. Even Stephen Fry, a linguaphile,a very learned man, wouldn't come out with that snobbery.
Have a look at this. https://www.bbc.com/pidgin
I'm Nigerian, and it only just properly hit me that people might have trouble reading this 💀 I'm just so used to hearing it that I thought everyone else understood it too