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I'm not sure.  I heard it mainly from older drunk guys.  I don't think 
Ireland sympathized with the Nazis, they were bombed by them, too.

Kelly Whitman
iN*TP*
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"There ARE no other women like me."  -- 7 of 9


> > When I lived in Ireland, referring to any American as a "Yank" was
> > considered derogatory.
> >
>Yeah, and is that because Ireland was sympathizing with the German Nazi
>regime or because there was resentment that so many Irish made a success of
>themselves in the United States when Ireland fell on hard times?
>
>Skylander

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