I'm Irish
Well, I'm half Irish, and damn proud of it! I can drink anyone under the table if needed and can actually decipher the mumbling strong irish accent from deepest tallagh and dublin.

but what really, REALLY annoys me is when St Paddy's day rolls around. I love St Paddy's, and even more than that I love that the people of Britain celebrate it more than St George's day!

but when there are shamrocks in the vacinity, or people are talking about Ireland and the shamrock, why, oh why do people call them clovers?

CLOVERS?

yeah they look similar, but have you ever seen a clover with heart-shaped leaves? No. No you haven't and you haven't because a SHAMROCK IS NOT A CLOVER

This should not get my quite as angry as it does, but if you're going to take interest, get it right. And don't start calling them clovers again seconds after I've corrected you. You don't want a drunken, angry Irish lass on your hands.
(Katzilla Follow Me! @Kat_Zilla (I don't promise funnehs), Fri 2 May 2008, 10:34, 5 replies)

Er...
Are you sure about that?
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 2 May 2008, 10:39, closed)

shamrocks
may be part of a clover family but the national plant is the shamrock not a clover. if you wish to challenge, please do, but tell me what makes you argue and what proof you have that the national plant of Ireland is a clover and not a shamrock
(Katzilla Follow Me! @Kat_Zilla (I don't promise funnehs), Fri 2 May 2008, 10:43, closed)

Shamrock
From a quick look- it seems shamrock is just the anglicised form of the Gaelic diminutive form of the word for clover, so basically a shamrock is a clover. I've never heard anyone call a shamrock a clover though.

The whole Paddy's Day thing is bollocks anyway- legions of morons with no connection whatsoever to Ireland getting pissed to celebrate the life of some British missionary from centuries ago. Never understood the point of that.
(Crayola Oblongata Is it Monday?, Fri 2 May 2008, 12:25, closed)

the shamrock
is the name for a small breed of clover, so technically a different species. anyway, its called a shamrock, so why call it a clover.
(Katzilla Follow Me! @Kat_Zilla (I don't promise funnehs), Fri 2 May 2008, 12:57, closed)

I bought Shamrock seeds to grow in my garden
I told my friend from Derry about it.

His response: "It's just clover."

Make your minds up.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Sat 3 May 2008, 13:32, closed)