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Arneldo
27-05-2007, 10:31 AM
Do you think housemates from Ireland, Wales or Scotland have an advantage or a disadvantage in the house?
I think that in some occasions people from the places above will feel like they have to like housemates from where they are from. Therefore they have a slight advantage over the others.
I think they will almost always have a slight advantage when it comes to voting.
MR.K!
27-05-2007, 10:37 AM
whats the differance ? were there from dosent matter... id vote for english welsh or irish people depending if i like them or not.. im scottish and i hope we arnt judged differantly
BIG-BRO-FAN
27-05-2007, 10:38 AM
I hope there's a Irish housemate this year seeing as I'm Irish myself...but to me it makes no difference, it's their personality that really matters.
nodisharmony
27-05-2007, 10:38 AM
Not at all..
I don't think it matters where you come from actually.
Someone who is Welsh, but has a great personality and we just come to love, may win the show.
Regardless of where they are from or their accent.
nodisharmony :angel:
Sophii3x
27-05-2007, 10:39 AM
They have a slight advantage. It's not very often that you see irish/scottish/welsh housemates in that house.
Housemates will obviously get massive support from the country they are from.
I'll admit.. the minute Glyn and Imogen entered I felt like I needed to support them all the way, because they are from my country. Then I was a bit dissapointed with them, because at the start they were both boring. But then as the weeks went by I really did warm to them.
Chri$
27-05-2007, 10:42 AM
Originally posted by Sophii3x
They have a slight advantage. It's not very often that you see irish/scottish/welsh housemates in that house.
Housemates will obviously get massive support from the country they are from.
I'll admit.. the minute Glyn and Imogen entered I felt like I needed to support them all the way, because they are from my country. Then I was a bit dissapointed with them, because at the start they were both boring. But then as the weeks went by I really did warm to them.
Same here I did love glyn n imogen so I support the HM from my country
Ruth*Star
27-05-2007, 10:46 AM
Country. UK is one Country. Wales , Scotland, Ireland, are Regions.
Sophii3x
27-05-2007, 10:48 AM
Originally posted by Ruth.El
Country. UK is one Country. Wales , Scotland, Ireland, are Regions.
Is it? :laugh2: Well I call it country anyways.
Arneldo
27-05-2007, 10:48 AM
Originally posted by Ruth.El
Country. UK is one Country. Wales , Scotland, Ireland, are Regions.
Watch what you say! Northan Ireland is a region. Republic of Ireland is a country :thumbs:
BIG-BRO-FAN
27-05-2007, 10:48 AM
Hey,Ireland is a country.
MR.K!
27-05-2007, 10:49 AM
Originally posted by Ruth.El
Country. UK is one Country. Wales , Scotland, Ireland, are Regions. then engoland is a region too ..scotland wales ireland are all countrys of there own.. the united kindom of great britain is a union of all these countries.. so dont call everything except england a REGION.. fair enough.. england has regions in it like london, yorkshire etc.. but so does scotland with lothian, strathclyde, fife etc and so does ireland and wales :mad:
andybigbro
27-05-2007, 10:54 AM
Agreed Caw
England, Scotland, N Ireland and Wales are all countries in the UK which is a union
Sophii3x
27-05-2007, 10:56 AM
Isn't England split? Like north, south and midlands? I dunno....:laugh:
Bigbrotherin
27-05-2007, 10:58 AM
Originally posted by Sophii3x
Originally posted by Ruth.El
Country. UK is one Country. Wales , Scotland, Ireland, are Regions.
Is it? :laugh2: Well I call it country anyways.
All welsh people assume wales is a country, it's a principality of England nothing else. I'm part welsh and live in Wales but sometimes am ashamed of being Welsh because of the blatant patriotism of a place that would fall to its knees without England.
*NOT AIMED AT YOU :bored:, Just at Glyn-like welsh people and people from all celt-lands who think they are seperate but joint.*
MR.K!
27-05-2007, 11:01 AM
Originally posted by Sophii3x
Isn't England split? Like north, south and midlands? I dunno....:laugh: yeah but i could as easily say the orkneys, the highlands the east coast and the central belt of scotland
Ruth*Star
27-05-2007, 11:04 AM
Originally posted by Bigbrotherin
Originally posted by Sophii3x
Originally posted by Ruth.El
Country. UK is one Country. Wales , Scotland, Ireland, are Regions.
Is it? :laugh2: Well I call it country anyways.
All welsh people assume wales is a country, it's a principality of England nothing else. I'm part welsh and live in Wales but sometimes am ashamed of being Welsh because of the blatant patriotism of a place that would fall to its knees without England.
*NOT AIMED AT YOU :bored:, Just at Glyn-like welsh people and people from all celt-lands who think they are seperate but joint.*
Yeah i made a mistake there :blush2: i should of thought before posting that.
BIG-BRO-FAN
27-05-2007, 11:05 AM
Originally posted by Ruth.El
Yeah i made a mistake there :blush2: i should of thought before posting that.
It's alright, dont worry about it
Firewire
27-05-2007, 11:33 AM
I Am Scottish & I Am Proud To Be It So Scottish / Irish / Welsh Housemates Are Always An Advantage
Originally posted by Ruth.El
Country. UK is one Country. Wales , Scotland, Ireland, are Regions.
thats sooo ignorant. ROI, is an independant country, and has been since 1922....how dare you! lol lol!!:wavey::tongue:
Revol
27-05-2007, 12:27 PM
Originally posted by Arneldo
Do you think housemates from Ireland, Wales or Scotland have an advantage or a disadvantage in the house?
I think that in some occasions people from the places above will feel like they have to like housemates from where they are from. Therefore they have a slight advantage over the others.
In five series the runners up have been Welsh, Scottish or Irish, so I wouldn't say they're disadvantaged. Plus, BB2 was won by an Irishman.
It definately had an avanatage last year, Glyn did so well as Wales helped backed him, i think its great to have welsh, irish, scottish people in, it makes a change
Chrizzle
27-05-2007, 01:55 PM
Advantage.
Would Cameron have won if he wasnt Scottish?
Would Orlaith have got so far if she wasnt Irish?
Its like this in all reality shows.
Just look at the McDonald Brothers in X Factor
They need to get more Celts in there!!!!!! Welsh, Irish and Scottish people have probably got a slight advantage, I don't really know why though!
Mwy o Gymraeg y gorau!!!! :spin2:
Love the ugly betty sig! Ugly Betty ydy gorau
Lance
27-05-2007, 02:03 PM
Originally posted by Arneldo
Originally posted by Ruth.El
Country. UK is one Country. Wales , Scotland, Ireland, are Regions.
Watch what you say! Northan Ireland is a region. Republic of Ireland is a country :thumbs:
Glad somebody pointed that out!:spin2:
I think it is an advantage... but only if you are a decent housemate.
I know the Irish people really got behind Ray when he was in the house. I'm not sure if we could vote when Brian was in the house.
Then again, if you're from a big English city, you can end up having quite a large fanbase there too. Like when you look at X Factor, Ray had a lot of Liverpool behind him.
Depends really. Can be an advantage though.
BigBrother9
27-05-2007, 02:08 PM
i dont think we had scottish house mates
Arneldo
27-05-2007, 02:12 PM
Originally posted by BigBrother8
i dont think we had scottish house mates
Loads of housemates have been scottish. Sandy, Federico, Cameron, Shell, Jason, Sam..thats just a few.
Michael
27-05-2007, 02:20 PM
Originally posted by BIG-BRO-FAN
I hope there's a Irish housemate this year seeing as I'm Irish myself....
so do i mate!
MR.K!
27-05-2007, 02:22 PM
Originally posted by Arneldo
Originally posted by BigBrother8
i dont think we had scottish house mates
Loads of housemates have been scottish. Sandy, Federico, Cameron, Shell, Jason, Sam..thats just a few. also there were shabazz and Leseley witch were alsolute migers... :yuk:
and Cameron (witch is scottish) won BB4 !!
Originally posted by Bigbrotherin
Originally posted by Sophii3x
Originally posted by Ruth.El
Country. UK is one Country. Wales , Scotland, Ireland, are Regions.
Is it? :laugh2: Well I call it country anyways.
All welsh people assume wales is a country, it's a principality of England nothing else. I'm part welsh and live in Wales but sometimes am ashamed of being Welsh because of the blatant patriotism of a place that would fall to its knees without England.
*NOT AIMED AT YOU :bored:, Just at Glyn-like welsh people and people from all celt-lands who think they are seperate but joint.*
YOU NEED TO SORT OUT YOUR GEOGRAPHY. Wales is not a principality of England. It's a region in the UK. Wales, England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland go together to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I am not English at all. So don't ever say anything that remotely insinuates that!!!!!!!!! :(
Lance
27-05-2007, 03:08 PM
Originally posted by Caw
Originally posted by Arneldo
Originally posted by BigBrother8
i dont think we had scottish house mates
Loads of housemates have been scottish. Sandy, Federico, Cameron, Shell, Jason, Sam..thats just a few. also there were shabazz and Leseley witch were alsolute migers... :yuk:
and Cameron (witch is scottish) won BB4 !!
Lesley was from Huddersfield.
BIG-BRO-FAN
27-05-2007, 03:46 PM
Jason from BB5 was Scottish aswell, wasnt he?
Just to make it clear- The Republic of Ireland is NOT and NEVER WILL BE in the united kingdom! I do see that they have an advantage because over here everyone was voting for anna, brian, ray, spiral. Nobody voted for Orlaith thoigh because she disgraced the nation! I hated how patriotic glyn was, i mean, eveybody in there was from a country, that didnt mean he had to go around draped in a welsh flag!
Princess
27-05-2007, 07:31 PM
It is a slight advantage. But a lot of people do look past the nationality and just vote for the good housemates rather than where they come from. I never vote for Irish people because I never like any of them! But then again I'm really unpatriotic.
Lance
27-05-2007, 08:50 PM
Originally posted by ams91
Nobody voted for Orlaith thoigh because she disgraced the nation!
Did people have the chance to vote for Orlaith? She left voluntarily.
She's also Northern Irish which, obviously, isn't part of the republic.
Originally posted by Lance
Originally posted by ams91
Nobody voted for Orlaith thoigh because she disgraced the nation!
Did people have the chance to vote for Orlaith? She decided to leave voluntarily.
She's also Northern Irish which, obviously, isn't part of the republic.
People did vote for Orlaith. It was her and Kemal up for eviction and she stayed, and then she decided to leave. So she was really popular.
Originally posted by Lance
Originally posted by ams91
Nobody voted for Orlaith thoigh because she disgraced the nation!
Did people have the chance to vote for Orlaith? She left voluntarily.
She's also Northern Irish which, obviously, isn't part of the republic.
i t6hought she was from monaghan! yeah she was up against kemal!
Billy
27-05-2007, 09:30 PM
Why did Orlaith disgrace the nation? I liked her
Lil-Lindz
27-05-2007, 09:31 PM
In a sense an advantage because clearly scottish will vote for a scottish HM and irish for an irish and welsh for a welsh
but fundamentally it really depends on what sort of person the housemate is
I liked Orlaith too! How did she disgrace the nation?
AznInvasion
28-05-2007, 03:31 AM
The only disadvantage is that a repeat of Glyn/Imogen conversations could happen again involving talking about other housemates in front of them whilst the housemate doesn't know what they're saying. Although...if the other housemates wanted to talk about other housemates, they'd just need to get a room.
But all in all....Irish/Welsh/Scottish accents are freaking seksay :) I'm all for it.
Originally posted by AznInvasion
The only disadvantage is that a repeat of Glyn/Imogen conversations could happen again involving talking about other housemates in front of them whilst the housemate doesn't know what they're saying. Although...if the other housemates wanted to talk about other housemates, they'd just need to get a room.
But all in all....Irish/Welsh/Scottish accents are freaking seksay :) I'm all for it.
Not really because everything they said that was in Welsh was subtitled.
I think its funner have Welsh people in there :laugh:
Chri$
28-05-2007, 03:13 PM
Originally posted by Sam
I think its funner have Welsh people in there :laugh:
LOL yep we are the best :thumbs::thumbs2::spin::wink::xyxwave::dance::danc e2:
Helen,Glyn and imogen.etc
i dont know why they dont pick more welsh people to be honest,all the welsh people who have gone in have been popular, also Lisa, BB4
AznInvasion
28-05-2007, 11:43 PM
Originally posted by cepb
Originally posted by AznInvasion
The only disadvantage is that a repeat of Glyn/Imogen conversations could happen again involving talking about other housemates in front of them whilst the housemate doesn't know what they're saying. Although...if the other housemates wanted to talk about other housemates, they'd just need to get a room.
But all in all....Irish/Welsh/Scottish accents are freaking seksay :) I'm all for it.
Not really because everything they said that was in Welsh was subtitled.
That's not what I was saying though...I was saying that Glyn and Im kept talking about housemates (often in a negative manner) while the housemates that they were talking about were close by.
chazwwe
28-05-2007, 11:53 PM
i think its a adantege
GlitterEyes
28-05-2007, 11:55 PM
I think its an advantage because you have more support from the public where as english contestants are liked more for their actions and what they do.
chazwwe
28-05-2007, 11:56 PM
yep true^^
I think anywhere you live you will get support from that area but Wales Ireland and Scotland are all proud of their country and their people and like bb more when their own contestants get on there because there is a lack of contestants who arent english
janine_luv_xx
29-05-2007, 11:17 AM
cant believe you posted this... lol
CiaranP
29-05-2007, 11:36 PM
Originally posted by Chrizzle
Advantage.
Would Cameron have won if he wasnt Scottish?
Would Orlaith have got so far if she wasnt Irish?
Its like this in all reality shows.
Just look at the McDonald Brothers in X Factor
Most of scotland hated them. Atleast most people I know :P
Scotland, N. Ireland, Wales and England are countries. Well I suppose N. Ireland is... A reigon is Yorkshire, Greater London, Lanarkshire, Fife, etc.
The UK is a KINGDOM. Countries all governed by one... Governer.
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