# The deepest sympathys to all you Irish out there. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 18, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deepest-sympathys-to-all-you-irish-out-there/518083 "2009-11-18T22:35:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deepest-sympathys-to-all-you-irish-out-there/518083/141 "2009-11-27T22:38:37Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Look, **mascaroni** , that’s a bit vivid. I know you all like to get in each others’ faces around these sports threads, but let’s remember our raising and act like gentlemen, shall we? > > **Ellen Cherry > Game Room moderator** OK **Ellen** , point taken. The threads about Association Football do tend to be British dominated and so can have a rather abrasive tone to them, which most regular posters from wherever in the world accept. If I’ve overstepped the mark, I apologise. Act like a gentleman?.. Well… I’ll try. Until we get robbed by Chelski again… BTW: It’s true about Codesal, he was a gynaecologist. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deepest-sympathys-to-all-you-irish-out-there/518083/142 "2009-11-27T22:41:09Z")
I’m surprised at the reprimand, because it seemed like standard knockabout football-thread humour to me. But ISTR from other threads that the C word, even if asterisked out, is a bit more of a shocker in the States than it is over here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deepest-sympathys-to-all-you-irish-out-there/518083.md?page=7)