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20th Jan 2015

Video: Irish people try to figure out what some ghetto slang means

Some serious rhymes, yo

Joe Harrington

Drop it like it’s hot.

“You can forget about your Icy-Tea and Scoopy Scoopy Dog Dog” is a famous line from Father Ted, and it sums up how familiar many Irish people are with the urban scene.

Massive Generalisation Klaxon!

Irish people are not good with rap or gangster rap, we just don’t have the rhythm.

Another thing we don’t have is an understanding of the ghetto speak, and this video confirms that for us.

YouTube credit: Facts.

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