“In Ireland, you go to someone's house, and she asks you if you want a
cup of tea. You say no, thank you, you're really just fine. She asks if
you're sure. You say of course you're sure, really, you don't need a thing. Except they pronounce it ting. You don't need a ting.
Well, she says then, I was going to get myself some anyway, so it would
be no trouble. Ah, you say, well, if you were going to get yourself
some, I wouldn't mind a spot of tea, at that, so long as it's no trouble
and I can give you a hand in the kitchen. Then you go through the whole
thing all over again until you both end up in the kitchen drinking tea
and chatting.
In America, someone asks you if you want a cup of tea, you say no, and then you don't get any damned tea.
I liked the Irish way better.”
C.E. Murphy, Urban Shaman
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