MacDonagh's definitions
Riley: "Barack Obama is Irish!"
MacDonagh: "Well, his great-great-grandfather was born in Ireland and emigrated to the US, but Obama himself was not born in Ireland, did not grow up in Ireland and has never lived in Ireland ... Does he have an Irish passport?"
Riley: "That's just semantics. Obama is Irish!"
MacDonagh: "Well, his great-great-grandfather was born in Ireland and emigrated to the US, but Obama himself was not born in Ireland, did not grow up in Ireland and has never lived in Ireland ... Does he have an Irish passport?"
Riley: "That's just semantics. Obama is Irish!"
by MacDonagh December 20, 2018
Get the semanticsmug.