Sunday, December 09, 2007



Michael Flatley. Dancer. Flutist. Chicago native who popularized Irish step dancing in America, replacing pub fighting as number one Irish export.

16 comments:

P Dragon said...

I thought Guinness was their number one export? And hot accents.

Unknown said...

Ahem...it's "flautist."

Anonymous said...

Actually, it's Flautist, not flutist.

Anonymous said...

Tag-teamed by the grammar gestapo!

Anonymous said...

Aonymous 5:16 AM wrote: "Actually, it's Flautist, not flutist."

Uh, actually, it shouldn't be capitalized.

Anonymous said...

The flute is a woodwind instrument. A person who plays the flute is called a "flautist" (pronounce: "floor-tist") in British English, or "flutist" in American English.

From Wikipedia.

Anonymous said...

You address him as "Sir" James Galway, he plays golden flutes and has worked with most major classical and pop artists of the last half-century.

His Irish brogue, matter-of-fact style and frequent belly laughs make him seem more like someone you'd find in a pub tipping back a pint of Guinness than the world's most famous flutist (not flautist, Galway insists).

Anonymous said...

whatever to all of you, he still looks like an old dyke.

Anonymous said...

I thought that a flautist was someone who had a surfeit of gas.

foolery said...

Oh, I get it. Y'all are trying to start a pub fight right here in Flatley's honor. Excellent work.

Anonymous said...

looks like a meat flute player, indeed.

DiSa said...

This is an inspired choice. I love how he has a brogue and was raised in Chicago.

Anonymous said...

YES!!

Anonymous said...

Heh heh. Flautist.

Anonymous said...

Even his crows feet have crows feet.

Anonymous said...

When did Michael Flatley get so old! I get the Dutch boy, but not really Flatley.