The County Between Donegal and Antrim

robinph

gurramok wrote: »

Thats because its needs legislation through the House Of Lords to change it by British law(afaik, could be wrong here, needs legislation anyway) and you can bet they will not agree to it.

Wrong House based on what it says on the Avon wiki page, the Lords don't actually get to decide on anything anyway really, just delay things a bit if they happen to be feeling a bit awkward at the time.

So any lack of change is going to be more due to them not giving a crap about it either I'd expect.

regob

i dont think ya could handle him

Jim236

pablomakaveli wrote:

According to yesterday's papers people from Derry applying for an Irish passport will now be able to have Londonderry on their passport. More surprising it said Unionists are applying for Irish passports.

I'll try and dig up a link if i can find one.

EDIT: Heres one.
http://www.independent.ie/national-n...s-1703836.html

Terry wrote: »

International terrorists are kinder to Irish people than they are to British people.

Or maybe, just maybe its because when a Spaniard sees a British passport they think the person is British and then for some mad reason has a bad opinion of them. I wonder why....:rolleyes:

Acacia

County Londonderry sounds bizarre to me. In my school atlases and geography books etc, it was always Co. Derry, so that's how I know it as .I think beside the little dot for Derry City on maps there was a tag saying '' (London) Derry" or something. But no, I always think of the county as Derry. *shrug*

K-9

dlofnep wrote: »

Oh btw, don't even mention the word "Derry" on wikipedia. There's a hothead unionist mod on there who will attack you, and tell you that there is "no such county as Derry", change it back to Londonderry and then ban you from editing articles.

But there is no such thing as a County Derry.

Sorry for being a hothead Unionist attacker.

muffler

This is proof enough that it is indeed Derry

K-9

muffler wrote: »

This is proof enough that it is indeed Derry

We are chatting about 6, not 9 counties!

I'm not arguing about should Londonderry be called Derry as we'll never agree.

I'm arguing is Derry or Londonderry officially the name of the city? That isn't debatable! or well less debatable!

Danny-B

It's Derry to me, though you would hear it called Londonderry up here sometimes.
We were taught in primary school the 6 counties with the mnemonic FAT LAD, viz., Fermanagh Antrim Tyrone, Londonderry Armagh Down. Though it must be noted I went to school in one of the most densely Unionist-populated areas.
Quite frankly, "Londonderry" is a clumsy mouthful, and always seems like you're making more of a political point than if you just said Derry, which most unionists probably wouldn't care about.

Then there's the whole other discussion about "Northern Ireland" versus the "North of Ireland", which is also silly, since they both imply the same thing. Of course the latter has more nationalist connotations. There are plenty of other silly things like this too.

Btw, is Doire pronounced doir? Or..?

R0ot

Doire

K-9

Danny-B wrote: »

Btw, is Doire pronounced doir? Or..?

IT'LL be whatever us Donegal people tells yas after 5 O'Clock tomorrow.

Donegal 1-11, Derry 0-10.

Danny-B

K-9 wrote: »

IT'LL be whatever us Donegal people tells yas after 5 O'Clock tomorrow.

Donegal 1-11, Derry 0-10.

Sorry, I don't get what you mean.

Just not sure how to pronounce the word!

Pride Fighter

Fermanagh.

regob

Danny-B wrote: »

Sorry, I don't get what you mean.

Just not sure how to pronounce the word!

its doire

regob

Pride Fighter wrote: »

Fermanagh.

learn some geography

Terrontress

What about the Londonderry East parliamentary constituency. That refers to the county and given that they have elected Gregory Campbell, I can't think the people of that area have much issue with Londonderry being used. To me, Londonderry sounds plain wrong. Like 2 places. But I've never had to live there so I can't comment. The only time I was ever there, I was threatened by a street gang for asking a Guard for directions after said Guard misdirected me down a lane with a closed gate. Upon coming back the cop car was gone and a bunch of teenage hoods were in it's place calling me an informer and threatening to do me. They can call it whatever they like and I'd be happy if the sort of people who I encountered didn't get their way with anything. Londonderry it is for me then!

jiltloop

luckylucky wrote: »

Afaik the official name of the city is Derry - changed it a while back, and the official name of the county is Londonderry - haven't heard that it changed.

Just a thought - might it not be for the best for the city and county just to be renamed to something which the majority of both communities can live with. Wouldn't be the first time that a city got renamed after all.

Yeah how about London?

Grudaire

Doire Saor? :P

Hagar

Cliste wrote: »

Doire Saor? :P

A nice sentiment for an Easter Sunday morning.

lisbon_lions

I remember being stopped by the squaddies as part of a general border check once when going shopping into Derry. They asked "where are you going sir?" I said in shopping to Derry, they replied "Dont you mean Londonderry?". I said "No, Derry", this Q and A went back and forth several times until they said enjoy your trip.

It is Derry in the republic, and Londonderry in most UK parlance (All GB and the jaffa cake eaters in the 6 counties).

Last time I was up, the sign "you are now entering free Derry" was still there - thats good enough for me.

javaboy

lisbon_lions wrote: »

It is Derry in the republic, and Londonderry in most UK parlance (All GB and the jaffa cake eaters in the 6 counties).

Jaffa cake eaters? Cop on.

Danny-B

regob wrote: »

its doire

Like doy-reh, or doyr? Or doy-ree?

Hagar

More like deh-reh.

regob

Danny-B wrote: »

Like doy-reh, or doyr? Or doy-ree?

its like durr a.

regob

Hagar wrote: »

More like deh-reh.

thats wrong

Saibh

It was originally called Doire (pronounced duhruh)

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonderry

muffler

lisbon_lions wrote: »

I remember being stopped by the squaddies as part of a general border check once when going shopping into Derry.

That used to be an everyday occurrence for some of us.

Danny-B

Ahh, that would make sense. Cheers.

Gavin "shels"

Derry.