Does the saying 'Down the country' offend any culchies?

cloptrop

mikemac1 wrote: »

Have you quoted the wrong post there?

Post office clerk and maths teacher

Why quote me?

Because you seem to think being a farmer is the be all and end all of irish culture.

newmug

CiscoStudent wrote: »

I am as Irish as you pal, you don't have a monopoly on culture just because your not a dubliner.

You know what I see when i look out my window? A farm, in Dublin! We even have cows, GAA, trad and gealic here.

Go take your small minded comments elsewhere unless you want a jackeen to make a fool of you online.;)

Relax there "bud", I'm only stating facts. I didnt insult you or verbally abuse you with either words, or tone. Winking smileys or otherwise.

You cannot deny that there is a chasm of difference between the culture that pervades in dublin, and that of elsewhere in Ireland. There are historical reasons for this, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you know why.

In response to a different posters question about the origin of the word culchie, I presented the accepted view around these parts. If that offends you, I suggest you direct your energy towards some research on the subject, and possibly some anxiety management or councelling.

mikemac1

cloptrop wrote: »

Because you seem to think being a farmer is the be all and end all of irish culture.

I was replying to another post about breeds, that's all

Liam Byrne

newmug wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

An Angus is a premium Scottish breed of bovine.
A Limousine is a long car.

A Limousin, on the other hand, is another "brand" of bovine which originated in France.

But don't worry - you can learn some Irish culture and be nearly as good as the rest of us!

Maith an fear, ar fheabhas!

Obviously, you have genuine Irish culture, glad to see it! Its fairly rare here on Boards. But dont let my spelling error of Limousin/e fool you, I'm sure you probably figured out that english is not my first language;)

Knowing about Scottish & French stuff makes me more Irish ?

Er.....OK so.....I'm off to reinforce that Irishness with a meal of snails & haggis

The King of Moo

Growing up in Galway city, I could never conceive of being considered a culchie.
I'd go for Sunday drives to the countryside and be amazed at the huge differences I saw between my accent and that of the countryfolk. I'd marvel at their apparently much more relaxed pace of life.
The countryside seemed like a completely different world.
I felt that I was a sophisticated urbanite, and as a naive youngster I'd joke about culchies and boggers, especially when I'd see older people from rural areas in Galway for Christmas shopping, clearly a few steps behind the pace of the city, and even speaking Irish sometimes!

I knew that Galway was effectively just a large town, and that Dublin was bigger, but I felt that any difference was merely one of size, and that any Dub and I would be kindred spirits against the "boggers" as there was nothing, for better or worse, that they had in Dublin that we didn't have in Galway.

Then I got older, and lost much of my anti-rural prejudices, but also began to realise that a minority of Dubliners saw everyone outside of the city as a culchie.
I was shocked. In such a small country, how had they not been to places like Galway, Waterford, Cork etc and not seen that we had our own urban cultures similar to theres, and were so different from the real countryfolk?
I know not all Dubs are so smug, far from it, but it's still sad to see.

It also seems so ridiculous, in such a tiny country seen by many with an outside perspective as an insignificant backwater, that we make such a big deal from such small distinctions. It makes me fear sometimes that at heart we'll always be small-minded tribal creatures, looking for any difference in others that we can use to make ourselves look or feel superior.

As for the word "down" being the most offensive element of the phrase "down to the country:" does that not originate from the English tradition of saying "to go up to London" and some thus assuming that one would therefore logically go "down" to the country?

Doc

When I lived in Dublin I would say down the country if I was talking about somewhere like Cork which is south of Dublin and up the country if I was talking about somewhere like Donegal which is North.

I do this because I once said down to Donegal my Mam who in no uncertain terms told me it was up and reminded me that not everywhere is below Dublin.

I think when people say it they don’t mean it offensively just as in "down the road in" not as in “the place is beneath me and my area”.

cloptrop

mikemac1 wrote: »

I was replying to another post about breeds, that's all

Im sorry i mixed you up with newmug ,

newmug

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Knowing about Scottish & French stuff makes me more Irish ?

Er.....OK so.....I'm off to reinforce that Irishness with a meal of snails & haggis

Knowing the difference between two non-Irish, but still ancient Gaelic breeds of cattle definately confirms ones Gaelicness.

RichieC

newmug wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Knowing about Scottish & French stuff makes me more Irish ?

Er.....OK so.....I'm off to reinforce that Irishness with a meal of snails & haggis

Knowing the difference between two non-Irish, but still ancient Gaelic breeds of cattle definately confirms ones Gaelicness.

Does being a bitter little bogger? :pac:

Doc

newmug wrote: »

Knowing the difference between two non-Irish, but still ancient Gaelic breeds of cattle definately confirms ones Gaelicness.

What if he is a black African who happens to be an expert in cattle? Can he get an European passport?

Katgurl

The King of Moo wrote: »

Growing up in Galway city, I could never conceive of being considered a culchie.
I'd go for Sunday drives to the countryside and be amazed at the huge differences I saw between my accent and that of the countryfolk. I'd marvel at their apparently much more relaxed pace of life.
The countryside seemed like a completely different world.
I felt that I was a sophisticated urbanite, and as a naive youngster I'd joke about culchies and boggers, especially when I'd see older people from rural areas in Galway for Christmas shopping, clearly a few steps behind the pace of the city, and even speaking Irish sometimes!

I knew that Galway was effectively just a large town, and that Dublin was bigger, but I felt that any difference was merely one of size, and that any Dub and I would be kindred spirits against the "boggers" as there was nothing, for better or worse, that they had in Dublin that we didn't have in Galway.

Then I got older, and lost much of my anti-rural prejudices, but also began to realise that a minority of Dubliners saw everyone outside of the city as a culchie.
I was shocked. In such a small country, how had they not been to places like Galway, Waterford, Cork etc and not seen that we had our own urban cultures similar to theres, and were so different from the real countryfolk?
I know not all Dubs are so smug, far from it, but it's still sad to see.

It also seems so ridiculous, in such a tiny country seen by many with an outside perspective as an insignificant backwater, that we make such a big deal from such small distinctions. It makes me fear sometimes that at heart we'll always be small-minded tribal creatures, looking for any difference in others that we can use to make ourselves look or feel superior.

As for the word "down" being the most offensive element of the phrase "down to the country:" does that not originate from the English tradition of saying "to go up to London" and some thus assuming that one would therefore logically go "down" to the country?

People went up to London because it is capital city.

I can't believe people actually get offended by the 'down' part of that expression. Referring to everywhere outside Dublin collectively as 'the country however is totally ridiculous.

Liam Byrne

RichieC wrote: »

newmug wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Knowing about Scottish & French stuff makes me more Irish ?

Er.....OK so.....I'm off to reinforce that Irishness with a meal of snails & haggis

Knowing the difference between two non-Irish, but still ancient Gaelic breeds of cattle definately confirms ones Gaelicness.

Does being a bitter little bogger? :pac:

I wouldn't know. Ask one and see.

VagnerLove

I wouldn't fancy living outside Dublin. especially if the alternative was somewhere like Donegal. depends on what you're into, though.

RichieC

Liam Byrne wrote: »

RichieC wrote: »

newmug wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Knowing about Scottish & French stuff makes me more Irish ?

Er.....OK so.....I'm off to reinforce that Irishness with a meal of snails & haggis

Knowing the difference between two non-Irish, but still ancient Gaelic breeds of cattle definately confirms ones Gaelicness.

Does being a bitter little bogger? :pac:

I wouldn't know. Ask one and see.

I'm asking newegg. The quoting is muck on mobile.

Doc

Katgurl wrote: »

People went up to London because it is capital city.

I can't believe people actually get offended by the 'down' part of that expression. Referring to everywhere outside Dublin collectively as 'the country however is totally ridiculous.

But it is the country it’s just not necessarily the countryside.

The King of Moo

VagnerLove wrote: »

I wouldn't fancy living outside Dublin. especially if the alternative was somewhere like Donegal. depends on what you're into, though.

You're very lucky then, that living in either Dublin (you don't specify if you mean Dublin city or Dublin county) or Donegal (you don't specifiy if you mean living in a town or village, or in a purely rural spot) aren't the only two choices!

Originally posted by Doc
But it is the country it’s just not necessarily the countryside.

For pretty much everyone I know, "the country" and "the countryside" are synonymous, unless "the country" actually refers to the nation as a whole.

So if cities like Limerick and Cork are in "the country," why not Dublin?

This is why I think dividing the country into Dublin and "the country" is silly: "the country" is not some homogenous mass at all, and it's not so different from Dublin either.

Liam Byrne

Doc wrote: »

Katgurl wrote: »

People went up to London because it is capital city.

I can't believe people actually get offended by the 'down' part of that expression. Referring to everywhere outside Dublin collectively as 'the country however is totally ridiculous.

But it is the country it’s just not necessarily the countryside.

Dublin is in the same country though, so Katgurl's point stands.

Katgurl

Doc wrote: »

Katgurl wrote: »

People went up to London because it is capital city.

I can't believe people actually get offended by the 'down' part of that expression. Referring to everywhere outside Dublin collectively as 'the country however is totally ridiculous.

But it is the country it’s just not necessarily the countryside.

but Galway for example has a more similar lifestyle / environment to Dublin than it does to rural Mayo. So having a collective noun for everywhere outside Dublin seems ridiculous.

Liam Byrne

Doc wrote: »

newmug wrote: »

Knowing the difference between two non-Irish, but still ancient Gaelic breeds of cattle definately confirms ones Gaelicness.

What if he is a black African who happens to be an expert in cattle? Can he get an European passport?

Less of it, Suarez! :P

johnr1

The King of Moo wrote: »

Growing up in Galway city, I could never conceive of being considered a culchie.
I'd go for Sunday drives to the countryside and be amazed at the huge differences I saw between my accent and that of the countryfolk. I'd marvel at their apparently much more relaxed pace of life.
The countryside seemed like a completely different world.
I felt that I was a sophisticated urbanite, and as a naive youngster I'd joke about culchies and boggers, especially when I'd see older people from rural areas in Galway for Christmas shopping, clearly a few steps behind the pace of the city, and even speaking Irish sometimes!

I knew that Galway was effectively just a large town, and that Dublin was bigger, but I felt that any difference was merely one of size, and that any Dub and I would be kindred spirits against the "boggers" as there was nothing, for better or worse, that they had in Dublin that we didn't have in Galway.

Then I got older, and lost much of my anti-rural prejudices, but also began to realise that a minority of Dubliners saw everyone outside of the city as a culchie.
I was shocked. In such a small country, how had they not been to places like Galway, Waterford, Cork etc and not seen that we had our own urban cultures similar to theres, and were so different from the real countryfolk?
I know not all Dubs are so smug, far from it, but it's still sad to see.

It also seems so ridiculous, in such a tiny country seen by many with an outside perspective as an insignificant backwater, that we make such a big deal from such small distinctions. It makes me fear sometimes that at heart we'll always be small-minded tribal creatures, looking for any difference in others that we can use to make ourselves look or feel superior.

As for the word "down" being the most offensive element of the phrase "down to the country:" does that not originate from the English tradition of saying "to go up to London" and some thus assuming that one would therefore logically go "down" to the country?

Katgurl wrote: »

People went up to London because it is capital city.

I can't believe people actually get offended by the 'down' part of that expression. Referring to everywhere outside Dublin collectively as 'the country however is totally ridiculous.

Two perfect examples of post# 167 :rolleyes:

.

Katgurl

johnr1 wrote: »

The King of Moo wrote: »

Growing up in Galway city, I could never conceive of being considered a culchie.
I'd go for Sunday drives to the countryside and be amazed at the huge differences I saw between my accent and that of the countryfolk. I'd marvel at their apparently much more relaxed pace of life.
The countryside seemed like a completely different world.
I felt that I was a sophisticated urbanite, and as a naive youngster I'd joke about culchies and boggers, especially when I'd see older people from rural areas in Galway for Christmas shopping, clearly a few steps behind the pace of the city, and even speaking Irish sometimes!

I knew that Galway was effectively just a large town, and that Dublin was bigger, but I felt that any difference was merely one of size, and that any Dub and I would be kindred spirits against the "boggers" as there was nothing, for better or worse, that they had in Dublin that we didn't have in Galway.

Then I got older, and lost much of my anti-rural prejudices, but also began to realise that a minority of Dubliners saw everyone outside of the city as a culchie.
I was shocked. In such a small country, how had they not been to places like Galway, Waterford, Cork etc and not seen that we had our own urban cultures similar to theres, and were so different from the real countryfolk?
I know not all Dubs are so smug, far from it, but it's still sad to see.

It also seems so ridiculous, in such a tiny country seen by many with an outside perspective as an insignificant backwater, that we make such a big deal from such small distinctions. It makes me fear sometimes that at heart we'll always be small-minded tribal creatures, looking for any difference in others that we can use to make ourselves look or feel superior.

As for the word "down" being the most offensive element of the phrase "down to the country:" does that not originate from the English tradition of saying "to go up to London" and some thus assuming that one would therefore logically go "down" to the country?

Katgurl wrote: »

People went up to London because it is capital city.

I can't believe people actually get offended by the 'down' part of that expression. Referring to everywhere outside Dublin collectively as 'the country however is totally ridiculous.

Two perfect examples of post# 167 :rolleyes:

.

What is post #167?

The King of Moo

johnr1 wrote: »

Two perfect examples of post# 167 :rolleyes:

.

They would be if I were still immature enough to judge someone for living a certain distance away from me.

I also spend a lot of my time in Dublin and never experienced any culture shock there, particularly not for being looked down on as I'd become aware of that a long time ago, and most Dubs I know don't look down on me.
Probably because they're not small-minded, and also because I have a quite neutral accent and am generally great.

Spread

Down the country? You gotta be joking me. This is the only way to head to the country. Roll me a biggie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf0Dm-OaTNk

johnr1

Katgurl wrote: »

What is post #167?

Every post is numbered at the top right hand corner.

newmug

Doc wrote: »

What if he is a black African who happens to be an expert in cattle?

RichieC wrote: »

I'm asking newegg. The quoting is muck on mobile.

Well in that case one thing's for sure, he mightn't be Irish, but he sure would know a lot more about Irish culture than some of the plastic paddys that post on here.

What the hell is with all this bitterness? Whats wrong with admitting that dublin has less Irish culture than rural parts of Ireland? Its not an opinion, its a historical FACT. It doesnt make dublin people any "less Irish", yet the minute its mentioned, you get all these "I'm as Oirish as yeu bud" posts and "Ah shure if ya dont sh1te shamrocks in the bog of a spring mornin', you're only as good as a festerin' foreigners foreskin" sarcastic b0llix. You might aswell advertise your insecurities about being Irish by tattooing it on your forehead.

In answer to the OP about the whole "down the country" / "cultchie" thing, its galling when someone is condecending, no matter what the situation. If you were made to feel insecure by this new employee, and you decided to combat that with a little bit of "I'm better than you cos I'm from dublin / you're just a bogger peasant" small mindedness in a similar fashion to whats being posted here, well then all I can say is that that was very petty and not becoming of a smart, copped on Irishman. In fact, if I were your employer and overheard anything of the sort, I'd be looking for another new employee.

Katgurl

johnr1 wrote: »

Katgurl wrote: »

What is post #167?

Every post is numbered at the top right hand corner.

not on my iPhone

Liam Byrne

johnr1 wrote: »

Katgurl wrote: »

What is post #167?

Every post is numbered at the top right hand corner.

Not on mobile it isn't.

cloptrop

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Not on mobile it isn't.

its a caravan not a mobile,
****in culchies tryin to be posh

Turpentine

newmug wrote: »

Well in that case one thing's for sure, he mightn't be Irish, but he sure would know a lot more about Irish culture than some of the plastic paddys that post on here.

What the hell is with all this bitterness? Whats wrong with admitting that dublin has less Irish culture than rural parts of Ireland? Its not an opinion, its a historical FACT. It doesnt make dublin people any "less Irish", yet the minute its mentioned, you get all these "I'm as Oirish as yeu bud" posts and "Ah shure if ya dont sh1te shamrocks in the bog of a spring mornin', you're only as good as a festerin' foreigners foreskin" sarcastic b0llix. You might aswell advertise your insecurities about being Irish by tattooing it on your forehead.

In answer to the OP about the whole "down the country" / "cultchie" thing, its galling when someone is condecending, no matter what the situation. If you were made to feel insecure by this new employee, and you decided to combat that with a little bit of "I'm better than you cos I'm from dublin / you're just a bogger peasant" small mindedness in a similar fashion to whats being posted here, well then all I can say is that that was very petty and not becoming of a smart, copped on Irishman. In fact, if I were your employer and overheard anything of the sort, I'd be looking for another new employee.

Get up out of it will you.

Knowing about cattle does not mean someone has more knowledge of Irish culture.

Not even every farmer keeps bloody cows.

And that's not to mention coastal towns whose main industry was fishing.

I suggest you learn more about your own country before beating your chest saying "I know lots about cows! I'm the most Irish man here!"

johnr1

Katgurl wrote: »

not on my iPhone

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Not on mobile it isn't.

That's odd, they do on mine, which I'm posting on.

I have the setting at 40 posts/page on though, maybe that makes a difference.

.

Doc

newmug wrote: »

Well in that case one thing's for sure, he mightn't be Irish, but he sure would know a lot more about Irish culture than some of the plastic paddys that post on here.

So a black African who knows about cows knows more about Irish culture an Irishman who doesn’t know about cows. Have a biscuit and a sit down there my love.

newmug wrote: »

What the hell is with all this bitterness? Whats wrong with admitting that dublin has less Irish culture than rural parts of Ireland? Its not an opinion, its a historical FACT.

Well no it’s not a historical fact. Dublin was not just floated in by the British it’s been a part of Ireland for just as long as the rest of the country. Can you please explained your point of view?

Liam Byrne

cloptrop wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Not on mobile it isn't.

its a caravan not a mobile,
****in culchies tryin to be posh

If I were a culchie I'd have to find an insult in there somewhere, but - since I'm not - you're off the hook.

Did I mention "....home" ?

Just coz de Dubs try to be cool using rhyming slang or the Yankee term "cellphone"

Katgurl

johnr1 wrote: »

Katgurl wrote: »

not on my iPhone

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Not on mobile it isn't.

That's odd, they do on mine, which I'm posting on.

I have the setting at 40 posts/page on though, maybe that makes a difference.

.

so AGAIN what is post 167 that we were a perfect example of?

cloptrop

Turpentine wrote: »

Get up out of it will you.

Knowing about cattle does not mean someone has more knowledge of Irish culture.

Not even every farmer keeps bloody cows.

And that's not to mention coastal towns whose main industry was fishing.

I suggest you learn more about your own country before beating your chest saying "I know lots about cows! I'm the most Irish man here!"

+1

Liam Byrne wrote: »

If I were a culchie I'd have to find an insult in there somewhere, but - since I'm not - you're off the hook.

Did I mention "....home" ?

Just coz de Dubs try to be cool using rhyming slang or the Yankee term "cellphone"

You have obviously never been to dublin , you have only heard horror stories from your father deseigned to make you stay at home and work his farm. Nobody in dublin calls it a cellphone or the word Yankee for that matter . Sometimes when its cold out we get down on all fours and say jaysus Im fresian mooooooo but that is just for comedic expression.

johnr1

Katgurl wrote: »

so AGAIN what is post 167 that we were a perfect example of?

I WAS going to repost it, but with that attitude,

Read the thread.

newmug

Turpentine wrote: »

Knowing about cattle does not mean someone has more knowledge of Irish culture.

Doc wrote: »

So a black African who knows about cows knows more about Irish culture an Irishman who doesn’t know about cows. Have a biscuit and a sit down there my love.

Aw when are they going to invent a facepalm smiley FFS. If yiz read the actual relevant posts, you would see the context. It was nothing to do with "cows", and all to do with Gaelic culture. I gave Liam Byrne a licking with his own glibness. And Doc, that kind of condecending remark is low brow and unnescessary, especially when YOU failed to see the context.

newmug wrote: »

Knowing the difference between two non-Irish, but still ancient Gaelic breeds of cattle definately confirms ones Gaelicness.

Turpentine

Katgurl wrote: »

so AGAIN what is post 167 that we were a perfect example of?

He's talking about people from small towns who complain about persecution from the big bad Dubs, but then in turn look down on more rural types

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77077255&postcount=167

Lapin

I've worked in London with a lot of Dubs over the years.

It always made me laugh when I heard them carrying on like the OP over there.

To use his Waterford / Blanchardstown analogy, you could stick the entire city of Dublin into a corner of London and no one would notice.

However, the OP sounds like he has never set foot out of Dublin in his life.

Poor lad.

Turpentine

newmug wrote: »

Aw when are they going to invent a facepalm smiley FFS. If yiz read the actual relevant posts, you would see the context. It was nothing to do with "cows", and all to do with Gaelic culture. I gave Liam Byrne a licking with his own glibness. And Doc, that kind of condecending remark is low brow and unnescessary, especially when YOU failed to see the context.

Why are you trying to lick Liam?

You obviously haven't a clue about the broad wealth of Irish culture and assume that all Gaelic culture is encompassed in your own little world of milking heifers.

newmug

newmug wrote: »

What the hell is with all this bitterness? Whats wrong with admitting that dublin has less Irish culture than rural parts of Ireland? Its not an opinion, its a historical FACT. It doesnt make dublin people any "less Irish", yet the minute its mentioned, you get all these "I'm as Oirish as yeu bud" posts and "Ah shure if ya dont sh1te shamrocks in the bog of a spring mornin', you're only as good as a festerin' foreigners foreskin" sarcastic b0llix. You might aswell advertise your insecurities about being Irish by tattooing it on your forehead.

cloptrop wrote: »

You have obviously never been to dublin , you have only heard horror stories from your father deseigned to make you stay at home and work his farm. Nobody in dublin calls it a cellphone or the word Yankee for that matter . Sometimes when its cold out we get down on all fours and say jaysus Im fresian mooooooo but that is just for comedic expression.

:rolleyes:

Liam Byrne

cassi wrote: »

jimpump wrote: »

having a friendly conversation. asking about his family,fave football team, being nice and polite.

but then he lost it when i asked will he be going back 'down the country' for the weekend

Me thinks there is more the story than this! Still don't know why he couldn't just say Waterford!

I think I spotted the "more to the story"!!!

Maybe the Deise lad mentioned that Waterford was obviously his favourite football team but that he also liked Waterford United and - for example - Liverpool soccer teams ?

That'd confuse any Dub!

The King of Moo

I know surprisingly little about cows.

Goodnight.

Liam Byrne

cloptrop wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

If I were a culchie I'd have to find an insult in there somewhere, but - since I'm not - you're off the hook.

Did I mention "....home" ?

Just coz de Dubs try to be cool using rhyming slang or the Yankee term "cellphone"

You have obviously never been to dublin , you have only heard horror stories from your father deseigned to make you stay at home and work his farm. Nobody in dublin calls it a cellphone or the word Yankee for that matter . Sometimes when its cold out we get down on all fours and say jaysus Im fresian mooooooo but that is just for comedic expression.

Er - lived and worked there temporarily. So post fail.

Dad never owned or worked a farm. So post fail. Again.

You're also forgetting - again - that there are other cities and thereby confusing me with an actual culchie.

Turpentine

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I think I spotted the "more to the story"!!!

Maybe the Deise lad mentioned that Waterford was obviously his favourite football team but that he also liked Waterford United and - for example - Liverpool soccer teams ?

That'd confuse any Dub!

Maybe it'd confuse one of the dumber ones, just like it would confuse one of the dumber Limerick or Galway or Cork natives. Or someone with zero interest in football.

Liam Byrne wrote: »

You're also forgetting - again - that there are other cities and thereby confusing me with an actual culchie.

Post #167?

cloptrop

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Er - lived and worked there temporarily. So post fail.

Dad never owned or worked a farm. So post fail. Again.

You're also forgetting - again - that there are other cities and thereby confusing me with an actual culchie.

When you were in Dublin did you hear people calling a phone a cell??
Be honest now its only tuesday mornin , you will have to hold the lie in till the weekend confession if you tell it now.

Curva Sud

No,not at all.

Katgurl

Turpentine wrote: »

Katgurl wrote: »

so AGAIN what is post 167 that we were a perfect example of?

He's talking about people from small towns who complain about persecution from the big bad Dubs, but then in turn look down on more rural types

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77077255&postcount=167

Thank you Turpentine.

To whoever was the poster making the ill-informed assumptions - I was born and reared in the big shmoke itself.

I'll look down on whoever I feel like looking down on but I will stand by my previous assertion that it must be annoying for people in all other areas of ireland to be described as people who come from 'the country' by dubs, regardless of if they are from a city / town / rural countryside.

Since when did observing a difference equate to criticising?

Liam Byrne

Turpentine wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I think I spotted the "more to the story"!!!

Maybe the Deise lad mentioned that Waterford was obviously his favourite football team but that he also liked Waterford United and - for example - Liverpool soccer teams ?

That'd confuse any Dub!

Maybe it'd confuse one of the dumber ones, just like it would confuse one of the dumber Limerick or Galway or Cork natives. Or someone with zero interest in football.

It's generally Dubs that use the word to refer to soccer though.

Liam Byrne wrote: »

You're also forgetting - again - that there are other cities and thereby confusing me with an actual culchie.

Post #167?

What about it ? There are no post numbers on mobile so I can't check what it says.

Liam Byrne

cloptrop wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Er - lived and worked there temporarily. So post fail.

Dad never owned or worked a farm. So post fail. Again.

You're also forgetting - again - that there are other cities and thereby confusing me with an actual culchie.

When you were in Dublin did you hear people calling a phone a cell??
Be honest now its only tuesday mornin , you will have to hold the lie in till the weekend confession if you tell it now.

To be fair only Tony Fenton.

The rest of the Dubs were referring to their accommodation in the 'joy

Turpentine

Liam Byrne wrote: »

It's generally Dubs that use the word to refer to soccer though.

Oh, you were making a GAA reference, very drol. I have no interest in sport so that divisive little comment went straight over my head

Liam Byrne wrote: »

What about it ? There are no post numbers on mobile so I can't check what it says.

Check just above the post I'm quoting here.