Should calling someone a Culchie be a sacking offence?

AlmightyCushion

Surely people should be getting sacked for hiring culchies in the first place.

Franz Von Peppercorn

I would say it’s a pejorative, so in work it should be avoided.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Reading about the Netflix guy - he was their communications guy and was listing words that should be avoided in comedy at a meeting.

Your Face

Just sack the culchies.

Vita nova

Grayson wrote: »

Culchies, as in those outside Dublin, make up the majority of the population in Ireland.

Not everyone would agree with your definition, so here you go:

Some definitions of culchie:
Google: "an unsophisticated country person"
OED: "one who lives in, or comes from, a rural area; a (simple) countryman (or woman), a provincial, a rustic"
Dicitionary.com: "a rough or unsophisticated country-dweller from outside Dublin"

ohnonotgmail

Vita nova wrote: »

Not everyone would agree with your definition, so here you go:

so everyone from outside Dublin then, which is the majority of the population.

AlmightyCushion

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

I would say it’s a pejorative, so in work it should be avoided.

You're pejorative.

pwisp

If you get that angry by being called a culchie then you need to get out more and try enjoy life a little.

Vita nova

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

so everyone from outside Dublin then, which is the majority of the population.

0/10 for comprehension

super_furry

Wombatman wrote: »

Some guy at Netflix just lost his job for using the N-word. Surely the same should apply to use of the word Culchie?

Fair play, it’s still Monday morning and already we have a contender for the worst post of the week. That’s an impressive achievement.

Mutant z

No its just a bit of banter i myself live in the countryside so i couldn't care less what I'm called my skin is much thicker than that.

ohnonotgmail

Vita nova wrote: »

0/10 for comprehension

0/10 for sense of humour.

biko

Grayson wrote: »

OP, I could call you a Cnut and it's still not as offensive as the n word.

You know one is more offensive than the other when one is not even spelled out.

Franz Von Peppercorn

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

You're pejorative.

Did you just learn a new word and decide to use it?

Wibbs

Only in the Civil Service, because the name caller just outed themselves as a Dub.

Grayson

Vita nova wrote: »

Not everyone would agree with your definition, so here you go:

Culchies are people from outside dublin. They don't come from Dublin. That's part of the definition. You might say that it's "country people" but that's still people who aren't from Dublin city.

And yes, the majority of people in Ireland aren't from Dublin which makes them culchies and that means that culchies aren't a minority.

Grayson

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Reading about the Netflix guy - he was their communications guy and was listing words that should be avoided in comedy at a meeting.

Apparently he did it twice after being told not to after the first time. The second time he was talking to a group of black staffers after the first time.

AlmightyCushion

Grayson wrote: »

Culchies are people from outside dublin. They don't come from Dublin. That's part of the definition. You might say that it's "country people" but that's still people who aren't from Dublin city.

And yes, the majority of people in Ireland aren't from Dublin which makes them culchies and that means that culchies aren't a minority.

Where I grew up, culchie generally meant people from rural areas which would include a lot more places than just Dublin city. But I have heard it used to describe anyone outside of Dublin so I guess it depends where you grew up what a culchie is defined as like a lot of slang.

Vita nova

Grayson wrote: »

Culchies are people from outside dublin. They don't come from Dublin. That's part of the definition. You might say that it's "country people" but that's still people who aren't from Dublin city.

And yes, the majority of people in Ireland aren't from Dublin which makes them culchies and that means that culchies aren't a minority.

Re-read the definitions I presented. Culchie was defined as "unsophisticated", "rough" or "simple", so not a country person in general (IMHO). In fact I wouldn't call myself a culchie, nor would I use the term because of its generic associations.

Secondly, to me, the country is rural and a country person is a ruralite. Someone from the centre of Cork, Limerick, Galway or any big town is not living in the country they are living in a town or city.

Hector Savage

I'd like to know the context of him using it, if he called a someone a n*gger then fair enough, but if he was quoting Huckleberry Finn or using it in a non offensive scenario then it's a bit much - context is important here, it's worrying if you could just be sacked for using it whatever the reason.

There was a teacher in the US that was fired for using "niggardly" - crazy.

Grayson

Vita nova wrote: »

Re-read the definitions I presented. Culchie was defined as "unsophisticated", "rough" or "simple", so not a country person in general (IMHO). In fact I wouldn't call myself a culchie, nor would I use the term because of its generic associations.

Secondly, to me, the country is rural and a country person is a ruralite. Someone from the centre of Cork, Limerick, Galway or any big town is not living in the country they are living in a town or city.

You do realise that you don't get to make the definition. And the work is used by Dublin people to describe that someone is not from Dublin.

So if you're from Limerick, Galway or KAAARRRRK, you're a culchie.

Just as I'm a culchie because I grew up in a midlands town. You don't have the like the term but that's what it is.

suicide_circus

Ehhh HELLO?? Ever hear of a little something called THE FAMINE? Culchies had a rough time of it and don't deserve this abuse

Dakota Dan

whisky_galore wrote: »

Since when have Culchies been enslaved?

World of a difference there.

Irish people were slaves, check your history. Are todays black peoples slaves?

Vita nova

Grayson wrote: »

You do realise that you don't get to make the definition. And the work is used by Dublin people to describe that someone is not from Dublin.

So if you're from Limerick, Galway or KAAARRRRK, you're a culchie.

Just as I'm a culchie because I grew up in a midlands town. You don't have the like the term but that's what it is.

I didn't make up the definitions, I quoted them (see earlier post). And, you can call yourself whatever you want but you can't necessarily call others whatever you want without a reaction.

Cienciano

verycool wrote: »

It's only half ten and I know nothing else will top this for the "stupidest thing I've read all day".

To be fair, I think that was the aim of the thread

dxhound2005

Auguste Comte wrote: »

Yea but it's probably 2 sizes too big and tied on with bailing twine..

Culchies prefer baling twine.

whisky_galore

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Irish people were slaves, check your history.

Not in quite the same way, or scale, bud.

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Are todays black peoples slaves?

Some still are... how many Irish people are slaves?

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/countingthecost/2017/11/migrants-sale-slave-trade-libya-171126063748575.html

Donald Trump

Don't be silly.

It should be a sackable offence to employ a culchie in the first place

shakeitoff

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Irish people were slaves, check your history. Are todays black peoples slaves?

We love this narrative. Irish were slaves in the same way Irish people took slaves from England and Gaul many many many moons ago. Different time, different era, we're probably only coming towards the end of the cycle of globalisation that begin with the discovery of the new word. Modern life still has some sort of connection to those atrocities.

Culchie= Anyone outside Dubland.

the_pen_turner

to me a culchie is someone from a rural area that grew up around farms, animals, bogs, etc.
you wouldnt be a culchie if you lived in a large vilage , town or city.