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Should calling someone a Culchie be a sacking offence?

  • 25-06-2018 10:26AM
    #1
    Wombatman
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    Some guy at Netflix just lost his job for using the N-word. Surely the same should apply to use of the word Culchie?


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  • #2
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,880 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Can we sack people who use the term jackeen as well?


  • #3
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,999 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Since when have Culchies been enslaved?

    World of a difference there.


  • #4
    verycool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭verycool


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


  • #5
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,833 ✭✭✭abff


    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?

    Not even remotely comparable. I doubt he would have been fired for calling someone a redneck.


  • #6
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Culchie is a moniker I wear with pride.


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  • #7
    Wombatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭Wombatman


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Since when have Culchies been enslaved?

    World of a difference there.

    I beg to differ.
    Culchie may be derived from an Irish-language term cúl an tí meaning 'back of the house'. The servants were not permitted to enter the house through the front door but had to use the back door or servants' entrance. It became common practice in Dublin to use culchie in a derogatory manner. Over time, as the numbers of servants dwindled through the 20th century, the term was retained in everyday use.

    Working for little of nothing, for rich exploitative Dubliners. Little has changed really.


  • #8
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    The comparison is odious and shows a complete ignorance of the topic. Ludicrous thread.


  • #9
    Skylinehead
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    This thread is a sackable offence.


  • #10
    JRant
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    I prefer to use the terms Spudheads or Rockmunchers as they are far better descripters than culchie.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • #11
    Canis Lupus
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    This would have been a good Friday evening thread. You've ruined it posting it on a Monday.


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  • #12
    Vita nova
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭Vita nova


    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?
    No, not fired but the user should be told to save that nonsense for the pub or for outside of work.


  • #13
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,441 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Culchie is a moniker I wear with pride.
    Jaysus. Yer very well spoken for a culchie!


  • #14
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


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


  • #15
    Grayson
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    endacl wrote: »
    Jaysus. Yer very well spoken for a culchie!

    I'd say he's a north kildare culchie. Not a real culchie.


  • #16
    JRant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,061 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    This would have been a good Friday evening thread. You've ruined it posting it on a Monday.

    All the muck savages ( ;) ) would be traveling home from Dublin to mammies on a Friday evening with a boot full of washing and missed this thread then.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • #17
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    endacl wrote: »
    Jaysus. Yer very well spoken for a culchie!

    Never confuse patois with stupidity.


  • #18
    Wombatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭Wombatman


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

    You can call anyone a cnut. The other two words target specific racial minorities for offence.


  • #19
    sexmag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭sexmag


    if thats the case we should just stop talking to each other for fear of offending someone.

    I for one will be happy to not have to talk to anyone....especially culchies as i cant understand half of what they f**king say


  • #20
    bennyineire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,514 ✭✭✭bennyineire


    Where does the culchie/Jackeen world collide (besides Coppers of course),
    Where do you suppose the physical border area is ?


  • #21
    sexmag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭sexmag


    Wombatman wrote: »
    You can call anyone a cnut. The other two words target specific racial minorities for offence.

    have you not heard of the cnut race of people?

    Bunch are fannys if ive ever seen one


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  • #22
    sexmag
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    bennyineire wrote: »
    Where do you suppose the physical border area is ?

    like the post box says "Dublin" "Everywhere else"


  • #23
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,999 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Wombatman wrote: »
    I beg to differ.

    Working for little of nothing, for rich exploitative Dubliners. Little has changed really.

    No.

    So were they brought over on slave ships, bought and sold, beaten and whipped? Living in ghettos to this day, huh?

    Bit like that white supremacist claptrap likening the treatment of the Irish to what African Americans had to go through.


  • #24
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Wombatman wrote: »
    You can call anyone a cnut. The other two words target specific racial minorities for offence.

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


  • #25
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    bennyineire wrote: »
    Where does the culchie/Jackeen world collide (besides Coppers of course),
    Where do you suppose the physical border area is ?

    Lucan.


  • #26
    El Tarangu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭El Tarangu


    Wombatman wrote: »
    You can call anyone a cnut. The other two words target specific racial minorities for offence.

    Given that (i) culchies are far and away in the majority in Ireland, and (ii)culchies and dubs are ethnically homogenous, I'm not really sure that you can make that argument...

    Q: if someone from Kilkenny tells his mate from Waterford: "sure, Waterford hurlers are useless", should the equality commission be contacted about this hate crime?


  • #27
    Hector Bellend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭Hector Bellend


    culchie mulchie


  • #28
    endacl
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    Grayson wrote: »
    Culchies, as in those outside Dublin, make up the majority of the population in Ireland of the observable universe.
    For accuracy.


  • #29
    Vita nova
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭Vita nova


    El Tarangu wrote: »
    Given that (i) culchies are far and away in the majority in Ireland, and (ii)culchies and dubs are ethnically homogenous, I'm not really sure that you can make that argument...

    Q: if someone from Kilkenny tells his mate from Waterford: "sure, Waterford hurlers are useless", should the equality commission be contacted about this hate crime?

    Culchie would generally be regarded as a pejorative word for a rural dweller, if you think everyone outside of Dublin is a culchie then you are awfully ignorant.
    OED Definition of Culchie
    "one who lives in, or comes from, a rural area; a (simple) countryman (or woman), a provincial, a rustic"

    Ps. I'm a ruralite


  • #30
    Auguste Comte
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Culchie is a moniker I wear with pride.

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


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  • #31
    numbnutz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭numbnutz


    No it shouldn't and for this reason...the Culchie of the year competition....you don't hear about N1gg3r of the Year competition do you?


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