What do you consider a 'culchie' to be?

For example, Greater London is sometimes referred to colloquially as "London town". (The "City of London" is the historical nucleus, informally known as the "Square Mile", and is administratively separate from the rest of Greater London, while the City of Westminster is also technically a city and is also a London borough)

ZeitgeistGlee wrote: »

Because it depends entirely on your definition of what qualifies as a "city". We are, as you said, a small country of 4.5 million people, therefore any large urban area (100,000+ people) could reasonable be called a city by our standards. Depending on the comparative population of other, larger nations however Dublin could be categorised similarly to how you categorise Cork and Limerick, hence my comparison of Dublin to Melbourne. I thought it was a fairly obvious point but I guess I wasn't clear enough the first time round.

I confess I also find Dublin-centric attitudes amusing having lived abroad in much larger cities.

el diablo wrote: »

The idea of someone from Cork calling someone from Roscommon a "culchie" sounds ridiculous to me. If you're from outside Dublin you're a culchie. It doesn't matter if you're from a large town (eg. Cork) or from a pig farm in Leitrim.

Mayo1980 wrote: »

Im very sick of this ****e talk from soft dublin lads. They are so stuck up themselves and really need a reality check . They think every person who has even seen the countryside is as thick but having being educated in the west . I understand there is a small number of lads who arent the brightest spark s but after witnessing firsthand the Townies of dublin : They were as thick as **** and really i questioned had they are a pair of balls they walked around like 4 queers gossiped about events of the day when they bumped into a few girls from there school I heard screams of omg your hair is amazing i was embarrased to have been a distant relation . When they got home i tried to avoid them for the next day but unfortunatley this was proving to be a diffucult task . When they began to pose in the mirror and upload these self portraits to facebook . my blood boiled inside me . i would loved to have brought them to the bog to foot turf or enjoy the solitude of fencing . as i gladly made my way home from the big capital i Realised that there is little hope for our future . about 6 months later i had almost forgot about the incidents the famous clann arrived as they longed to see these 20 acres which were my pride and joy or as they described the land has the lawn ... the two young lads managed to climb over the gate . the sight of the two of them was appauling they were wearing jeans so tight they would tear your mickey . as they dodged the puddles and ran away from the mountain ewes which they described as ugly lambs .. anyway enough ranting but if i ever here these queers talking ****e about boggers and culchies ill crack up . and this illuision that were unsanitised and smelly is a load a ****e . anyway im proud to be a cultchie but not in a condesending way From the other 4 million outside of dublin

StephenHendry wrote: »

what do londonders call people who live outside london

getz wrote: »

english

biko wrote: »

Actually, I've never heard of a country where the people from the capital have a commonly used word for everyone outside the capital.
Probably one of those "only in Ireland" things.

John_Rambo wrote: »

You have been corrected on this before by Homberclog biko.
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Originally Posted by biko
I didn't say other countries don't have slagging between city/country (cities everywhere will regard the countryside merely as a supply line of food and workers) - I said HERE it's between Dubs and everyone else, there's even a word for "everyone else" that other countries do not have. Do you understand?

Nevermind, I don't want to derail thread further.

Hicks, Bumpkins, redneck (USA). Bazi(I think china), Worzils and lots more(England), Parisians have some word that essentially means paedophile for anyone beyond Paris. Lot's of (every?) country has them.
I think it's quite the opposite Biko. I get far more grief in rural areas for being a Dub than I've witnessed people from beyond the pale getting stick from Dubs. There'll always be a bit of light hearted argie-bargie however I have witnessed the divide being created with much more menace in rural areas against Dubs than the other way around.
I've heard people from urban areas outside Dublin calling people culchies. They do it in Cork, well that's where I've come across it. And eh...Jackeen wouldn't be derogatory?

EdenHazard wrote: »

Lyon and Manchester are absolute dumps, Dublin far superior.