Why is it Dubs on the ad about not being able to read?

I've seen two of these ads now over past few days. One is with a girl saying how her aul lad helps her with her homework now he has learned to read. They're Dubs. Then there's one with some woman saying how she wrote a card to her daughter. She's a Dub.

It's like that time with the healthy eating ads on the radio. They only had the dubs on it!

Hmmmm...I'm seeing a trend here...

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Because Dublin people are fat and stupid.

Killer Pigeon

bogger propaganda.

Oranage2

Oranage2 wrote: »

Illiteracy is all over the country and actually less likely in Dublin, it's just that non-dubs mostly deal with farming, woods man, fishing and the like so reading isn't a really a necessity unlike the metrapolitan people in Dublin where reading is an everyday occurance

I'm gonna LOL at this

stovelid

Am I the only one that always pictures the word Dub being said by people that sound and look like the Pat Short's character in Father Ted?

stupidusername

Illiteracy is all over the country and actually less likely in Dublin, it's just that non-dubs mostly deal with farming, woods man, fishing and the like so reading isn't a really a necessity unlike the metrapolitan people in Dublin where reading is an everyday occurance

This isn't serious, right?

Oranage2

Starla_o0 wrote: »

I've seen two of these ads now over past few days. One is with a girl saying how her aul lad helps her with her homework now he has learned to read. They're Dubs. Then there's one with some woman saying how she wrote a card to her daughter. She's a Dub.

It's like that time with the healthy eating ads on the radio. They only had the dubs on it!

Hmmmm...I'm seeing a trend here...

Illiteracy is all over the country and actually less likely in Dublin, it's just that non-dubs mostly deal with farming, woods man, fishing and the like so reading isn't a really a necessity unlike the metrapolitan people in Dublin where reading is an everyday occurance

Galvasean

We're a thick bunch us Dubs.

just you I think....Dubs themselves say it. Take it from a Dub

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Oranage2 wrote: »

Illiteracy is all over the country and actually less likely in Dublin, it's just that non-dubs mostly deal with farming, woods man, fishing and the like so reading isn't a really a necessity unlike the metrapolitan people in Dublin where reading is an everyday occurance

Ok my comment about Dublin people being fat and stupid was just taking the piss but I have a feeling you actually believe this.

smcgiff

Over employment of Dublin actors me thinks Down with this kind of thing

El Horseboxo

They're all just actors. People outside of Dublin aren't as photogenic.

fullstop

Because ~1/4 of the population are Dubs and the companies making these ads are most likely based in Dublin so it's easier to get Dubs to do the ad. Simples.

mikemac

Because the producers and directors aren't aware there are actors outside Dublin?

Starla_o0

Starla_o0 wrote: »

It's like that time with the healthy eating ads on the radio. They only had the dubs on it!.

No they didn't, they had loads of ads with dubs and country folk alike. Just that most Dublin people chose only to hear the Dublin ones!

stovelid

feelingstressed wrote: »

Because the producers and directors aren't aware there are actors outside Dublin?

There isn't.

They're all up here packing out Coppers and annoying the fuck out of everyone.

They're kind of those fake Dublin accents though...like a Dub putting on a Dub accent so you know it's a Dub. Like that Granny on Fair City...Zumo's granny!

fontanalis

El Horseboxo wrote: »

They're all just actors. People outside of Dublin aren't as photogenic.

Hopefully they'll get Smiley Bolger of BP Fallon on.

Oranage2

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Ok my comment about Dublin people being fat and stupid was just taking the piss but I have a feeling you actually believe this.

This is true, I read an article in the New York Times recently about some villages in Ireland that are outside Dublin that don't even speak english but because these villages mostly deal with dated trades likes farming and carpentry that they don't have a need to speak to the civilised world unlike Dublin where most people work in offices and banks and reading and writing is a must.

Oranage2

Oranage2 wrote: »

This is true, I read an article in the New York Times recently about some villages in Ireland that are outside Dublin that don't even speak english but because these villages mostly deal with dated trades likes farming and carpentry that they don't have a need to speak to the civilised world unlike Dublin where most people work in offices and banks and reading and writing is a must.

The New York Times.....

Americans still believe in Leprechauns!

stovelid

Oranage2 wrote: »

This is true, I read an article in the New York Times recently about some villages in Ireland that are outside Dublin that don't even speak english but because these villages mostly deal with dated trades likes farming and carpentry that they don't have a need to speak to the civilised world unlike Dublin where most people work in offices and banks and reading and writing is a must.

http://irishfireside.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/quietman.gif

Oranage2

Deleted User wrote: »

The New York Times.....

Americans still believe in Leprechauns!

The Evening Herald.......

Irish still believe Americans believe in Leprechauns!

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Oranage2 wrote: »

This is true, I read an article in the New York Times recently about some villages in Ireland that are outside Dublin that don't even speak english but because these villages mostly deal with dated trades likes farming and carpentry that they don't have a need to speak to the civilised world unlike Dublin where most people work in offices and banks and reading and writing is a must.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqx2Bt5bnKE

Knasher

Oranage2 wrote: »

This is true, I read an article in the New York Times recently about some villages in Ireland that are outside Dublin that don't even speak english but because these villages mostly deal with dated trades likes farming and carpentry that they don't have a need to speak to the civilised world unlike Dublin where most people work in offices and banks and reading and writing is a must.

And I hear that some places in France predominantly speak French, the shear ignorance of it.

stovelid

Knasher wrote: »

the shear ignorance of it.

They're just sheep really.

fontanalis

Knasher wrote: »

And I hear that some places in France predominantly speak French, the shear ignorance of it.

Unpatriotic if you ask me.

ntlbell

It explains why we go around on Dublin Bus asking people what a tracker mortgage is.

amacca

ntlbell wrote: »

It explains why we go around on Dublin Bus asking people what a tracker mortgage is.

no ye dont...ye just butt on public transport and tell everyone you dont know what a tracker mortgage is

must be cathartic

Paracore

Dublin is the only place in Ireland where the IQ of the physical environment is actually TWICE that of the people who inhabit it. In other words their as thick as ****.

Oranage2

Paracore wrote: »

Dublin is the only place in Ireland where the IQ of the physical environment is actually TWICE that of the people who inhabit it. In other words their as thick as ****.

By your logic don't you mean twice as thick as....

Paracore

Paracore wrote: »

Dublin is the only place in Ireland where the IQ of the physical environment is actually TWICE that of the people who inhabit it. In other words their as thick as ****.

"they're as thick as ****"

Are you from Dublin then?

amacca

Oranage2 wrote: »

By your logic don't you mean twice as thick as....

witty riposte..en garde

Piriz

Starla_o0 wrote: »

I've seen two of these ads now over past few days. One is with a girl saying how her aul lad helps her with her homework now he has learned to read. They're Dubs. Then there's one with some woman saying how she wrote a card to her daughter. She's a Dub.

It's like that time with the healthy eating ads on the radio. They only had the dubs on it!

Hmmmm...I'm seeing a trend here...

OP if you are calling this negative stereotyping i would tend to agree..
the 'dublin' accent is often used in a less then positive light in irish advertising!

Coriolanus

Dunno, guess they can't read? Same way nordies can't be trusted to cook their food properly.

DrumSteve

i be rollin on dubs

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Piriz wrote: »

OP if you are calling this negative stereotyping i would tend to agree..
the 'dublin' accent is often used in a less then positive light in irish advertising!

On the other hand its used very positively in Brennans Bread ads.

BrokenArrows

They probably made the ad in Dublin so the actors were from Dublin!

or maybe statistically Dublin people have the highest rate of illiteracy. (Don't know if this is true or not)

Horse_box

It's because we all take heroin

Ebbs

Paracore wrote: »

Dublin is the only place in Ireland where the IQ of the physical environment is actually TWICE that of the people who inhabit it. In other words their as thick as ****.

Oh the irony...

newmug

Its just stereotyping. I'd say it is pretty near the mark though to be fair.

Seloth

Ugh this thread reminds me of the 02 ad where they knitted stuff around variouse objects on the street.They then did a cork version for "Tony down in Cork".

His accent was similar too that of tommy tiernans version of the Cork accent...Honestly there are plenty of Cork actors in Dublin use them for petes sake.

*cough* But erm yeah...grrr Stupid ads!

Celly Smunt

it's because illiteracy rises to 100% outside Dublin.


and they aren't loyal to the Queen like us in the pale.

Jamiekelly

So they don't have to pay the dub actors with cash. They just have to pay them with heroin and coke.

We all know how those dubs love their coke

Celly Smunt

Jamiekelly wrote: »

So they don't have to pay the dub actors with cash. They just have to pay them with heroin and coke.

We all know how those dubs love their coke

and crack! god i love crack

littlefriend

Starla_o0 wrote: »

Like that Granny on Fair City...Zumo's granny!

Jesus her 'accent' is terrible!

Dionysus

Starla_o0 wrote: »

Why is it Dubs on the ad about not being able to read? I've seen two of these ads now over past few days. One is with a girl saying how her aul lad helps her with her homework now he has learned to read. They're Dubs. Then there's one with some woman saying how she wrote a card to her daughter. She's a Dub.

It's like that time with the healthy eating ads on the radio. They only had the dubs on it!

Hmmmm...I'm seeing a trend here...

Because Dublin's the most densely populated region in the country, obviously.

Dudess

I've only seen one of those ads and it just sounds like an actress with a put-on Roddy Doyle "Dooblin" accent. It's cringey. Same with that dreadful healthy food ad.