"high street" - yay or nay?

Dostoevsky

Irish people starting to use this very British term annoy me! :mad: There, I said it.

I heard the RTÉ business guy using it a moment ago and I'm just wondering why Irish people are suddenly using it. What's wrong with retail sales? Or shops? Or businesses?

/rant over.

admiralofthefleet

Yes, but I'm British

its called 'going for a few messages'. 'retail sales' is american

phasers

I don't care.

Senna

If someone said "high street business are suffering etc" thats fine.
If someone said "i'm going up the high street for milk" punch them.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Yes, but I'm British

Is the "high street" like the "top square"?

Fight_Night

wtf.

Amber Lamps

Yes, but I'm British

we'll be saying downtown next

arybvtcw0eolkf

Maybe he was talking about High Street, at Christchurch in town WHICH TOWN? - DUBLIN TOWN.

PCPhoto

Yes, but I'm British

Waiting for someone to click "Yes, I'm british" ..... public poll

Get out ye brits ...:D (I joke ...I joke)

Radharc na Sleibhte

The high street = shopping district
High street = name of street

mikom

The high street = Headshop central

They could be talking about here

El Horseboxo

Yes, but I'm British

I used to say downtown a bit without realizing it thanks to living in the US. But unless i'm talking about an actual street called High street i'll never use the term.

tinkerbell

"High street" = not designer brand. What's wrong with using that term, that's what it means.

gcgirl

Yes, but I'm British

High St would not work in Wicklow town since there is an actually high St mainly residential no shops!

Mint Sauce

High St or Main St, depends on if the street is called High St or Main St I suppose.

TheZohanS

Yes, but I'm British

No I'd never use a foreign term like that, no way José.

StevieNicksFan

Yes, but I'm British

I HATE that term..no matter what nationality is using it. It sounds so ridiculous when an Irish person says 'Yea its off the high street' or 'Going up the high street' No you're not, you're goin into centra to buy a Brennan's pan..muppet

Dostoevsky

Yes, but I'm British

Senna wrote: »

If someone said "high street business are suffering etc" thats fine.

What's wrong with saying businesses are suffering or the old reliable shops are suffering? Why must they now become the "high street" for Irish people just because loads of British retailers have moved here and their PR people use the term?

Liam Byrne

Yes, but I'm British

If it is actually called "High St" or if it's the street that starts at the top of the mountain, then yes.

Otherwise no.

Dostoevsky

Yes, but I'm British

Remy Wailing Waitress wrote: »

Maybe he was talking about High Street, at Christchurch in town WHICH TOWN? - DUBLIN TOWN.

irish-stew wrote: »

High St or Main St, depends on if the street is called High St or Main St I suppose.

tinkerbell wrote: »

"High street" = not designer brand. What's wrong with using that term, that's what it means.

I'm talking about when the term is used as a common noun, not as a proper noun. Hence 'high street' isn't capitalised in the thread title.

admiralofthefleet

Yes, but I'm British

Remy Wailing Waitress wrote: »

Maybe he was talking about High Street, at Christchurch in town WHICH TOWN? - DUBLIN TOWN.

you know what they will start saying now....

Senna

Dostoevsky wrote: »

What's wrong with saying businesses are suffering or the old reliable shops are suffering? Why must they now become the "high street" for Irish people just because loads of British retailers have moved here and their PR people use the term?

Its a business term and encase you didn't realise, not all business are Irish.

stovelid

Gtf over it.

Dostoevsky

Yes, but I'm British

stovelid wrote: »

Gtf over it.

Gtf over this thread.

Up de Barrs

Yes, but I'm British

Its almost as annoying as people referring to the Guards as the police.

Holmer

"I left my car in the parking lot" much worse

mikemac

Yes, but I'm British

High St doesn't bother me

Tudor Downs or Tuscony Downs as name for estates in Ireland just does not work in my opinion
You couldn't get a more typically English name then Tudor Downs

Metallergy

Senna wrote: »

If someone said "high street business are suffering etc" thats fine.
If someone said "i'm going up the high street for milk" punch them.

yep

i don't know how else one would refer to er, high streets - in general? main shopping thoroughfares?! but then i'd sooner refer to a singular as a main street look blud obviously if Will Goodebody or whoever says it its gonna seem that bit more "english"

mike65

Of all the things to fret about, if a town has a main throughfare which is lined with retail shops you have two generic choices really - you call it the high street or main street. So the only issue is do you want to copy England or the USA. What else would you call the street?

JayeL

Hate Irish people using "High Street", we have Main Streets dammit.

But I'm from Ashbourne and we already have a Main Street, so when they built a new street a few years ago and didn't make it clear to all and sundry that it was called Killegland Street, some shops started calling it High Street.

And now they're officially calling it that on promotional stuff, there's even a website :-(

For jayzus sake......

LordSutch

No

High Street fashion is a recognised term, no harm in it at all, whereas the main street which goes through the centre of a town in Ireland tends to be called 'The Main Street' and not the High Street . . . . . .

"High Street Vs Designer" in fashion terms is completly acceptable here.