What do you consider a 'culchie' to be?

el diablo

You're a culchie if you eat ham sandwiches and drink tea from a flask out of the boot of your car after a GAA game.

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.

war_child

Marcusm wrote: »

Including the populations of Blackrock, Stillorgan, Monkstown abs Dun Laoghaire.

Oh god now their a special crowd all to themselves they dont fall under the Dubs / culchies category...There the SOCO crowd wer dawdy drives a beemer , and omg they wouldnt be cawght dead anywer but lillies on sawturday night , remember my omg, permatan,big hair georgia salpa crowd NO CARBS BEFORE MARBS lmao

carlmango11

'London Town' -a particular suburb of London. The town, or London Town, is also a nickname used for the city of London.

Not sure that's right. If "London Town" does refer to the City of London then it's wrong to call it a suburb - it's far from it.

From the Wikipedia page for "Town":

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.

I think most people don't view of city as a political or administrative status. Most (including myself) would use "city" as a term for a place where it's very busy, big old buildings, lots going on, has its own motorways, its own public transport system/companies, loads of different businesses and corporations operating from it, loads of different suburbs with different characteristics, always-busy central areas, large well-known universities etc etc.

It's hard to pinpoint what exactly it is but it's just that vibe you get off a city as opposed to a town. Personally I find Dublin has it and the likes of Galway and Cork don't.

mr_edge_to_you

a culchie should be defined as:

person from rural ireland who goes to mcdonalds and cannot grasp the concept that they don't sell snack boxes.

worked in mcdonalds - it has to been to be beleived.

do ya have chicken?
yes, we have a mcchicken sandwich or chicken nuggets
can i have a snack box with a breast?
sorry, i'm afraid we don't do snackboxes.
what?
we don't sell snackboxes
would you like a mcchicken sandwich?
ah....sure....is there onions on that?
no, there's no onions on it.
ah, i'll just get a quarter pounder so.

Carter P Fly

There's dubs and Cultchies and its got nothing to do with living in a town or city.

Mayo1980

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

mauzo

I love any accent that's not a dublin one. I go bat shìt crazy for a nice culchie accent.. I grew up in dublin and I am in love with the city.
I lived in cork for a few months and think its a lovely place. The bloody hills would kill you though!

djflawless

I thank me stars i can look out any window of my house any time of year and see countryside.and proud not to be from the softer side of ireland, "the pale".where the girls are girly and the lads are worse.and to think most dubs dont believe theres any pub outside the city centre that plays everything along with trad.gob****es!

Duggys Housemate

This whole argument is provincial bollocks.

Rhys Essien

carlmango11 wrote: »

'London Town' -a particular suburb of London. The town, or London Town, is also a nickname used for the city of London.

Not sure that's right. If "London Town" does refer to the City of London then it's wrong to call it a suburb - it's far from it.

From the Wikipedia page for "Town":





I think most people don't view of city as a political or administrative status. Most (including myself) would use "city" as a term for a place where it's very busy, big old buildings, lots going on, has its own motorways, its own public transport system/companies, loads of different businesses and corporations operating from it, loads of different suburbs with different characteristics, always-busy central areas, large well-known universities etc etc.

It's hard to pinpoint what exactly it is but it's just that vibe you get off a city as opposed to a town. Personally I find Dublin has it and the likes of Galway and Cork don't.

Considering you would fit County Dublin in to East Cork,I can safely say that Cork City has its own 'feel' and is very much seperated from the County.You are either from Cork or Cork City.
Granted its a fairly small city with a Pop.of 200,000(then thats a pretty big town)

grenache

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.

ridiculous. Someone who grows up in an urban environment of a large town or city has little in common with someone who grows up on a farm. Culchie is not a word that has exclusive use and designation by Dubliners.

mikemac1

Doesn't a curry chip, a single, a wan n' wan or a spice burger

Doesn't appreciate good quality heroin

Doesn't call national radio stations, name a street and just expect everyone in Ireland where it is.
RTÉ take blame here also, pure Dub centric. It hasn't snowed in Ireland unless its in Dublin

Doesn't eat greasy slop such as coddle

Will travel faithfully to GAA games until the Dubs who think of a trip to Longford as the end of the world. And then bitch and moan why can't all counties come to them, why should Dublin travel!

Doesn't force the gardaí top brass to delay matches in Croke Park as the Dubs are incapable of leaving the pub and getting there in good time. And then blame public transport???
People from Mayo and Kerry don't cause delays yet the Dubs manage it :rolleyes:

PhlegmyMoses

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

You're just jealous that you can't wear skinny jeans because you have fat legs.

Xavi6

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

Wound up culchies are even funnier than the normal kind.

Sit back, relax and chew on a turnip buddy.

Duckworth_Luas

I live in Dublin and recently had an old British college friend over to visit.

His overall impression was that it's not unlike a small British city, Bristol for example. Basically a large UK provincial town.

So more or less Dubliners are British culchies!

DonnaMarieAva

I always thought it was someone who had a 'bog' accent. You know, someone who can't pronounce their 'th'. Eg, for this they say dis and for the they say de. I would imagine these people to be born and raised on a farm. I went to school with this girl. I always thought of her as a culchie. She knew of every back road in Tipperary. She knew the names of every roundabout you would meet on your way to Galway!

Medusa22 wrote: »

I was born and raised in the city of Cork and I don't consider myself a culchie because I've always lived in a city.

I've been living in Dublin for a year and it seems that I am considered to be someone who came from the middle of a bog because I am not from Dublin.

I would also consider Limerick, Waterford and Galway to be cities. I think of the word ''culchie'' as applying to someone who lives in the countryside or a very small village. So, is it just Dubliners who think that all of us outside of Dublin are culchies regardless of where we're from? Let the slagging about Cork begin

studiorat

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

cork is not a ****ing city

there's one city in the republic and it's Dublin. It's also a kip.

Surely however, you can recognize how somebody growing up in Cork city centre has more in common with somebody from Dublin than with somebody like me who grew up in the countryside?

I live in Cork. It's full of culchies.

Culchie = not from Dublin

Barrack Obama = Culchie.

Saddam Hussein = ex-Culchie.

Tallaght = Culchies

Castleknock = Boarderline Culchies.

And since the last thread was closed by a suspected Culchie.

Things Culchies know nothing about redux:

2. De Flats.

3. Auld fellas in your local called Cyril.

4. A one and one.

5. The long ray.

el diablo

studiorat wrote: »

I live in Cork. It's full of culchies.

Culchie = not from Dublin

Barrack Obama = Culchie.

Saddam Hussein = ex-Culchie.

Tallaght = Culchies

Castleknock = Boarderline Culchies.

And since the last thread was closed by a suspected Culchie.

Things Culchies know nothing about redux:

2. De Flats.

3. Auld fellas in your local called Cyril.

4. A one and one.

5. The long ray.

What the fook is this all about?

foxyboxer

A culchie is someone who can name a minimum of 10 players from both of their GAA football and hurling teams.

StephenHendry

what do londonders call people who live outside london

getz

StephenHendry wrote: »

what do londonders call people who live outside london

english

stovelid

foxyboxer wrote: »

A culchie is someone who has blown s minimum of 10 players from both of their GAA football and hurling teams.

Fixed.

StephenHendry

getz wrote: »

english

lol

biko

StephenHendry wrote: »

what do londonders call people who live outside london

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

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.

You have been corrected on this before by Homberclog biko.
Quote:
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?

ash23

Personally I use Culchie for anyone brought up in a tiny village or in an isolated rural setting, like a farm. Somewhere that has one shop and takes a trek to get there.

Then I use townies for someone like myself who grew up in a town where there are shops, pubs and houses galore.

And then there are the city folk which is just self explanatory.

du Maurier

StephenHendry wrote: »

what do londonders call people who live outside london

Cants.

--Kaiser--

I hate the term 'culchie', it's so demeaning, I prefer to be called a 'muck savage'

biko

John_Rambo wrote: »

You have been corrected on this before by Homberclog biko.
Quote:
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?

Thanks, the quote is a bit messed up so I can' find the actual post you're referring to.

Rednecks, hicks and similar in US are only for rural farmers whereas culchie seems to mean essentially "non Dub" including people from smaller cities too.
Interesting about the French similarity but they use a few words:
A "paysan" is someone who basically works with the land (or cattle). People who simply live in the countryside ("la campagne") could be called "campagnards", but more generally, as you say, they are part of "la Province" (= not Paris+suburbs), and therefore would be called "des provinciaux".

Defiler Of The Coffin

Read the following in the Mayo News. Do ye think these boys count as culchies?

A FEW years back an entourage from this region went on a loose enough sightseeing mission to New York. There was little by way of pre-planning put into the trip and their interest in The Big Apple was confined mainly to the Irish bars around Queens and The Bronx.

Down Bainbridge Avenue one evening the pangs of hunger necessitated a visit to a local deli. After some to-ing and fro-ing they eventually ordered. “Mayo?” the lady preparing the food shouted to one of the more adventurous diners in their midst who had ordered a panini. “Yeah, Claremorris. How did ya’ know,” he replied.