RTE Londonderry

Kettleson

Does RTE (and similar media organisations) have a responsibilty to start referring to Derry/Londonderry by its official contemporary name, Londonderry?

Is RTE prolonging the process towards normality by upholding what appears to be an entrenched position of calling Londonderry, Derry? Do they have an official legitimate policy on this?

I was born in Londonderry
I was born in Derry City too
Oh what a special child
To see such things and still to smile
I knew that there was something wrong
But I kept my head down and carried on

I grew up in Enniskillen
I grew up in Inis Ceithleann too
Oh what a clever boy
To watch your hometown be destroyed
I knew that I could not stay long
So I kept my head down and carried on

Who cares where national borders lie?
Who cares whose laws you're governed by?
Who cares what name you call a town?
Who'll care when you're six feet beneath the ground?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdPyAFZfk24

From the corner of my eye
A hint of blue in the black sky
A ray of hope, a beam of light
An end to thirty years of night
The church bells ring, the children sing
What is this strange and beautiful thing?
It's the sunrise
Can you see the sunrise?
I can see the sunrise
It's the sunrising.

ColeTrain

They are correct, you are wrong.

No Pants

Just checked my map; it says Londonderry.

kneemos

Thought they changed it to Derry years ago?

Karl Stein

Not.
This.
****.
Again.

orangesoda

It is Doire and we are going to win the National League next weekend

Custardpi

Why not settle the issue by organising a plebiscite of Foyleside residents?

Brego888

It's Derry LondonDerry

Stavros Murphy

I read the title and thought they were establishing a Northern wing of the RTE.

Kettleson

Focus pepes...focus!

I'm talking about media organisations taking sides.
BBC NI refers to both Derry and Londonderry. With RTE its always "Derry".

Time for a little movement in the interest of all?

Kettleson

kneemos wrote: »

Thought they changed it to Derry years ago?

Only the City Council forum. Not the actual city.

No Pants

Kettleson wrote: »

Time for a little movement in the interest of all?

A bowel movement.

orangesoda

Kettleson wrote: »

Focus pepes...focus!

I'm talking about media organisations taking sides.
BBC NI refers to both Derry and Londonderry. With RTE its always "Derry".

Time for a little movement in the interest of all?

but sure do Norn Iron unionists even watch RTE in order to get offended? I wouldn't think so

mickydoomsux

Who cares?

Kettleson

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

I read the title and thought they were establishing a Northern wing of the RTE.

Well UTV is setting up camp in the 26 counties as we speak. RTE doing fec all to invade the north.

Custardpi

orangesoda wrote: »

but sure do Norn Iron unionists even watch RTE in order to get offended? I wouldn't think so

To be fair there's probably a few old school Fine Gaelers who might be.

Karl Stein

Custardpi wrote: »

Why not settle the issue by organising a plebiscite of Foyleside residents?

Because there'd be a resounding yes vote to drop the 'London' part and Unionists and their pathetic hangers-on in the south would kick and squeal like a spoilt child denied a toy.

Kettleson

orangesoda wrote: »

but sure do Norn Iron unionists even watch RTE in order to get offended? I wouldn't think so

Yeah, but wouldn't it be nice to show NI Unionists that the days of using polarised, political geographical names are over?

Femme_Fatale

Thread has no purpose other than to be inflammatory.

Stavros Murphy

They'll be whinging about flags next.

Kettleson

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Thread has no purpose other than to be inflammatory.

Rubbish. I question your know-it-all post.

Stavros Murphy

Kettleson wrote: »

Well UTV is setting up camp in the 26 counties as we speak. RTE doing fec all to invade the north.

Continuity UTV?

orangesoda

Kettleson wrote: »

Yeah, but wouldn't it be nice to show NI Unionists that the days of using polarised, political geographical names are over?

In my view Norn Iron unionists need to open their eyes and see that Derry is nothing like London, I like London but it is very different to auld Derry so why even use the name in front of it

mickydoomsux

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

They'll be whinging about flags next.

"But a piece of coloured cloth over a building is the most important issue in my life "

Zed Bank

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

Continuity UTV?

Real UTV

Stavros Murphy

Kettleson wrote: »

Rubbish. I question your know-it-all post.

Objection your Honour!

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Never heard BBC refer to it as Derry.

Irish government refers to it as Derry, by extension most people in the Republic including our media do too. Nobody has a 'responsibility' to refer to it as Londonderry.

It's own city council refers to it as Derry.

kumate_champ07

I thought it was 'Derry-Londonderry-londonDerrylondon-DerryLondon-Derry'

Kettleson

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

Never heard BBC refer to it as Derry.

Are you deaf and/or blind?

NIMAN

I was born and lived most of my life in Derry, and I don't care about this nonsense any more.

Call it what you want, and get on with something more important in life.

Jesus Wept

londondublin

Kettleson

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

Objection your Honour!

Over 'kin ruled

kumate_champ07

Frankfurtdublin

Zed Bank

It's Derry.

Stavros Murphy

Kettleson wrote: »

Over 'kin ruled

I'm gonna treat this witness as hostile. Flounces off...

alchemist33

I work there and call it Derry and nobody's objected yet. If someone calls it Londonderry, I don't get offended either. Same goes for news organisations -- they can all call it what they like and anybody who gets offended can go back to 1970.

Naux

orangesoda wrote: »

It is Doire and we are going to win the National League next weekend

Hope ye do........I'm up for the underdog!!

Derry for me, never ever called it Londonderry.

Kettleson

NIMAN wrote: »

I was born and lived most of my life in Derry, and I don't care about this nonsense any more.

Call it what you want, and get on with something more important in life.

I appreciate your personal perspective and opinion, but do you have an input on the medias (RTE's) use of the name Derry, as is the intention of the thread?

Cienciano

According to wikipedia, Londonderry is the official name for the city.

alchemist33

Kettleson wrote: »

I appreciate your personal perspective and opinion, but do you have an input on the medias (RTE's) use of the name Derry, as is the intention of the thread?

The vast majority of people in the Republic call it Derry. RTE reflecting this isn't necessarily a political statement

Kettleson

Naux wrote: »

Hope ye do........I'm up for the underdog!!

Derry for me, never ever called it Londonderry.

The thread is asking for opinions about RTE's 100% use of the name "Derry", not those age old and moronic arguments about the political motivation behind the use of any name. Close the thread...

Stavros Murphy

Kettleson wrote: »

I appreciate your personal perspective and opinion, but do you have an input on the medias (RTE's) use of the name Derry, as is the intention of the thread?

They do it to annoy you, and you alone. There was a meeting, someone suggested a way to wind up Kettleson - "Let's call it Derry" and it was adopted as official policy. Honest. RTE are gas like that.

Kettleson

alchemist33 wrote: »

The vast majority of people in the Republic call it Derry. RTE reflecting this isn't necessarily a political statement

Yes but 100% useage is a statement.

Zed Bank

Cienciano wrote: »

According to wikipedia, Londonderry is the official name for the city.

The funny thing though is that I would have never known that, through all the years of geography/history in school it was always "Derry" or "Doire".

I honestly think our education is biased towards nationalism in some ways.

The Diabolical Monocle

mickydoomsux wrote: »

Who cares?

Jesus does.

RahenyD5

Stupid name as Galway could have been called Dublingalway!