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Why do we still call places by the wrong name?

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  • #32
    imme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    As Sheriff J W Pepper in the Bond movies says "speak English boy"

    These are the English translations that's why we use them.


  • #33
    Elisabeth Cold Springtime
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Elisabeth Cold Springtime


    NewbridgeIR wrote: »
    People referring to Ranelagh as "Renelagh"

    Just f*ck off.

    Do other people do that?? my friend does it and it drives me nuts. i think she even spells it like that


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Surprised no one has mentioned "Chicargo" yet


  • #35
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,784 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »
    Surprised no one has mentioned "Chicargo" yet

    It was only a matter of time.


  • #36
    snotboogie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭snotboogie


    We all collectively decided to stop calling Beijing Peking and go with the actual Mandarin name for the city a few decades ago


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  • #37
    burnsey1987
    Closed Accounts Posts: 212 ✭✭burnsey1987


    The correct name of the area I grew up in is actually Ryanstown Street, Fearnan’s Fort, Blackpool


  • #38
    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    Sh1thole instead of Donaghmede





    *just kidding


  • #39
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    I can't wait to go back packing this year; Alba, Cymru, Kern, Dumnonn, Frankia, Gaul, Etrusca, Euskadi and Scandia should be nice.


  • #40
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Jimbob1977 wrote: »

    In parts of Northern Ireland, locals whitewash the 'London' out of Londonderry signs to make plain old Derry.
    They should whitewash out the 'Derry' part. That'd really feck with some heads.

    :D


  • #41
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    Northern Ireland.


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  • #42
    taylor3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 266 ✭✭taylor3


    PalmersTOWN being called Palmerston. Wreck the head. There is a Palmerston but that is in Rathmines D6. Also some folk can't tell the difference between Clonshaugh and Clonskeagh.


  • #43
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,369 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    endacl wrote: »
    Chapelizard

    My mam calls it that. Only time I would ever want to rage violence against my mother. Really annoying. (I'm pedantic)
    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    I was going to include that actually. We say Paris with the S pronounced, whilst its called "Paree". Why do we say Paris and not "Paree"?

    Because we speak English.
    Why don't we call it Páras, since we're Irish?


  • #44
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Why indeed!

    On a recent jaunt around the southwest, it was bloody infuriating to spend an afternoon unable to locate Queenstown on a map or signpost, only to be told by one of the natives that it is in fact now known as "Cove" or some similar gaylick derivation!


  • #45
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,784 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Since we have diverted off to complaining about pronunciations, people should be aware that not every place name has only one accepted standard form. Live and let live and let them say Renla and Pamerstun.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/palmerstown-wins-back-w-as-council-approves-name-change-1.2064799


  • #46
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,611 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


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  • #47
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    If it weren't for those froggy normans we'd be calling Ireland, Eireland.


  • #48
    sligojoek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Joe Duffy Fizzboro for Phibsborough

    Most RTE sports presenters Ishlee for Italy


  • #49
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    Benton Echoing Tongue wrote: »
    Ireland??

    You mean The Republic ?


  • #50
    Doltanian
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Doltanian


    Qatar is pronounced Cutter, not Kat-ar like is often heard here. Las Vegas sounds more like Los Vegas and not Lass like the BBC always make the mistake.


  • #51
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,263 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    The scribes and poets were happy enough to refer to Ireland as Banba or Fodhla too...


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  • #52
    _Dara_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭_Dara_


    snotboogie wrote: »
    We all collectively decided to stop calling Beijing Peking and go with the actual Mandarin name for the city a few decades ago

    Wow, I had totally forgot about Peking! :eek:


  • #53
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    why is it Côte d'Ivoire these days and not just Ivory Coast, as in why do we say that one in French but pretty much only that one?


  • #54
    Doltanian
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Doltanian


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    why is it Côte d'Ivoire these days and not just Ivory Coast, as in why do we say that one in French but pretty much only that one?

    Theres no Ivory left since they killed all the elephants.


  • #55
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Doltanian wrote: »
    Theres no Ivory left since they killed all the elephants.

    even the French speaking ones?


  • #56
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,639 ✭✭✭feargale


    Ballsbridge= Droichead na Magairlíní = El Puente de los Cojones.

    Stillorgan = Bod gan Bhogadh.

    Hackballscross = Cuir scian chun Chroise na Liathróidí

    Don't forget Effin. Years ago the public address in Knock refused to announce that the Effin bus would leave at seven o'clock. Now there's one that needs to change.


  • #57
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,611 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


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  • #58
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    Pearse Street station when referring to Pearse station, Westland Row - like nails down a blackboard.

    ****



  • #59
    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    Doltanian wrote: »
    Qatar is pronounced Cutter, not Kat-ar like is often heard here.

    I tend to go by how things are pronounced in ads because I figure a company's marketing team will be pushing for their brand to be correctly identified (if you've ever worked with marketing people you'll know how protective they are over their brand), and Qatar Airlines always pronounce it Katar in ads.


  • #60
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,162 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    I think that we should keep pronouncing places our way till foreigners pronounce our names correctly.


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  • #61
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    Example:
    Turin - Torino
    Milan - Milano
    Rome - Roma
    Florence - Firenze
    Venice - Venezia
    Vienna - Wien
    Munich - Munchen
    Cologne - Koln
    Spain - Espana
    Germany - Deutschland

    I'm sure there's loads more, what's the cheese?

    Ehh... What?


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