I Am Nobody wrote: » I don't understand why Americans would ban culchie since that word doesn't exist in their vocabulary.Hillbilly,redneck,etc does though.I'm just baffled.
nthclare wrote: » They're banning haymakers from boxing because it's offensive to boxer's. Nick name's are banned too, because some purple haired dude who's gender no 47 was called 74 . Dude isn't appropriate either. Smiling is banned because that's perceived as being sneaky, no more laughing either
I Am Nobody wrote: » FFS so the hope of humanity now lies with the soft millennials to guide humanity.We are all fcuked.When did it become acceptable to be a pussy?
cj maxx wrote: » Words with friends doesn't allow fag,jap and various other'offensive' words
circadian wrote: » You're the pinnacle of craic, as always.
nthclare wrote: » Especially when I'm floating above the pinnacles, but never wait around for the tide to go out as those sharp rocks can cause havoc. I try to Keep my sail in the right direction.
Pauliedragon wrote: » As the title says apparantly scrabble will ban culchie and other terms deemed offensive. How would yanks (maybe yank is now offensive sorry mods) know the word culchie or does it mean something different over there? #culchielivesmatter
circadian wrote: » I see what you did there, very clever.
joe40 wrote: » What are you talking about?
nthclare wrote: » Can you not read ??? it's just a bit of craic. You know exactly what I mean,but by asking me what I'm talking about is your way of undermining my post That's ok though, you're entitled to that freedom...
Vita nova wrote: » I know you're probably trying to wind people up but on the off chance that you're serious let me enlighten you. Culchie has been a synonym for country bumpkin for as long as I can remember, it's usually listed as a synonym in dictionaries; see https://www.lexico.com/definition/culchie under synonyms. I've seen culchies portrayed as bumpkins many many times in the media, usually in humourous way but that was the portrayal nonetheless. As for redneck and hillbilly, they are US equivalents of culchie, in fact if you look up the list of banned words culchie is there alongside redneck. Also, hillbilly has a rural Irish/Scots-Irish etymology. Also your definition of rural, albeit in inverted commas, is ridiculous. A townie by definition is not rural and afaik the CSO and OSI only regards towns of less than 2,000 people to be rural otherwise they are urban. Travellers are urban and rural but I'd say the vast majority live in towns and cities and fyi there are many born, bred and living in Dublin. There are a lot of Irish immigrants and first and second generation Irish Americans in the US, also Americans that have worked in Ireland or are familiar with Irish culture would be familiar with the term, so in that respect it could be said to be part of the vast ethnic American vocabulary.
I Am Nobody wrote: » But you also have the vast southern folk embracing the hillbilly,redneck way of like.Even Duck Dynasty built their image on that.The dynamics of the South is very different to the North in America,The Northern folk will always berate southern lifestyles as backwards.It is a never ending cycle at this stage.
joe40 wrote: » I absolutely value freedom. So if a Scrabble players association change their rules for their competitions it has zero impact on my life. They have every right to do so. I will never be playing competitive Scrabble so I don't need to worry about it. If I'm playing Scrabble at home I can still use whatever words I want. Of all the things going on in the world the actions of Scrabble players association should not really be high on anyone's list of priorities.
nthclare wrote: » So are you a rule on to the authorities of what people can post about. There's a lot going on in the world alright, but some of us can rise above. So why are you suggesting that the rules of Scrabble isn't high on your agenda ? Then you comment on a post about the rules of Scrabble. Seriously I sometimes wonder about people and their contradictions. I never said anything about you or went out of my way to hurt your feelings. Do you value the freedom of people who like a bit of banter ??? By the way I'm slightly dyslexic so you can observe away
joe40 wrote: » Apologies if it was just a bit of banter. It's just that when you say things like "these fruitcakes are pussys and they're getting away with this mantra" It's sounds like you're making a serious point about a serious issue.
nthclare wrote: » The Irish word Bó as well as focail will be banned too.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » The guy commented that if you have the letters for the dreaded n word then you could just play the word 'ginger' instead. Which I thought was funny.
cdeb wrote: » Well, unless it doesn't fit on the board of course. Not to mention that "ginger" is a bit of an insulting term too, in its own small way. Certainly as insulting as culchie anyway.
cdeb wrote: » Pronounced to rhyme with "singer" and it is intended as an insult. It's minor of course - around the same severity as "culchie". You can't argue one and not the other I think. (I'll argue neither is insulting of course)
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