Do the Dubs get an unfair rep?

VagnerLove · 09-02-2012 11:06PM

Remember Cork was the 'City of Welcomes' for the queen?

I was so confused.

Iang87 · 09-02-2012 11:07PM

VagnerLove wrote: »

Remember Cork was the 'City of Welcomes' for the queen?

I was so confused.

see dublin was the 'city of wan....'

whoops me smells a banning if I went on

VagnerLove · 09-02-2012 11:08PM

^ Just saying.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 09-02-2012 11:10PM

I've been commuting into Dublin for the past while now and find most people I encounter to be pleasant and friendly. I might meet the odd gobsheen but thats the same everywhere really.

the_syco · 09-02-2012 11:11PM

Most Dubs are grand, it's just those who claim to be either South siders or North siders that are the prats, imo.

Eve_Dublin · 09-02-2012 11:14PM

Iang87 wrote: »

hmmmm dubs unfair rep for being unfriendly.

If unfriendly is arrogant, world doesn't exist outside dublin, annoying, loud. Then Yes

Hmm....that's decidedly unfriendly of you coming from a supposed friendly cuilche?

cruiser178 · 09-02-2012 11:21PM

I do love a good county bashing, lets off a bit of auld steam.

Most of the dubs iv'e met in me time have thought they are superior and tougher then anyone that live outside of their county, tbh iv'e buttered harder pieces of toast than most of them, ahh but shur their a grand bunch of lads when they get the auld heroin in um.

Drumpot · 09-02-2012 11:22PM

Im a Dub and I dont know many "Dubs that thinks the world doesnt exist outside the pale" but I know plenty outside the pale that have an inferiority complex explained by this statement . .

Dublin has a quarter of the population living in it, so its bound to have more idiots and ignorant gits then there are in most counties. Hell, if even 10% of every countys were idiots, Dublin would nearly have as many idiots as there are people in certain counties!. .

But never let that get in the way of an affectionatly practised prejudice . .

Turpentine · 09-02-2012 11:25PM

cruiser178 wrote: »

Most of the dubs iv'e met in me time have thought they are superior and tougher then anyone that live outside of their county, tbh iv'e buttered harder pieces of toast than most of them, ahh but shur their a grand bunch of lads when they get the auld heroin in um.

And we all know Limerick has no drug problems.

By that I mean you'd have no problems getting drugs in Limerick.

John_Rambo · 09-02-2012 11:27PM

There seems to be a lot of unfriendliness and nasty comments coming from non-Dubs on this thread.

Edit... and some lovely comments too.

the_syco · 09-02-2012 11:30PM

John_Rambo wrote: »

There seems to be a lot of unfriendliness and nasty comments coming from non-Dubs on this thread.

I find some Dubs tend to play the victim card when it suits them... :pac:

Liam Byrne · 09-02-2012 11:32PM

Drumpot wrote: »

Im a Dub and I dont know many "Dubs that thinks the world doesnt exist outside the pale" but I know plenty outside the pale that have an inferiority complex explained by this statement . .

Dublin has a quarter of the population living in it, so its bound to have more idiots and ignorant gits then there are in most counties. Hell, if even 10% of every countys were idiots, Dublin would nearly have as many idiots as there are people in certain counties!. .

But never let that get in the way of an affectionatly practised prejudice . .

This impression is given off by so-called "national" newspapers, radio and TV presenters and ads using phrases like "in town" or "O'Connell St", or regularly omitting the required "01" prefix.

Turpentine · 09-02-2012 11:37PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

This impression is given off by so-called "national" newspapers, radio and TV presenters and ads using phrases like "in town" or "O'Connell St", or regularly omitting the required "01" prefix.

In fairness, "O'Connell St" is the main thoroughfare in the largest city on this island.

If someone says "O'Connell St" they usually mean Dublin, unless they qualify it with e.g "O'Connell St, Limerick"

Liam Byrne · 09-02-2012 11:39PM

Turpentine wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

This impression is given off by so-called "national" newspapers, radio and TV presenters and ads using phrases like "in town" or "O'Connell St", or regularly omitting the required "01" prefix.

In fairness, "O'Connell St" is the main thoroughfare in the largest city on this island.

If someone says "O'Connell St" they usually mean Dublin, unless they qualify it with e.g "O'Connell St, Limerick"

Replace with any street name and that excuse no longer applies. It's lazy and pisses people off - simple as that.

If someone in Cork hears "Patrick St" or "in town" it means something different to someone in Limerick hearing it - unless they're hearing it on that county's LOCAL station (akin to listening to a U.S. station online and understanding what THEY mean by "the capital" or "the president")

P.S. What "someone" are you talking about ? If I mention just "O'Connell St" it'll be either Ennis or Limerick, depending on my audience at the time; if I mean the Dublin one, I'll say so.

cruiser178 · 09-02-2012 11:44PM

Turpentine wrote: »

In fairness, "O'Connell St" is the main thoroughfare in the largest city on this island.

If someone says "O'Connell St" they usually mean Dublin, unless they qualify it with e.g "O'Connell St, Limerick"

Tbh I think you'll find it's mostly on boards where people say that.

Jesus Wept · 09-02-2012 11:45PM

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

I prefer lads from outside Dublin.

Dublin lads are too cocky I think, went out with enough of them.

A good culchie lad, now there's a proper man for me! Road frontage is a bonus :cool:

There is good people everywhere though, so no generalising, my dads from Dublin and everyone I know from Dublin are lovely people.
There are very unfriendly people in the country, in fact even more so, they carry shot guns!

Dodged that bullet.

John_Rambo · 09-02-2012 11:47PM

the_syco wrote: »

I find some Dubs tend to play the victim card when it suits them... :pac:

I find some people from Leixslip pretend they are from Dublin when it suits them.

John_Rambo · 09-02-2012 11:49PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

It's lazy.

Jaysus Liam, it's a street in a capital city that shares a name with streets in other towns and cities, is it really really really that bad? Does is really get to you that much?

Liam Byrne · 09-02-2012 11:51PM

John_Rambo wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

It's lazy.

Jaysus Liam, it's a street in a capital city that shares a name with streets in other towns and cities, is it really really really that bad? Does is really get to you that much?

Never said it got to me.

Just that it's lazy.

Plus it it's an ad for something and they don't specify the 01 or the city, then they lose the point of the ad in attracting me as a customer when the phone number advertised doesn't work.

Turpentine · 10-02-2012 12:00AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Replace with any street name and that excuse no longer applies. It's lazy and pisses people off - simple as that.

If someone in Cork hears "Patrick St" or "in town" it means something different to someone in Limerick hearing it - unless they're hearing it on that county's LOCAL station (akin to listening to a U.S. station online and understanding what THEY mean by "the capital" or "the president")

P.S. What "someone" are you talking about ? If I mention just "O'Connell St" it'll be either Ennis or Limerick, depending on my audience at the time; if I mean the Dublin one, I'll say so.

It could be argued that it does apply. If a street name is not suffixed by the town or city it is in you could generally assume it applies to the street of that name in the islands biggest, most highly-populated city.

Google "Henry St" and tell me the first answer that comes up. It's not the one in Cork (though I don't know if the search is weighted by my current location).

John_Rambo · 10-02-2012 12:04AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Never said it got to me

Well, you have logged on to a thread about the friendliness of Dubliners to complain about it, so, it must get to you!

I suppose if that's all you can think about to complain about the capital (and the lack of the phone prefix) and it's citizens, we aren't that bad!

rainbowdrop · 10-02-2012 12:06AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Never said it got to me.

Just that it's lazy.

Plus it it's an ad for something and they don't specify the 01 or the city, then they lose the point of the ad in attracting me as a customer when the phone number advertised doesn't work.

I love it when I'm listening to 4fm in Limerick and an ad for a taxi firm in Dublin comes on.......

Or when I'm listening to 2fm/Todayfm and the radio presenter is talking about the blazing sunshine/lashing rain outside the studio, and I'm 100+ miles away and the weather's doing the complete opposite:rolleyes:

The national radio stations in Ireland are not actually national at all, they are Dublin stations with a wider broadcast area!

Sindri · 10-02-2012 12:09AM

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I love it when I'm listening to 4fm in Limerick and an ad for a taxi firm in Dublin comes on.......

Or when I'm listening to 2fm/Todayfm and the radio presenter is talking about the blazing sunshine/lashing rain outside the studio, and I'm 100+ miles away and the weather's doing the complete opposite:rolleyes:

The national radio stations in Ireland are not actually national at all, they are Dublin stations with a wider broadcast area!

Not CKR or Kfm. They'd be laughed out of Dublin.

Liam Byrne · 10-02-2012 12:10AM

Turpentine wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Replace with any street name and that excuse no longer applies. It's lazy and pisses people off - simple as that.

If someone in Cork hears "Patrick St" or "in town" it means something different to someone in Limerick hearing it - unless they're hearing it on that county's LOCAL station (akin to listening to a U.S. station online and understanding what THEY mean by "the capital" or "the president")

P.S. What "someone" are you talking about ? If I mention just "O'Connell St" it'll be either Ennis or Limerick, depending on my audience at the time; if I mean the Dublin one, I'll say so.

It could be argued that it does apply. If a street name is not suffixed by the town or city it is in you could generally assume it applies to the street of that name in the islands biggest, most highly-populated city.

Google "Henry St" and tell me the first answer that comes up. It's not the one in Cork (though I don't know if the search is weighted by my current location).

Then you have no concept of tailoring the output to the intended audience (something which, I suspect, is due to most of the "national" presenters having previously worked for Dublin pirates and locals).

Assuming the largest is not an excuse - if you say "the president" do you assume the president of China ?

Turpentine · 10-02-2012 12:10AM

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I love it when I'm listening to 4fm in Limerick and an ad for a taxi firm in Dublin comes on.......

Or when I'm listening to 2fm/Todayfm and the radio presenter is talking about the blazing sunshine/lashing rain outside the studio, and I'm 100+ miles away and the weather's doing the complete opposite:rolleyes:

The national radio stations in Ireland are not actually national at all, they are Dublin stations with a wider broadcast area!

RTE do a fair bit from Cork, i.e John Creedon and stuff.

They could build a studio and broadcast the Late Late from the arse-end of Laois, but then the people of Roscommon would moan that they weren't being represented.

Liam Byrne · 10-02-2012 12:12AM

John_Rambo wrote: »

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Never said it got to me

Well, you have logged on to a thread about the friendliness of Dubliners to complain about it, so, it must get to you!

I suppose if that's all you can think about to complain about the capital (and the lack of the phone prefix) and it's citizens, we aren't that bad!

I replied to a post in the thread that mentioned it, and while it doesn't reflect on their "friendliness" or otherwise, it does give others an impression of being insular and not having a clue about the remainder of the state, which can appear unwelcoming.

Logical Fallacy · 10-02-2012 12:13AM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Ironically, the only real hosility that exists in the Dubs V Cuilches battle comes from outside Dublin. In all honesty, you can dislike us as much as you like but we still love you (((((((((Hug me)))))))))

lol, good one.

There is no misogyny on the internet either.

Turpentine · 10-02-2012 12:16AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Then you have no concept of tailoring the output to the intended audience (something which, I suspect, is due to most of the "national" presenters having previously worked for Dublin pirates and locals).

Assuming the largest is not an excuse - if you say "the president" do you assume the president of China ?

There's a bigger audience in Dublin than in any other single place in the country.

If I was in China talking to a local and I said "the President" it would mean the President of China.

In Ireland if I say "The President" it means Michael D Higgins, but as far as people like you are concerned I should probably say "The President of Ireland" so it doesn't get confused with the president of your local tidy-towns committee.

John_Rambo · 10-02-2012 12:20AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I replied to a post in the thread that mentioned it, and while it doesn't reflect on their "friendliness" or otherwise, it does give others an impression of being insular and not having a clue about the remainder of the state, which can appear unwelcoming.

Right, I guess the little things get to some people. That sort of thing wouldn't really bother me to be honest. It's nearly the weekend, my advice, relax, book a hotel in Dublin and have a nice city break, embrace your country!

Flincher · 10-02-2012 12:21AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

This impression is given off by so-called "national" newspapers, radio and TV presenters and ads using phrases like "in town" or "O'Connell St", or regularly omitting the required "01" prefix.

I feckin hate when some gob****e on the phone does that at work. "If you could call me back at 667 blah blah"

I nearly always ask it is a Dublin number.

Considering they have to dial 061 to ring me.......gowlbags

Do the Dubs get an unfair rep?

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