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Do the Dubs get an unfair rep?

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  • #92
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    VagnerLove wrote: »
    Really, come on now.

    It's understandable that the media doesn't need to mention that it's Dublin's O'Connell street. It's just more well known, which again is understandable. This conversation is getting a bit mad

    No, it's not understandable. Combined with the lack of 01 prefixes and other oversights this issue is pure laziness and a lack of understanding of basic courtesies of journalism and broadcasting.

    Turpentine didn't even know there was one in Ennis and used Wikipedia instead of Google Maps ffs!


  • #93
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    skregs wrote: »
    So like, can Limerick people not just think up their own street names or what? Maybe if they didn't copy the names of bigger, more important streets it wouldn't be an issue

    The Dubs changed the name of Sackville St, so I'd be careful of chicken and egg claims there sunshine!


  • #94
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    blatantrereg wrote: »
    grenache wrote: »
    I'm from Limerick and I don't.
    Proves nothing. My argument is that the fear is an influence on the local culture as a whole. You're probably still influenced by the local culture (and if you're not then your individual feeling is even less relevant really).

    You might be more inclined to agree with me if I put it differently: Some people where I'm from couldn't conduct themselves as they do without consequences, were they to do it in Limerick.

    Can we have that in plain English please ? Where are you from and what conduct are you talking about ? Not that I want to know but the above is far too obtuse and vague to make any sense.


  • #95
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    My county is better than your county.

    Blah blah blah.

    This thread, like all these threads has turned to sh1t, and it won't last long.

    There's a lot of posing in this thread as opposed to actually disliking Dublin/the country.

    Grow up ffs.


  • #96
    Turpentine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Turpentine


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Turpentine didn't even know there was one in Ennis and used Wikipedia instead of Google Maps ffs!

    As I said a few minutes ago, no-one from Ennis even deemed their "O'Connell St" important enough to warrant a wikipedia page. They're probably not going to confuse their local street with the Dublin one when it's mentioned on the news.

    I'd say if you were American you'd be all like, "Mircale on 34th St, what crap is this? Which 34th street? My town has a 34th Street".


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  • #97
    blatantrereg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭blatantrereg


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Can we have that in plain English please ? Where are you from and what conduct are you talking about ? Not that I want to know but the above is far too obtuse and vague to make any sense.
    I dont want to be specific about where I'm from but it's on the southside of dublin and it's changed in character in recent years to attract a poseurish kind of person.

    The conduct I mean is general aggressive and rude behaviour. Like getting in people's way on the street. How they talk to strangers. You can act like that in some places without fear of repurcussions beyond being seen as a goon. In other places you'd want to be able to back up any displays of unnecessary aggression you make.


  • #98
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    blatantrereg wrote: »
    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Can we have that in plain English please ? Where are you from and what conduct are you talking about ? Not that I want to know but the above is far too obtuse and vague to make any sense.
    I dont want to be specific about where I'm from but it's on the southside of dublin and it's changed in character in recent years to attract a poseurish kind of person.

    The conduct I mean is general aggressive and rude behaviour. Like getting in people's way on the street. How they talk to strangers. You can act like that in some places without fear of repurcussions beyond being seen as a goon. In other places you'd want to be able to back up any displays of unnecessary aggression you make.

    I doubt that Limerick people are unique in terms of not wanting that crap!

    You're saying that you (they?) want to walk around acting rude and aggressive and not expect people to put you in your place by doing likewise to you ?

    What does your place do if blow-ins arrive acting all bull**** aggressive and rude ?


  • #99
    blatantrereg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭blatantrereg


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    I doubt that Limerick people are unique in terms of not wanting that crap!

    You're saying that you (they?) want to walk around acting rude and aggressive and not expect people to put you in your place by doing likewise to you ?

    What does your place do if blow-ins arrive acting all bull**** aggressive and rude ?
    Call them boggers and sneer at them probably. It's all handbags is the point. If things do escalate too much then there is a much higher chance of legal proceedings as a result tbh. Basically it's safe to act like a complete twat.


  • #100
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    blatantrereg wrote: »
    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    I doubt that Limerick people are unique in terms of not wanting that crap!

    You're saying that you (they?) want to walk around acting rude and aggressive and not expect people to put you in your place by doing likewise to you ?

    What does your place do if blow-ins arrive acting all bull**** aggressive and rude ?
    Call them boggers and sneer at them probably. It's all handbags is the point. If things do escalate too much then there is a much higher chance of legal proceedings as a result tbh. Basically it's safe to act like a complete twat.

    Fine - if acting like a complete twat is your thing (your words, not mine) then fire away.

    The earlier post had mentioned aggression and rudeness, which is unacceptable and different to acting a twat; something that would - in an ideal world - be handled by Gardai or security.

    Still wouldn't exactly tolerate twats though.


  • #101
    skregs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 746 ✭✭✭skregs


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    The Dubs changed the name of Sackville St, so I'd be careful of chicken and egg claims there sunshine!

    And O'Connell St, Limerick was originally called Georges St. So fooking what?


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  • #102
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    There are dozens (hundreds maybe?) of streets in England called Regent St and Oxford St. Yet when you hear of Oxford St on the BBC, everyone automatically presumes that is the one in London, as that is the only one that is known of nationwide. There is no hoopla kicked up as to it not being qualified as such. In America, there are thousands of Fifth Avenues, yet no one gets up in arms when the NY/DC based media refer to Fifth Ave as if it is the only one in America. I really don't see what the big deal is with O'Connell St here. If I live in Ballygoarseendofnowhere and there is an O'Connell St in my home town too, I am not gonna start calling Joe Duffy outraged if the pesky, biased Dublin 4 meeja are not saying specifically where each one is.


  • #103
    mikemac1
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    Joe Duffy is more guilty of it then any of the pesky, biased Dublin 4 meeja

    Bould Joe has turned RTÉ in Dublin local radio

    I can accept callers ringing up about Blackrock, ok the Dublin one is more obvious then Louth or Cork, no problems there and I'm not going to get finicky over it.
    But callers ring up and give a street as if all of Ireland know of it

    Ah Joe, I was mugged on Sundrive Rd
    My friend was knocked down on Clanbrassil St.


    And everyone knows where these are?

    If you're listening to Joe Duffy and you only hear the street you know it's Dublin


  • #104
    saintsaltynuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭saintsaltynuts


    I'm on Boards nearly two years and i havent laughed at a thread so much as this one!I'm a Dub by the way!!


  • #105
    FlawedGenius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭FlawedGenius


    Culchies are more like travellers than Dubs I think. And travellers are the most 'Irish' of us all yet there seen as an ethnic group, mad!!
    Dubs got more forden and English roots. Watch the story of Ireland on rte;)


  • #106
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    FlawedGenius wrote: »
    Culchies are more like travellers than Dubs I think.

    And travellers are the most 'Irish' of us all yet there seen as an ethnic group, mad!!

    Dubs got more forden and English roots.

    Well done, I think you've managed to insult everyone in Ireland with this post :P


  • #107
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Dubs are basically English folk with a corrupted accent.

    *leans against fence* Sure weren't most of 'em in cahoots with the Brits on Easter Sunday.


  • #108
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    In fairness, fellow Dubs. We should say the city instead of town for Dublin. That way there'll be no confusion. :pac:


  • #109
    Cameron Poe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 217 ✭✭Cameron Poe


    Sindri wrote: »
    Dubs are basically English folk with a corrupted accent.

    *leans against fence* Sure weren't most of 'em in cahoots with the Brits on Easter Sunday.

    I don't hear of many "Dubs" involved in this great British pass time.
    http://www.hai.ie/

    Anyways I'm off to bed (the Dublin one).


  • #110
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Goodnight thread.

    See you again in the very distant future.


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