Polite request for Dublin based posters

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I'm surprised this hasn't come up before (maybe it has?)

Fairly regularly, I've noticed posters making reference to "in town" or "near the city centre" or responding to other posts with reference to Dublin street names or localities that may not be familiar to most non-Dubliners, and can in fact be completely irrelevant unless you are a Dubliner.

It often appears also that posters looking for a service/outlet or whatever, who neglect to mention the region concerned, turn out to be Dublin based. There seems to be an assumption made in many cases that everyone is from Dublin.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds this a little annoying.

How can I put this politely...?

Not all posters are based in Dublin. In fact, it seems to me that a lot of posters are not Dublin based, including some long term/well known posters and moderators.

Can posters please consider us culchies? :)
 
It would help if everyone had their location listed in their profile, as it shows up in their posts.
Edit: My location 'was' there at one point but seems to have disappeared...anyway, it's back now.
 
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And to confuse things even more, some ex-Dubs who moved to the sticks (like me) still say 'going into town' when referring to Dublin City even though the nearest town is probably not Dublin :D

Imagine the misunderstanding when a ex-Dub and born-n-bred 'culchie' both talk about 'going into town' !!
 
I just took it that the default place in here was Dublin, and if you meant anywhere else you would say it.
 
Why? WHY? Cos thats how it is man*. Thats just how it is.

Anyway I'm from Belfast and I live in Cork county, so my assumptions are not prejudicial, just pragmatic. If 1/3 of people live in Dublin then when no location is mentioned it is reasonable to assume they are talking about Dublin. The 1/100000 visitor who lives in Johnstown off the N8 will probably deign to mention the location they are talking about.



*used in the hippy style gender neutral sense, no offence intended or implied.
 
Sylvester3 said:
Why? WHY? Cos thats how it is man*. Thats just how it is.


*used in the hippy style gender neutral sense, no offence intended or implied.
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And in the accent of Sgt. Oddball (tank commander) a.k.a Donald Sutherland from Kelly's Heroes.
 
wait for the cork backlash. I think everyone is just used to Dublin being talked about as if it equates to everywhere else. The most notable at the moment being the property market, i.e property prices have fallen by 20% etc or 100k off apartments, its irritating alright but thats just the way it is.
 
MrMan said:
wait for the cork backlash. I think everyone is just used to Dublin being talked about as if it equates to everywhere else. The most notable at the moment being the property market, i.e property prices have fallen by 20% etc or 100k off apartments, its irritating alright but thats just the way it is.
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Are you saying that Cork people have an anti-Dublin chip on their shoulder?:eek: Never!;)
 
Joe1234 said:
Why? If approx. 1 in 3 people in ireland lives in Dublin, then obviously approx. 2 in 3 do not.
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I think the 2 in 3 are the lucky ones !
I lived in Dublin for 7 years, best move I ever made was getting out. Get out while you can !!

:)
 
Teabag said:
I think the 2 in 3 are the lucky ones !
I lived in Dublin for 7 years, best move I ever made was getting out. Get out while you can !!

:)
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Are you a culchie?

Do half of your other 13 brothers and sisters still living in Dublin? :p ;)
 
Purple said:
Are you a culchie?

Do half of your other 13 brothers and sisters still living in Dublin? :p ;)
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Eh? Purple are you actually a native english speaker? Maybe it's Jackeen slang but try to translate for us culchies.
 
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