name debate derry/londonderry?

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ok my family are presbyterians and everytime i talk about derry/londonderry i say derry and write londonderry for short but everytime i say derry the religious freaks say ive never heard of this place derry and i find that a bit rude and offdending for anyone because with northern irelands background shouldnt they know not to go on like this?? like im from a presbyterian background and i call it derry but write londonderry because its short but what should i do in these situatios when they say this to me it scares me a boy attacked me in 1st form for saying derry..... even though im presbyterian.....
i personally beleive these boys/girls mostly boys are saying this to me to make them have an identify tag....... and actually i hear them say derry themselves infact the majority of people say derry only really religious people will say londonderry going by most of the places ive been .... infact this boy does this to other people aswell and i thik his parents are religous freaks him and 2 other boys will say this to anyone and correct them how do i ignore this or do something what do i do in this situations its scarey and now i dont know what to say derry or londonderry because im sick of beig corrected...
yeaa gary is right the catholics are supposiedly calling it derry and the protestants londonderry but actually the majority of the protestants call it derry including me but some religous freaks as i call them will eat you fro saying that....... its very annoying because sometimes i just say somethig like yea i was over shopping in the town 20 miles away the other day its that bad.....
oh and i mean to say that i say derry because its shorter as do the majority of people but when i write i will write londonderry funny though i say county londonderry its only derry with the city funny...
 
I'm afraid I don't know the context of finding offense in saying "Derry" rather than "Londonderry". However, it is very rude for one adult to correct another, so you can treat these comments and corrections as rude comments and reply with "Well, that's what I call it. We shall have to agree to disagree." and continue with your conversation, if you even want to have a conversation with such rude people. Leave the religion out of it.

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ah okay, that makes sense, thank you Gary. In light of the tensions there, I would say make EXTRA sure you leave politics AND especially religion out of it. Just go with "That's what I call it, we'll have to agree to disagree" and don't allow them to continue talking about it. It's always touchy talking to people with who you have vastly differing beliefs.

But, it's still never polite to correct another adult, so be certain of that and ignore the rest.
 
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