Edel Coffey: Galway life lessons give Dubliners’ notions The Finger
A transplant from the capital learns about ‘culchies’ versus ‘boggers’ versus ‘townies’, and experiments with not paying for parking
Scrabble’s recent decision to ban the use of offensive words, including the word ‘culchie’, prompted much rumination. As a lifelong Dubliner who moved to Galway five years ago, I was sure that culchie was the most offensive thing you could call an Irish person and so the banning of the word must be a good thing. But I was surprised to find that friends here on the west coast didn’t seem to have strong feelings ...
