In Popular Culture
The Divine Comedy song "Sunrise" begins "I was born in Londonderry / I was born in Derry City too" and later asks "Who cares what name you call a town? / Who’ll care when you’re six feet beneath the ground?"
Irish comedian Neil Delamere once remarked on the RTÉ television show The Panel that the RTÉ pronunciation guide is effectively the same as its BBC counterpart, except the word "Londonderry", in which the first six letters are silent.
When performing in the city, fellow comedian Dara Ó Briain, will open with the joke, "Hello my name is Dara or, if you prefer, you can call me Londondara."
Different mnemonic acronyms are used to remember the names of the six counties of Northern Ireland: "FAT LAD" for Londonderry, "FAT DAD" for Derry.
Read more about this topic: Derry/Londonderry Name Dispute
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