Ireland and V11s?

[Baldini]

... firstly, quick geography lesson. Ireland isn't part of the British isles. .....

 

Oh yes it is.

[Martin Barrett]

Oh yes it is.

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He's right. It's part of the British Isles. Though it's not British ( as in part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) Wales, Scotland and even Cornwall are after( recieved various degrees of) succesion.

 

It's like Canada and North America and the USoA

 

Anyway we're Europeans now

[belfastguzzi]

He's right. It's part of the British Isles. Though it's not British ( as in part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)

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Yes, Ireland is, geographically, part of the British Isles.

The Republic is not part of the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

 

My experience in trying to deal with mail order from England is that although companies bill themselves as being 'THE BEST [whatever] in the UK!!', some of them actually mean England and they have refused to sell to / deliver to N.I. :!:

 

After complaining to one major company, they changed their advertising (could have been coincidence) from being 'the best... in the U.K.' to 'the best... in the Nation.'

 

Nation?

[Guest Nogbad]

There is no such thing as society, or the nation.

[Baldini]

...He's right. It's part of the British Isles. Though it's not British....

 

Geography v politics.

Any word means nothing more than the meaning two people agree to give it.

 

KB

[Baldini]

There is no such thing as society, or the nation....

 

Oh yes there is.

[Guest Nogbad]

Oh yes there is.

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Thats not an argument. It's just a contradiction

[Guzzirider]

Well if HDGoose is moving to Donegal that is in the Republic so he won't be living in Britain, although the border is not far.

 

Guy

[Martin Barrett]

Thats not an argument. It's just a contradiction

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Oh no it isn't

 

 

 

 

 

[big J]

Oh yes it is.

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Nope,it isn't. We have the euro currency,speeds in km/h and all politics come from the Dail,the Irish government. Don't go telling any Irishman he's British!

[ferguzzi]

Oh no it isn't

 

Oh yes it is.

 

Yeah, I thought I'd raise a few hackles with this one!

I'm not sure that there's a right or wrong to this. I know people in the republic don't like being referred to as being part of the British isles, its smacks a bit of people referring to U2 or Thin Lizzy as British bands, or Barry Mcguigan or Eddie Jordan as British. I dunno, it's probably just the paddies being too sensitive,as usual.

Mind you ,I told my Canadian wife (from BRITISH Columbia) about this thread, and she got incensed that anyone would say she lives in the British Isles.

I think I may have created a monster!

 

I was in a Dublin pub a few years ago with a visiting friend of mine, who at the time was a British army helicopter pilot, and he happened to say something about "returning to the mainland".

The conversation kind of died a death( think piano player stopping in mid-tune), until someone started slagging him of, by saying that he was referring to France!

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

I say we all meet at some pub and discuss this like real men do - over many pints!!!!

(If you decide on Nummies Pub in Newry though count me out)

[Van]

Hey Ferguzzi!

yes, a can of worms has been opened, and yes, l can kinda understand it, as Martin says, it does seem to be like the Canada/USA/North America thing.

Say, did l hear someone mention sharing a pint or several??

Glad to see the Canadian perspective kicking in !!

Cheers

Van