“The” Queen. Who the fucκ is that?

Harry Palmr · 04-11-2017 05:17PM

Can't someone give AH a break from Gerrup Outta Dat!

MLC_biker · 04-11-2017 05:29PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

I will however, always respect titles that people have earned through hard work or devotion such as Dr., Prof., Father, Inman, Sister etc.

Not sure what title John Inman earned

[IMG][/img]https://tenor.com/view/aybs-mr-humphries-face-palm-gif-8090453

An Imam on the other hand...

04-11-2017 05:31PM

Strazdas wrote: »

Even people from European countries with queens (and kings) as head of state know exactly who "The Queen" is. It's disingenuous nonsense from Irish republicans to pretend otherwise.

You mustn't know too many Dutch people

diomed · 04-11-2017 05:35PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

There are some postboxes desecrated with crowns still. They should be replaced with a silhouette of Kevin Barry.

Dat's a French word. Can't be having dat.

MonkieSocks · 04-11-2017 05:36PM

"The Queen, she came to call on us,
She wanted to see all of us,
I'm glad she didn't fall on us,
She's eighteen stone"

Sounds better than this;

"The Queen of Britain and Northern Ireland, came to call on us,
She wanted to see all of us,
I'm glad she didn't fall on us,
She's eighteen stone"

MLC_biker · 04-11-2017 05:41PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqrAPOZxgzU /YOUTUBE]

.. a very different song replacing The with A

Dr Crayfish · 04-11-2017 05:49PM

I presume the poster is 21 or something because I can't for the life of me understand where any mature person would find reason or the energy for anti British sentiment in 2017. I love so many things about the UK and especially London. The past is the past. Get over it, Christ.

Osmosis Jones · 04-11-2017 05:51PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I presume the poster is 21 or something because I can't for the life of me understand where any mature person would find reason or the energy for anti British sentiment in 2017. I love so many things about the UK and especially London. The past is the past. Get over it, Christ.

Yeah if anybody in Ireland is hung up about the past it's definitely young people

04-11-2017 05:54PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote:

It really annoys me when Irish people say THE Queen when referring to QEII. Sheâ€™s A Queen, not THE Queen.

Why does it annoy you only when Irish people say it?

diomed · 04-11-2017 06:01PM

The OP inspired me to buy this book
https://www.irishstamps.ie/shop/p-890-the-irish-post-box-silent-servant-and-symbol-of-the-state.aspx

yabadabado · 04-11-2017 06:03PM

splinter65 wrote: »

No, probably not.
Trying here to think of a better analogy.
It just seems correct to assume that a reference to the Queen stipulates the current Queen of England and not some other Queen.
I know when the Queen is mentioned in the US they assume it is the Queen of England.
She’s very old and very famous I suppose.
Ok if I say Leo who do you assume I’m referring too?

It all depends on the context .

Father Hernandez · 04-11-2017 06:10PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

It really annoys me when Irish people say THE Queen when referring to QEII. She’s A Queen, not THE Queen.

If I said the king, to whom would I be referring? King Harald of Norway? King Gustav of Sweden? The king of Spain? King Wilhelm-Alexander of the Netherlands? There’s more than one King. So saying “the” king wouldn’t make sense without context.

Similarly there’s more than one queen in the world. When someone’s uses “ The Queen” in a sentence I always say “which one?”.

That’s west brits for you.

tayto lover wrote: »

Elvis.

Dr Crayfish · 04-11-2017 06:12PM

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Yeah if anybody in Ireland is hung up about the past it's definitely young people

Well yeah, when I was growing up I remember a lot of lads in my area went through a Sinn Fein, Celtic, IRA etc phase in their late teens/early 20s. Probably trying to find an identity, or whatever. They all grew out of it however.

Gerrup Outta Dat! · 04-11-2017 06:15PM

Panrich wrote: »

First world problem

Tell that to the people herded into the chambers in the 1940’s.

wnolan1992 · 04-11-2017 06:17PM

OP, you realise that there are still people alive in this country who remember a time when the monarch of the UK was The Monarch?

Ireland only removed the monarch in 1949, 3 years before QEII began her reign. As such, our country has had less than 70 years without a monarch. It takes several generations for common usage of language to change in cases like this and because of our proximity to the UK and their influence on our culture, it'll likely take much longer - if it ever actually happens - for The Queen not to be synonymous with the British monarch.

So, basically, if this annoys you to a great extent, you're going to have a very agitated life ahead of you.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 04-11-2017 06:25PM

She also still a queen to Northern Ireland as well, is she not?

Harry Palmr · 04-11-2017 06:31PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Tell that to the people herded into the chambers in the 1940’s.

Okay time for bed.

Dick phelan · 04-11-2017 06:31PM

I refuse to call people outdated nonsense like your majesty or your highness ect, not specific to the British monarchy either. Load of old ****e i'm not going to kneel or pay homage to someone due to an accident of birth.

Gerrup Outta Dat! · 04-11-2017 06:31PM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

She also still a queen to Northern Ireland as well, is she not?

There’s no such thing as NI and ROI. They are artificially created by Britain. It’s just Ireland.

splinter65 · 04-11-2017 06:43PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

There’s no such thing as NI and ROI. They are artificially created by Britain. It’s just Ireland.

More than half the people who actually live in Northern Ireland totally disagree with you.

splinter65 · 04-11-2017 06:44PM

Dick phelan wrote: »

I refuse to call people outdated nonsense like your majesty or your highness ect, not specific to the British monarchy either. Load of old ****e i'm not going to kneel or pay homage to someone due to an accident of birth.

It’s just as well that no one is actually asking you to do that then, isn’t it?

splinter65 · 04-11-2017 06:47PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Tell that to the people herded into the chambers in the 1940’s.

What interest would they, were any of them alive, have in wether the Queen should be referred to as the Queen of England or just the Queen
.....sorry I’m lost you’ll have to connect the dots here for me!

Del.Monte · 04-11-2017 06:51PM

OP badly needs a hobby or a ride or perhaps both.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 04-11-2017 06:56PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

There’s no such thing as NI and ROI. They are artificially created by Britain. It’s just Ireland.

Really? Makes the point of heading up to Newry when MUP for alcohol comes in a bit redundant...

donegal_man · 04-11-2017 07:16PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

OP badly needs a hobby or a ride or perhaps both.

He has a hobby horse that's he's riding into the ground

Hamlet. · 04-11-2017 07:22PM

splinter65 wrote: »

More than half the people who actually live in Northern Ireland totally disagree with you.

They can disagree all they like. What he said is a fact.

Guy Sajer · 04-11-2017 07:23PM

It's called common sense. People with a little bit of intelligence will know which queen it refers to given our history and proximity to the UK. Pity it confuses you.

somefeen · 04-11-2017 07:24PM

Come here.

I'll happily argue against using British isles to refer to Ireland. I understand why people don't want to wear the poppy. I'm quick to correct foreigners who mistake me for British.

But this? This is just silly

splinter65 · 04-11-2017 07:30PM

Hamlet. wrote: »

They can disagree all they like. What he said is a fact.

The Union Jacks fluttering from lamppost to lamppost, the proclivity of sterling, the NHS, Royal Mail, the British national broadcaster operating both a TV station and a radio station, the general British administration of the province all laugh at your “facts”, I’m afraid.

Itssoeasy · 04-11-2017 07:47PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

There you go

That's one country. You said countries plural.

“The” Queen. Who the fucκ is that?

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