'The British Isles'

ToddyDoody · 08-10-2018 08:27PM #1

Is it time we started calling it the Irish Isles?

Niles Crane · 08-10-2018 08:27PM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Is it time we started calling it the Irish Isles?

Yes.

KaneToad · 08-10-2018 08:29PM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Is it time we started calling it the Irish Isles?

Yes

Yer Da sells Avon · 08-10-2018 08:30PM

The Paedoph Isles

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WesternZulu · 08-10-2018 08:30PM

I know that it's only a geographical term but it annoys the hell out of me.

There's implied ownership and a significant cohort of people across the water who believe just because we're part of "The British Isles" that it makes us British.

alchemist33 · 08-10-2018 08:30PM

It must be days since we had one of these threads

OldMrBrennan83 · 08-10-2018 08:31PM

It does my sh*te in too. Needs to be done away with.

ToddyDoody · 08-10-2018 08:32PM

alchemist33 wrote: »

It must be days since we had one of these threads

If there's any term that smacks of a colonial past its this one.

endacl · 08-10-2018 08:32PM

Paddystan or nothing.

Kevin Finnerty · 08-10-2018 08:33PM

WesternZulu wrote: »

I know that it's only a geographical term but it annoys the hell out of me.

There's implied ownership and a significant cohort of people across the water who believe just because we're part of "The British Isles" that it makes us British.

Worse again is we're southern Irish. No we're not.

nim1bdeh38l2cw · 08-10-2018 08:34PM

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

Worse again is we're southern Irish. No we're not.

We were once, for about a year.

When Irish Isles are smiling....

Niles Crane · 08-10-2018 08:35PM

WesternZulu wrote: »

I know that it's only a geographical term but it annoys the hell out of me.

There's implied ownership and a significant cohort of people across the water who believe just because we're part of "The British Isles" that it makes us British.

I don't think it even is a geographical term and I believe there was a change made and Britain and Ireland is the accepted term in academic circles these days.

I also hate Ireland being called the Republic of Ireland or worse than that the republic.Ireland is the official name of the country.

08-10-2018 08:35PM

WesternZulu wrote: »

I know that it's only a geographical term but it annoys the hell out of me.

There's implied ownership and a significant cohort of people across the water who believe just because we're part of "The British Isles" that it makes us British.

At least we own the Irish Sea.

Snotty · 08-10-2018 08:36PM

British Isles, nackers, dole, Irish language and alcohol price. After Hours is a bloody parody of itself tonight.

Del.Monte · 08-10-2018 08:36PM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Is it time we started calling it the Irish Isles?

Perhaps we could do a name swap and the Brits could rename the Irish Sea the British Sea? OP you have little to worry you.

Ipso · 08-10-2018 08:42PM

Imagine how the Welsh feel; Wales means foreigners, so they're basically foreigners in their own country.

Niles Crane · 08-10-2018 08:44PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Perhaps we could do a name swap and the Brits could rename the Irish Sea the British Sea? OP you have little to worry you.

English Channel to be Renamed French Channel aswell?

alias no.9 · 08-10-2018 08:47PM

Niles Crane wrote: »

English Channel to be Renamed French Channel aswell?

La Manche works just fine

ToddyDoody · 08-10-2018 08:49PM

How much does it cost to unofficially name Scotland and Ireland The Celtic Isles? Nothing, but it puts a nice slant on things.

The Rape of Lucretia · 08-10-2018 08:54PM

While it does make it sound like the Irish are just tenants on a British isle (and to some extent, they are), using the term Atlantic Archipelago is a pain - whats the point when one would just have to explain it anyway, and have people exclaim 'Ah, the British Isles, why didnt you say so?'
I like the sense of closeness and shared destiny the 'British Isles' conveys about those of us on the larger, and smaller island, and how artificial and unnecessary their not being a single political union as well as a geographical one.

ToddyDoody · 08-10-2018 08:55PM

Also what is the Wild Atlantic Way? Its just a name really but it made a huge difference.

Roger Hassenforder · 08-10-2018 08:57PM

*gets popcorn- Waits for Fuaranach*

TheValeyard · 08-10-2018 08:58PM

Lets call it Atlantic Archipelago

El_Duderino 09 · 08-10-2018 09:00PM

WesternZulu wrote: »

I know that it's only a geographical term but it annoys the hell out of me.

There's implied ownership and a significant cohort of people across the water who believe just because we're part of "The British Isles" that it makes us British.

Isn’t it amazing how many Irish people are insecure about British ownership.

The British people who don’t know the regional politics of their own country, tend not to know much about anything outside their own lives. I wouldn’t get too bent out of shape about it.

TheValeyard · 08-10-2018 09:01PM

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

The British people who don’t know the regional politics of their own country, tend not to know much about anything outside their own lives. I wouldn’t get too bent out of shape about it.

We then they wont realise if we change it!

Duck Soup · 08-10-2018 09:04PM

The name originates from the 19th century, when Ireland was part of Britain. It remains in common usage because there is no agreement on an alternative descriptor. It's not something I'd be pishing me knickers over right now.

J Mysterio · 08-10-2018 09:05PM

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

While it does make it sound like the Irish are just tenants on a British isle (and to some extent, they are), using the term Atlantic Archipelago is a pain - whats the point when one would just have to explain it anyway, and have people exclaim 'Ah, the British Isles, why didnt you say so?'
I like the sense of closeness and shared destiny the 'British Isles' conveys about those of us on the larger, and smaller island, and how artificial and unnecessary their not being a single political union as well as a geographical one.

lol

El_Duderino 09 · 08-10-2018 09:07PM

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

The British people who don’t know the regional politics of their own country, tend not to know much about anything outside their own lives. I wouldn’t get too bent out of shape about it.

We then they wont realise if we change it!

I do t suppose they would. Although given that they’re a similar kind of patriotic character that gets upset about the ‘British isles’ they would probably be whipped into a similar frenzy about renaming it. The Daily mail, telegraph and Express would make sure of that.

I couldn’t give a toss what it’s called. The current name works because everyone knows what it refers to. Knock yourself out if you’re upset enough to campaign to change it.

whisky_galore · 08-10-2018 09:10PM

Snotty wrote: »

British Isles, nackers, dole, Irish language and alcohol price. After Hours is a bloody parody of itself tonight.

Just need a Nazi thread for AH Bingo...

swampgas · 08-10-2018 09:12PM

What amuses me is that, to the best of my knowledge anyway, the Britons were Celts, not Anglo-Saxons. So in one way the name The British Isles is just another way of saying The Celtic Isles

Avatar MIA · 08-10-2018 09:12PM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

How much does it cost to unofficially name Scotland and Ireland The Celtic Isles? Nothing, but it puts a nice slant on things.

Ireland, and that other well known island... Scotland

'The British Isles'

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