Junkyard Tom wrote: » Francie if you ignored her these threads would have a use other than being a platform for her hate/bitterness.
janfebmar wrote: » You could also argue the British Isles were also partitioned to keep the Republican minority happy and set up a Catholic state for a Catholic people.
trashcan wrote: » Indeed you could, but that would be a very, very stupid argument (Love the way you've now latched on to the term British Isles to try and imply that we were all British, that and "Home Country" )
citytillidie wrote: » North West Europe archipelago would be a much better name :pac:
janfebmar wrote: » But would not trip off the tongue as easily, and would not be the geographical name these islands around the world have been known by for centuries. It is a geographical term, not a political term.
droidman123 wrote: » Just like "the british and irish empire" doesnt trip off the tongue too easily eh jan?
janfebmar wrote: » Well, unlike you, who has over 20,000 posts about the dastardly British, I do not have the time to be posting 24/ 7, and I have more to do with my life. Rest assured though the EU / Leo will be the ones putting a border up in Ireland. Wait and see;)
tipptom wrote: » Ha Ha,you got schooled on the Brexit thread and then scurried off to the Irish language thread going on about killing off the language and about there will never be a united Ireland. Seems like you have plenty of time. Go home and breed for Ulster instead of trolling because your engineered majority has become superslim,and put them kids through education instead of blowing the money on flutes and lambeg drums.
janfebmar wrote: » Your post is a good example of why there will not be a United Ireland. We do not want extremists from either side down here.
steddyeddy wrote: » Well if you keep voting for nationalist parties you'll speed up reunification.
janfebmar wrote: » People have been voting for nationalist parties eg FG, FF down here for generations, and it has made no difference to unification (the only time Ireland was United was when we were with the British ).
FrancieBrady wrote: » The only party listed here as 'nationalist' is Sinn Fein.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland
janfebmar wrote: » Anyone can put anything on like. Maybe other parties feel that Sinn Fein has tarnished the image of nationalism.
citytillidie wrote: » An archipelago is a geographical term for a group of islands so it is basically the North West European Archipelagos
FrancieBrady wrote: » :D:D Or maybe you don't know the difference?
blanch152 wrote: » How can something be something it has never been called? The geographically accepted lexicon for these islands is the British Isles. It has been known as that for centuries. The geographically accepted lexicon for this island is Ireland. It has been known as that for centuries. Neither label has any political connotation.
downcow wrote: » By the way, this is the other glorious 12th today
Matt Barrett wrote: » janfebmar wrote: » But would not trip off the tongue as easily, and would not be the geographical name these islands around the world have been known by for centuries. It is a geographical term, not a political term. Like Ulster the Irish Province on the island of Ireland. Do the Brits know we own the entire Irish sea?
Stop moaning ffs wrote: » Are we really resorting to some petty schoolyard nonsense about a retired and debunked term on some old maps? Is that all you have left my unionist friends? Really?
This seems wrong to me. British is anyone born in the British Isles, any of the 6000+ islands, including Èire. Great Britain is the main island. The United Kingdom is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. So southern Ireland is not part of the UK, but still British.
FrancieBrady wrote: » Yes, basically that is what they are doing, aligning themselves with some lovely Brexiteers in the process. Read some of the reactions on this tweet. 'including Éire' https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1125709245209567232
janfebmar wrote: » You must have little to do if all you can do (when not posting here) is trawl through thousands of comments on British media and pick out one. The word "Eire" was on our stamps and countless other things, so we can hardly abuse foreigners if they use the word the odd time.
janfebmar wrote: » You must have little to do if all you can do (when not posting here) is trawl through thousands of comments on British media and pick out one.