Cunny-Funt wrote: » By your logic everyone is american then.
Cunny-Funt wrote: » It implies "the islands of Britain". Despite it being a geographical term.
pickarooney wrote: » Why group them at all? It's not like there's a collective name for Australia + New Zealand.
Geopolitically, Australasia is sometimes used as a term for New Zealand and Australia together, in the absence of another word limited to those two countries. Sometimes Papua New Guinea is encompassed by the term. There are many organizations whose names are prefixed with "(Royal) Australasian Society" that are limited to just New Zealand and Australia.
taidghbaby wrote: » i would like to add a meaningful contribution to this discussion but i have more important things to be thinking about.....like what to have for breakfast!!
Ikky Poo2 wrote: » I had a banana and nutella toasted sandwich. I know they don't sound great, but a German friend made me try one and my God.... fully recommended.
ejmaztec wrote: » When I attended a Catholic school in England, a long long long time ago, a teacher asked us whether any of us had been abroad during the summer. I said yes, and that I'd been to Ireland. The teacher and most of my fellow students laughed "Ireland? That's not abroad." Spain, France etc., were abroad, along with every other country on the face of the earth, but not Ireland. That smacked to me of a refusal to accept that Ireland was no longer part of the UK, even though the vast majority of the other students were Irish themselves, or were children of Irish immigrants. I met old duffers in the UK 20 years ago who still regarded Ireland as a colony. If that attitude prevails, Ireland will never be anything else other than part of the British Isles to people in the UK. The main stumbling block however, in my opinion, seems to be that Irish text-books still refer to the British Isles. Interested parties here can moan all they like, but when the Irish government hasn't bothered itself with removing the reference, then blame them rather than stirring up old hatred.
djpbarry wrote: » Substitute nutella with honey and you have yourself the ultimate cure for a hangover.
bravestarr082 wrote: » The largest River in The British Isles Is?
5starpool wrote: » Maybe because most of the people there had a strong association with Ireland they didn't recognise it as being abroad in the same way that continetal Europe is. My parents don't really regard going to england to visit relatives etc as going abroad, so it works both ways really a bit. As for the OP, I used to care but then I grew up.
ejmaztec wrote: » I met old duffers in the UK 20 years ago who still regarded Ireland as a colony. If that attitude prevails, Ireland will never be anything else other than part of the British Isles to people in the UK.
ejmaztec wrote: » The main stumbling block however, in my opinion, seems to be that Irish text-books still refer to the British Isles. Interested parties here can moan all they like, but when the Irish government hasn't bothered itself with removing the reference, then blame them rather than stirring up old hatred.
ejmaztec wrote: » When I attended a Catholic school in England, a long long long time ago, a teacher asked us whether any of us had been abroad during the summer. I said yes, and that I'd been to Ireland. The teacher and most of my fellow students laughed "Ireland? That's not abroad." Spain, France etc., were abroad, along with every other country on the face of the earth, but not Ireland. That smacked to me of a refusal to accept that Ireland was no longer part of the UK, even though the vast majority of the other students were Irish themselves, or were children of Irish immigrants. I met old duffers in the UK 20 years ago who still regarded Ireland as a colony. If that attitude prevails, Ireland will never be anything else other than part of the British Isles to people in the UK.
Fratton Fred wrote: » did you specify which bit of Ireland you went to, not all of it is abroad you know (puts on tin hat, ducks and covers) How about the "Isles of Alderney, England, Guernsey, Jersey, Man, Northern ireland, Republic of Ireland, Sark, Scotland and Wales". that's nice and catchy and shouldn't upset any tree hugging lefties too much.
Ikky Poo2 wrote: » Only in your mind and theirs.
Ikky Poo2 wrote: » The Irish Govt. hasn't bothered itself doing a LOT of things, let's be honest. If they were going to tackle national education, I'd prefer they started with revamping the Irish language.
Ikky Poo2 wrote: » I think you'll find it's the neo-cons that give a ****. Certainly not the 'tree-huggers'. And what about the Shelands/Orkneys/Scilly Isles/Rockall*/Isle of Wight*Puts on tin hat, ducks, covers and digs trench
Ikky Poo2 wrote: » I think you'll find it's the neo-cons that give a ****. Certainly not the 'tree-huggers'. And what about the Shelands/Orkneys/Scilly Isles/Rockall/Isle of Wight
thelordofcheese wrote: » Yeah! wait..what?
ejmaztec wrote: » You can't possibly tell what's in my mind. I personally couldn't give a toss what name, if any, is given to this group of islands. I'm simply giving a different perspective. .
Fratton Fred wrote: » Do they still point at cars on the Isle of Wight?
JupiterKid wrote: » Like I suggested earler on the thread... What about Western European Isles (WEI)?
ejmaztec wrote: » When I attended a Catholic school in England, a long long long time ago, a teacher asked us whether any of us had been abroad during the summer. I said yes, and that I'd been to Ireland. The teacher and most of my fellow students laughed "Ireland? That's not abroad." Spain, France etc., were abroad, along with every other country on the face of the earth, but not Ireland. That smacked to me of a refusal to accept that Ireland was no longer part of the UK, even though the vast majority of the other students were Irish themselves, or were children of Irish immigrants.
