"The UK and Ireland"

[bcuster]

Let's hear that argument, for a laugh, then.

38,597,428 people

• 38,597,428 people said they were Irish alone or in any combination during the 2020 Census, making up 16.4% of the overall White alone or in combination population in the US, data from the US Census Bureau released on Thursday, September 21 reveals.

 

[krtek a houby]

Resistance to what (in the USA)?

To any form of imperial takeover. We'd enough of empires and then the Catholic church stranglehold over the country, thanks all the same.

 

[bcuster]

To any form of imperial takeover. We'd enough of empires and then the Catholic church stranglehold over the country, thanks all the same.

You wouldn't find anything like that in US. Catholics are a minority here. Plus statehood would be voluntary by referendum

 

[danny la rouge]

Here's a reasonably straightforward enough article

Complex politics or simple geography: Is Ireland part of the British Isles?

A topic where geography and politics are completely intertwined, we looked at it from the two viewpoints to see how the term is used.

www.thejournal.ie

And from Wikipedia

Alternative names that have sometimes been coined for the British Isles include "Britain and Ireland", the "Atlantic Archipelago", the "Anglo-Celtic Isles", the "British-Irish Isles", and the Islands of the North Atlantic. In documents drawn up jointly between the British and Irish governments, the archipelago is referred to simply as "these islands".

I propose “Glasgow and the rest”.

 

[krtek a houby]

38,597,428 people

• 38,597,428 people said they were Irish alone or in any combination during the 2020 Census, making up 16.4% of the overall White alone or in combination population in the US, data from the US Census Bureau released on Thursday, September 21 reveals.

If Americans want to call themselves Irish, that's fine for them. Nothing wrong with being proud of your heritage.

But the Irish of Ireland are not American, nor will they ever be. Unless they emigrate there...

 

[krtek a houby]

You wouldn't find anything like that in US. Catholics are a minority here. Plus statehood would be voluntary by referendum

Nope

 

[Bus Honeygun]

I'm tickled by the idea that there could be Luxembourg forum on here and a discussion about the term Benelux and why it isn't Luxnebe..

 

[bcuster]

Nope

You're being hasty. There'd be tremendous benefits for both nations. It'd be quite a "gotcha" to the English...

 

[krtek a houby]

I'm tickled by the idea that there could be Luxembourg forum on here and a discussion about the term Benelux and why it isn't Luxnebe..

I'm tickled by the idea that some British still don't get why Irish people don't refer to these islands as the "British Isles"...

 

[krtek a houby]

You're being hasty. There'd be tremendous benefits for both nations

There's no benefits to being colonised by the US or any other rogue nations.

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm tickled by the idea that there could be Luxembourg forum on here and a discussion about the term Benelux and why it isn't Luxnebe..

it should of course be nebelux

 

[krtek a houby]

it should of course be nebelux

Sounds a bit painful

 

[Pickman's model]

Sounds a bit painful

only until you get used to it

 

[Humberto]

The Manx Isles

 

[bcuster]

The Manx Isles

Strange flag

 

[MickiQ]

The UK isn't an island, it's a country and Ireland isn't a country it's an island so really you should refer to The UK and Eire OR Great Britain and Ireland. I suppose if Scotland ever becomes independent people would start referring to UK,Scotland and Ireland which is even more confusing.
Evil American Megacorp always referred to it UKI which was part of EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) with the rest of the world being in APA (Asia Pacific) or AMER (which is obvious)
My own personal observation is very few people British or Irish actually give a shit

 

[krtek a houby]

Ireland is a country that currently has a partition forced on it.

 

[krtek a houby]

Strange flag

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A triskele. Very ancient design, you'll see the three spirals appear on structures like Newgrange in Ireland. There's close cultural ties to Manx culture.

The symbol also occurs in Sicily, on their flag, iirc.

 

[danny la rouge]

Strange flag

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It’s because Manx cats have 3 legs.

 

[Bus Honeygun]

How about Airstrip One? That's something we could all get behind.

 

[skyscraper101]

It is very much like "Australia and New Zealand" in the way they get lumped together. Shared language, similar cultures. It happens with "US & Canada" a lot too in my world (media).

I can see how it could be annoying.

 

[krtek a houby]

How about Airstrip One? That's something we could all get behind.

There's certainly ongoing controversies over non -commercial US planes engaged in nefarious activities, landing and refuelling at Shannon.

 

[skyscraper101]

"The West Indies"

"MENA"

"LATAM"

"APAC"

Or my favorite (in the context of 'not America') "Rest Of World"

 

[danny la rouge]

There's certainly ongoing controversies over non -commercial US planes engaged in nefarious activities, landing and refuelling at Shannon.

I once heard my mate Paul sing Christy Moore’s song about the airport at Knock. That was an extraordinary rendition, by any measure.

 

[krtek a houby]

I once heard my mate Paul sing Christy Moore’s song about the airport at Knock. That was an extraordinary rendition, by any measure.

His Barrowlands concert is worth a listen, if you can get hold of it.

(Christy's, not Paul's)

 

[danny la rouge]

His Barrowlands concert is worth a listen, if you can get hold of it.

(Christy's, not Paul's)

I’ve seen him at Barrowlands. Christy, not Paul. I have seen Paul at the Barras, but he wasn’t performing. He used to live more or less opposite it. So I’ve heard him perform nearby. Paul that is.

 

[andysays]

These islands, the Atlantic Archipelago, are the acceptable descriptions. There's a few others that are politically neutral and considered not as charged as "the British Isles".

The term "UK and Ireland" is used a lot, you'll see it in adverts for availability or even there was a protest or demo highlighted on urban only the other day with the term. I should have linked to it as an example, but can't remember who, what and where exactly it was posted.

Calling the British Isles the Atlantic Archipelago makes as much sense as calling Japan the Pacific Archipelago.

 

[Dystopiary]

I once heard my mate Paul sing Christy Moore’s song about the airport at Knock. That was an extraordinary rendition, by any measure.

How lovely. I do like Christy Moore.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

The first concert I went to was a Christy Moore one. Mid teens with my folks.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Is there still an orange hall by the ground?

Given the castle greyskull comment there is a beastman joke in here somewhere.