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[–] [email protected] 84 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The term British Isles is, of course, disputed by the Irish.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

They had a signpost in the Atlantic saying “Irish Isles” for weeks before we noticed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

How about we collective reestablish the name "Albion", then?

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I think this chart is out of date

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Interesting though as it shows what "hard Brexit" was. Not in the customs union, economic area or council; just yeeted all the way out.

The best part is the voting slip never defined any of it and, if taken literally, the UK would still be in the EEA.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

eg Croatia is now in the EU and Eurozone (maybe Schengen area too).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why does this feel like high school all over again

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OK, looking at this I can now understand why it may not all make immediate sense to someone who didn't grow up here.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And in the US, there’s definitely a subset that believes England means Great Britain or even the United Kingdom.

Same folks that referred to the entire USSR as Russia, probs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

There are plenty of people in the US that refer to England as "London".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Using any country's capital as shorthand for its current government is a common form of metonymy to be fair!

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (4 children)

This chart: "England, Scotland and Wales are in Great Britain"

Wight, the Scillies, Anglesey, Sheppy, Anglesey, the Shetlands, the Orkneys, the Hebrides, and thousands more: "Are we a joke to you?"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think Sheppey is a joke to everyone including the people that have to live there.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Aren't those all part of one of the other three? The orkneys and Hebrides are part of Scotland.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

British Isles is not the term the Irish use. Atlantic Archipelago or just the isles is proffered.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Atlantic Archipelago

this is totally the Bahamas. Or Palm Beach condos.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Well they're just as much in the Atlantic as us so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

FYI "British Islands" isn't a specific name whereas all the others are

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

The Scots wouldn't agree with this. I've spent a lot of time there.

The Shetlands, Orkneys, Harris and the rest of the Hebrides aren't even mentioned. Haha

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

what about canada and australia?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (5 children)

show the entire commonwealth, and every place the UK has ever colonized?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I did not wake up this morning expecting to read someone claiming that Canada is an island.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

For a moment, I thought, this comment was in response to the Europe map someone else posted. There the answer would have been easy, of course: Eurovision. 🙃

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Huh, is that the old Jersey?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Yup. Though original is probably the better description.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

The new jersey is extra crispy

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They prefer the term "Jersey Classic"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Ye Olde Jersey

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I just call em all cunts, except for the irish those cunts are cool.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As a Englishman, I can't have you talking down on the Scots. They're the only ones left which are still decent

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

This is a good way to distinguish the terms. I wonder if there is a good colour scheme to also indicate the nation states as district from the landmasses

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The words that ultimately gave us “Britain” have been in use for about 2,000 years, give or take a century or two. Politically and culturally a tremendous lot has happened in the meantime. Which is probably why we’re left with this almost indecipherable mine field.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

they call the state ROI (republic of ireland) to distinguish between the island

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Now if someone can tell me what exactly "Britain" is? People say it all the time, like this is the largest statue of a vulva in Britain. Just shorthand for Great Britain, or is it something else?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Just that - shorthand for Great Britain. Easier to use when you don't think it's so great, like if you live in the Republic of Ireland!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland should pull an epic gamer move and simplify this chart.

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