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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Why the hell is it so complicated

I though it was complicated here in Australia where our states/territories (idk the differencd) all can have some very different rules and stuff at least we have mostly clear borders

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Why the hell is it so complicated

One hell of a complex and crazy history in a very tiny space over the last two thousand years.

Hell, you could just cleave off the last thousand as a reference and be done with that. Although that does leave out some juicy origin stories.

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

Can someone do one for terminology? Is calling people British mainly socially acceptable? I imagine the exception is the Irish from Ireland, but those from northern Ireland may give that a pass?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Call someone from Scotland British and see how that works out for you….

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Going by the last polls it's about an equal chance whether they'd approve or not

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

No one outside of the UK includes Ireland in the British Isles.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

"British and Irish Isles" is the most common descriptor for the whole archipelago I see, and it seems a fair one even if it's a bit long. It'd be nice if we could all agree on something catchier but that seems unlikely, all things considered

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Speaking of! Shouldn't Australia be in that chart too? And I'd like to see the "commonwealth" in the diagram too. It's all good complicated!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Cool!

I wonder... how do/does Shetland islands?/ Archipelago? fit into this?

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

The state Irland shouldn't be republic of Irland ?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So I'm late to the party here, but this is a very early version of a diagram I'm putting together that corrects a couple of issues with the diagram OP posted.

As I said: very early and also very incomplete, but what's there is accurate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I’m into it! I can’t wait to see where this goes.

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