Is it insulting to be called British, if you're from UK, but not necessarily from Britain?
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DunningKruger · 61-69, M
Dan193 · 31-35, M
@DunningKruger Makes sense.
abe182 · 46-50, M
@DunningKruger too complicated
amethyst1 · 36-40, F
So, from Northern Ireland. Honestly, I don't know. I have two friends from there and I could ask them but I would think it depends on the person. I see people online thinking Northern Ireland is just a county or something in Ireland. I assumed it was all people - Northern Irish and Irish - who couldn't say 'th' but when I joked about this to one of these friends he implied it was the ROI or non-Northern Irish who spoke like this. Some people can be patriotic I suppose.
alan20 · M
@amethyst1 Interesting. I hadn't thought that some from "out there" might think of NI as a county. Your friend is right about the "th" , I think it has something to do with "h" originally not being in the Irish language but then There were different forms of Irish for the different provinces, so that's specific to different regions. Assuming you're English, can you pronounce the surname Doherty? Like religion, patriotism is something I weeded out from my makeup when I thought about war. No military advance can justify one death.
Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M
Dan193 · 31-35, M
@Crazywaterspring Why
Dan193 · 31-35, M
@SW-User oh right, but why is the football national team go by "England" and not UK?
Mrjingleswilly · 51-55, M
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Dan193 · 31-35, M
@Mrjingleswilly @walabby Basically, it's complicated. I get it.
Mrjingleswilly · 51-55, M
@walabby The British Isles are a geographical construct, this question is more about what people think they are. We’ve also been welcoming immigrants for over 4,000 years at the very least, and every incoming culture has made a positive contribution to the life of these islands, from the Beaker Folk to Romans, Vikings, Saxons, West Indians, Pakistanis, Indians, Turks, Greeks and more recently Eastern Europeans. The country is richer for their influence.
TheThinker · 56-60, M
@Dan193 Loosely speaking, it would depend on which side of the Protestant/Catholic divide they were on. Some would be fine with it, some would correct you, sometimes angrily.
One Catholic Nationalist from Belfast I know won't even call it "Northern Ireland" but instead "the north of Ireland" as she refuses to recognise the legitimacy of what she sees as the British occupation of that part of Ireland.
On the other hand I also know a Protestant Loyalist from Belfast who gets offended if you call him "Irish" and insists that he's British.
Both quite pleasant in their views by the way, it seldom gets heated, but those views are very firm.
One Catholic Nationalist from Belfast I know won't even call it "Northern Ireland" but instead "the north of Ireland" as she refuses to recognise the legitimacy of what she sees as the British occupation of that part of Ireland.
On the other hand I also know a Protestant Loyalist from Belfast who gets offended if you call him "Irish" and insists that he's British.
Both quite pleasant in their views by the way, it seldom gets heated, but those views are very firm.
Dan193 · 31-35, M
@alan20 @TheThinker Thank you for the clarification.
alan20 · M
@TheThinker I certainly recognise the models !
