The Simon Schama "History of Britain" is a good place to start. Being married to a History Teacher helps, too...Originally Posted by Biff
The Simon Schama "History of Britain" is a good place to start. Being married to a History Teacher helps, too...Originally Posted by Biff
Don't blame the crown, 'twas that rascal Oliver that did it.Originally Posted by Biff
Originally Posted by skidmark
Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
I think you may want to go back to school and learn basic geography.Originally Posted by Oscar
Ireland and the Republic of Eire is a completely separate country and I suspect any Irish folks here would take offense to you saying its part of britain. Thats as bad as saying New zealand is part of Australia because its close to it.
The contents of this post are my opinion and may not be subjected to any form of reality
It means I'm not an authority or a teacher, and may not have any experience so take things with a pinch of salt (a.k.a bullshit) rather than fact
I should hope not. I dont think i've ever read that magazine and have received no notification that they took a photo of me and published it. I suspect they'd be in breach of the privacy act if they did.Originally Posted by Jim2
The contents of this post are my opinion and may not be subjected to any form of reality
It means I'm not an authority or a teacher, and may not have any experience so take things with a pinch of salt (a.k.a bullshit) rather than fact
Nope - technicaly (my turn to be pedantic) you're wrong. But it's a mistake 95% of Brits make.Originally Posted by Oscar
Technically Britain does not include Northern Ireland. Trust me on this. I spent the first half of last year working for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the UK and this was made very, very clear to me for a number of very important reasons. So politically and under international law Northern Ireland is technically not part of Britain. It is however part of the United Kingdom.
And as for the British Isles including Ireland - not if you're Irish.
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This weeks international insult is in Malayalam:
Thavalayolee
You Frog Fucker
"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"Originally Posted by Biff
So what is "united" is the Kingdom of Great Britain, united with the Kingdom of (Northern) Ireland (though the northern there is actually wrong, and a political sop to the Republicans.
Ireland is not part of Great Britain, which is the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, with the Isle of Man (which is part of neither Kingdom) .
Since Henry VIII the King of England is also King of Ireland (though this is not recognised by the Pope) . Nowadays the Kingdom of Ireland is limited geographically to Northern Ireland (more or less the old principality of Ulster).
We won't even mention the weirdness of the Channel Islands.
It'll all be sorted out anyway when the rightful king is restored.
God Save King Francis
Originally Posted by skidmark
Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
Originally Posted by Ixion
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This weeks international insult is in Malayalam:
Thavalayolee
You Frog Fucker
Home Rule for Wales!
Moby Dick for King!
Motorbike Camping for the win!
Sorry. Wales is part of the Kingdom of England. Even the titular autonomy of the Prince of Wales was ablosihed by Henry VIII ('im again!) when he abolished the Council of Wales (which, oddly, sat at Ludlow).Originally Posted by Biff
Blame old LongShanks. And weep if you will for llewylln.
Originally Posted by skidmark
Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
You guys can't read. He said the British Isles, not Great Britain, The Kingdom of Great Britain, or the inbred rejects of Pictish and Celtic society plus a mix of Saxons, Angles, and Normans.
http://dictionary.reference.com/sear...ritish%20Isles
2 entries found for British Isles.
British Isles
- A group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe comprising Great Britain, Ireland, and adjacent smaller islands.
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British Isles
n : Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic [syn: British Isles]
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
If you're referring to my alleged inability to read - I can read thanks. And what I implied was that the people from Ireland (Eire) are not happy being told they live in the British Isles. They live on an island called Ireland. Irrespective of what some online dictionary defines, as probably written and decided upon written by a gaggle of Brits at an English university or some Americans. Anyhoo - the term British Isles is a term used to loosly describe a number of islands just west of Europe, so were arguing about semantics anyway.
Aha - those darned bloody Ingles again claiming that because they decided that they no longer recognised an area land as being a seperate nation, then it must indeed cease to exist.Originally Posted by Ixion
Thankfully the United Nations, the modern British government (albeit under the control of English law and by royal decree referred to as a 'principality' ) and the European Union recognise Wales as a seperate country, part of the 'greater' Britain and the United Kingdom.
CYMRU AM BYTH
Last edited by Biff; 10th June 2005 at 15:28.
This weeks international insult is in Malayalam:
Thavalayolee
You Frog Fucker
Originally Posted by TwoSeven
I think you want to go back to school and learn basic comprehension. You are mixing up Geography and Politics.
From Dictionary.Com:
British Isles
A group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe comprising Great Britain, Ireland, and adjacent smaller islands.
Um, read it again - I said that Nth Irleand was part of the UK.Originally Posted by Biff
Give that man a Ceegar...Originally Posted by Jim2
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Cymru am byth!Originally Posted by Biff
...ac iechyd da, Biff
Good on the UN and the EU - now all they have to do is recognise the sovereignty of Scotland and Kernow...
(Waiting for bite from Oscar)
Motorbike Camping for the win!
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