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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•9 months agoEh, we don’t really use Britain. UK is more inclusive
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•9 months agoYou say “we” but there are an awful, awful lot of people in NI who would disagree with you
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-29 months agoIf UK is short for The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, wouldn’t UK be inclusive of NI? As someone who is a UK national I did have to google this as I never remember the differences between GB / UK. Ahh, on rereading perhaps you’re talking about NI people who don’t want to be part of the UK!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 months agoWell certainly but the Brits tend to ignore that part of the UK - it’s a little uncomfortable so we just pretend that NI doesn’t exist
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 months agoSo I should call it Britain so colonies are reminded they’re conquered by a foreign parasite.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 months agoSweet joke, have you got any from after the 19th century?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 months agoAre you suggesting Scotland isn’t a joke? Because I have a Glenrothes to tell you about
Eh, we don’t really use Britain. UK is more inclusive
You say “we” but there are an awful, awful lot of people in NI who would disagree with you
If UK is short for The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, wouldn’t UK be inclusive of NI?
As someone who is a UK national I did have to google this as I never remember the differences between GB / UK.
Ahh, on rereading perhaps you’re talking about NI people who don’t want to be part of the UK!
Well certainly but the Brits tend to ignore that part of the UK - it’s a little uncomfortable so we just pretend that NI doesn’t exist
So I should call it Britain so colonies are reminded they’re conquered by a foreign parasite.
Sweet joke, have you got any from after the 19th century?
Yeah it’s England
Are you suggesting Scotland isn’t a joke? Because I have a Glenrothes to tell you about