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Euler diagram of the terminology of the British Isles (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

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

[-] ada 7 points 11 months ago

I would... (Australian)

[-] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 points 11 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!

[-] Skua@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"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

[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Gaelic Isles

[-] Welt@lazysoci.al 1 points 11 months ago

Celtic would be better. Gaelic literally means coming from the Gaels, aka the Irish. Welsh and Cornish are Brythonic language speakers, not Goidelic/Gaelic, but they are all Celtic languages. The Angles, Saxons, Frisians and Jutes invaded Celtic Britain starting in the 400s.

[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

I'm English and I don't either. It's a pretty obvious hangover of British imperial pretensions.

[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Yeh, I don't think I would either. It does feel disrepectful

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