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You are remarkably stupid
Elaborate please. This was a lazy post. You’re better than this
You are remarkably stupid
Not all of it. But as someone just said, an Irishman can identify as British if they like.
So it can refer to Conor McGregor? A guy who doesn't and never has lived in the UK?Dude, I understand that Irish and Scottish want nothing to do with England. I’m 2nd generation Irish. I get it. And I understand that and Irishman would fight you if you called him British. But the fact remains, they’re still part of UK, and British can refer to anyone in UK.
You are confusing things.northern Ireland is indeed a part of the UK. British and UK are not the same thingIreland is not part of the UK.
Welsh, Catholic Northern Irish and Scots generally do not identify as British. Englishmen call themselves English or British.
Ask your parent and your grandparent if they are British. They are not nationally or geographically.
I understand what Great Britain proper is. But, the term British can refer to anyone in the Uk. Northern Ireland is prt of the UK. Techinically, TS isn't wrong.
Go to an Irish pub on St Patrick’s day and call the guy opposite you a Brit.
You’re shit at semantics and geography smart ass.
Great Britain is England, Wales and Scotland. The isle of Ireland is next door and includes Ireland and Northern Ireland.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain
You are correct but Northern Ireland is part of the UK let’s forgive the pea brain
Is that a typo? Do you need me to edit your title from Running the game to Ruining the game?I was always a huge fan of Nick Diaz.
But, the dude obviously wasn't a Business Man.
Northern ireland. Please forgive the transgression. The larger issue here is that people are flaming TS for calling Conor a Britt. While offensive and not in-line with what most irishmen think, it’s not the same as calling an american a european, or a canadian and australian.
Man... seriously no disrespect but you are talking so much shit.
And like it or not... TS very much IS wrong on this point. You got every Brit/Irish vouching for that right now.
The term British can refer to anyone in the UK. Which as I've already said, consists of England, Scotland and Wales (the island of Great Britain)... PLUS Northern Ireland. The island which is split into The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is NOT part of Great Britain. So, yes citizens of Northern Ireland are certainly British... citizens of The Republic of Ireland (Conor McGregor etc.) are most certainly not British. And they fought a war which is actually still ongoing to this day to make sure that was the case.
If you think you're educated enough in western European history to make definitive claims about the separate nationalities amongst the British isles... then at least recognise the meaning behind such songs as "The Foggy Dew" which Conor himself walks out to.
Long story cut short... the Irish and British are two very different nations, with very different identities based on hundreds of years of conflict. The ignorance of labelling an Irish person as effectively "British" is astounding.
It is.
Actually, considering Ireland and Britain were fighting for several hundred years it's probably worse.
Too many idiots in here for my liking. Being from the UK does not make you
British. Being from great BRITAIN does .clearly neither the republic or Northern Ireland are a part of great British so technically neither are British although Northern Irish are both Irish and from the UK.
Wtf are you talking about ?British refers to UK, not just Great britain proper.
Northern ireland. Please forgive the transgression. The larger issue here is that people are flaming TS for calling Conor a Britt. While offensive and not in-line with what most irishmen think, it’s not the same as calling an american a european
I wouldn’t bother pal. You are trying to reason with a retard here.Calling an American a European would be more accurate than calling an Irish person British, because the majority of Americans trace their origins to Europe, whereas the majority of Irish don't trace their origins to Britain.
Dude, I understand that Irish and Scottish want nothing to do with England. I’m 2nd generation Irish. I get it. And I understand that and Irishman would fight you if you called him British. But the fact remains, they’re still part of UK, and British can refer to anyone in UK.
On a real note, I never got Great Britain, United Kingdom; Is it like Koreans, Chinese, Japanese all a type of Asian?
UK encompasses Ireland. And technically, British can refer to anyone residing in the UK.
I think you’re confusing British with English.