• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      You say “we” but there are an awful, awful lot of people in NI who would disagree with you

      • Evia@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        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

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        11 months ago

        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!

    • optissima@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      So I should call it Britain so colonies are reminded they’re conquered by a foreign parasite.