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More like a bacterial infection imo (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Wait the Brits? Not the English? Ireland is part of the British Isles, doesn't that make them Brits too?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago

Don't start your car tomorrow

(I jest of course).

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

I see your argument, but the Irish will absolutely throw hands if you call them Brits. They thing the term should only apply to people on the isle of Britain, not the British isles as a whole.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

I wouldn't ask an Irishman that, lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Not really. British are from Great Britain (the island).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

On a linguistic level yes. The ancient Greeks named the islands after the Prythonic tribes, who were active in Britannia and Hibernia (Ireland).

On a don’t-annoy-the-alarm-clock-aficionados level, nope. This guy isn’t with me. Never met them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

We’ll, they were Brits at the time, but I guess their time in the union was not entirely to their satisfaction.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ireland is not part of the British Isles

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Ireland is absolutely part of the British Isles, just not part of Great Britain. I would say that it's generally only considered correct to call someone from Great Britain British, rather than the Isles as a whole though. However, in common parlance I would say that people from Scotland and Wales use Scottish and Welsh more than British, with people from England using English and British interchangeably, and people from Northern Ireland (that are unionist anyway) using the term British over Irish. That's all to say, you'd probably get a smack upside the head for calling someone Irish British, and rightfully so.