Forget slapping gloves. I've got my shillelagh and I'm coming for the following:

Deano
Heathen
mxxcon (maybe)

Ireland is part of the British Isles. The British Isles is a geographical term in its whole and should be regarded as a name only. British in other contexts implies being part of Britain. Which we are not. Not lately anyway If the category was British Isles, fair enough! It isn't though so I don't think the tag should apply.

Northern Irish are British or Irish on a case by case basis

There is an optical illusion that occurs when a person looks out to sea from the British coast whereby everything appears to be British. On a clear day the effect can carry beyond India

>> ^heathen:
Dublin is in Ireland which is one of the British Isles.
It is not Great Britain, which consists of only England, Scotland and Wales. Nor is it part of the United Kingdom, which is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
However, it is British.

>> ^antonye:
>> ^heathen:
Dublin is in Ireland which is one of the British Isles.
That's like saying the USA is part of Canada.


No, it's like saying Canada is part of The Americas, (which it is), while still not being part of the United States of America.

"The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include Great Britain, Ireland and over six-thousand smaller islands.[7] There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Ireland

The term British Isles is controversial in relation to Ireland,[7][11][12] where there are objections to its usage due to the association of the word "British" with Ireland. The Government of Ireland discourages its use,[13][14] and in relations with the United Kingdom the words "these islands" are used.[15][16] Although still used as a geographic term, the controversy means that alternative terms such as "Britain and Ireland" are increasingly preferred"

it is from wikipedia though, so it might be completely made up...

>> ^Fade:
Sorry Heathen, I agree with you. Geographicaly speaking Ireland is part of the British Isles. However, you will be hung drawn and quartered by an Irishman if you implied that his country was British. It's like calling a Canadian an American or an Israeli a Palestinian.


Or calling an American anything other than an American...

>> ^heathen:
Dublin is in Ireland which is one of the British Isles.

That's like saying the USA is part of Canada.

Sorry Heathen, I agree with you. Geographicaly speaking Ireland is part of the British Isles. However, you will be hung drawn and quartered by an Irishman if you implied that his country was British. It's like calling a Canadian an American or an Israeli a Palestinian.

>> ^Fade:
Um...what part of Britain is Dublin in exactly?
Might be an idea to change the British Tag before you get slapped by an Irish man.


Dublin is in Ireland which is one of the British Isles.
It is not Great Britain, which consists of only England, Scotland and Wales. Nor is it part of the United Kingdom, which is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
However, it is *British.

>> ^EndAll:
Ireland ≠ England


You're correct that Ireland is neither in, nor part of, England. However it's still part of the British Isles.

It can get a little confusing, but breaking it down as follows helps:

Great Britain consists of England, Scotland and Wales. (But neither Northern nor Southern Ireland.)

The United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. (Southern Ireland being an independent country called the Republic of Ireland, also known as Eire.)

The British Isles, however, are made up of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and the several surrounding smaller islands.

So although Ireland is not part of Great Britain it is still part of the British Isles and therefore "British".

I'm not privileged and can't re-add this back into the * British channel, (Not to be confused with the English Channel with the tunnel going under it), so hopefully someone else will.

>> ^LadyDeath:
>> ^jonny:
uh, what's British about that? (and if you say Ireland is part of the British Isles, I will hunt you down and kill you - or at the very least down vote a lot of your vids. )
I think you need to put LadyHawke somewhere in the tags or description.



From Wikipedia
Guinness (pronounced /ˈɡɪnɪs/) is a popular dry stout that originated in Arthur Guinness' brewery at St. James's Gate in Dublin, Ireland. The beer is based on the porter style that originated in LONDON in the early 18th century. It is one of the most successful beer brands in the world, being exported worldwide


*british it is...

uh, what's British about that? (and if you say Ireland is part of the British Isles, I will hunt you down and kill you - or at the very least down vote a lot of your vids.

I think you need to put LadyHawke somewhere in the tags or description.

>> ^waxxx:
Inflation in Germany was one of the prime factors of the fall of the national socialism party. Hitler had many pipe dreams, spoke a lot empty phrases and often held gatherings that were tailored to be energized by packing small venues. I often wonder why he didn't attack other English countries such as Britain?


Um, dude, you wanna, I dunno, study history a bit?

If not for British kickass fighting in the air, a full sea/land invasion would've occured.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain
"Had it been successful, the planned amphibious and airborne landings in Britain of Operation Sealion would have followed. The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces. It was the largest and most sustained bombing campaign attempted up until that date. The failure of Nazi Germany to destroy Britain's air defence or to break British morale is considered its first major defeat.[7]

Neither Hitler nor the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) believed it possible to carry out a successful amphibious assault on the British Isles until the RAF had been neutralised. Secondary objectives were to destroy aircraft production and ground infrastructure, to attack areas of political significance, and to terrorise the British people into seeking an armistice or surrender. Some historians, such as Derek Robinson, have argued an invasion could not have succeeded; the massive superiority of the Royal Navy over the Kriegsmarine would have made Sealion a disaster and the Luftwaffe would have been unable to prevent decisive intervention by British cruisers and destroyers, even with air superiority"

176 Miles per Hour.... = 281.6352 kph

Isle of Man is part of British Isles but not part of Britain (well sort of not)
But sadly like the rest of the UK they still use archaic imperial measurements that are unique to Britain (US imperial measurements aren't the same).

Sorry but this is no more British than it is Argentinian

The group is mostly from Ireland, which is the British Isles. If we had an Irish Channel I would put it there.

Congrats.

Ease up on pushing Ireland with the British Isles. I mean Northern Ireland just solved its beef with the UK lets not get it all started again