Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 23 days agoWhy do Americans always presume that everyone speaks Englishlemmy.worldimagemessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1856arrow-down130
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minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·23 days ago Same reason why people from the United Kingdom are called ‘British’, despite Northern Ireland not being in Britain. Ireland is part of the British Isles, so you could even call people from the Republic of Ireland british (and then run away really fast).
minus-squarephilthi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·23 days agoI recommend not doing this 😂 I prefer to call the British isles “the European archipelago” :)
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoFor exactly those reasons at least Ireland no longer calls it the British Isles
Ireland is part of the British Isles, so you could even call people from the Republic of Ireland british (and then run away really fast).
I recommend not doing this 😂 I prefer to call the British isles “the European archipelago” :)
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For exactly those reasons at least Ireland no longer calls it the British Isles