Make Britain a country?

Are you implying that it doesn't function as it is? and what about Northern Ireland? Everyone always forgets us :frown:

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Original post by Sheepish153

Are you implying that it doesn't function as it is? and what about Northern Ireland? Everyone always forgets us :frown:

That's cos if we mention you, we might get bombed!

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I don't really see the point in changing it?

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Original post by Steezy

That's cos if we mention you, we might get bombed!

Is that seriously your attitude?

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JPL9457

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it is a country, it is a 'country of countries'

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Original post by Sheepish153

Is that seriously your attitude?

What that I never mention Northern Ireland in case I get bombed?

No. No it's not.

But I see the famous Irish sense of humour is now restricted to the South...

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Original post by Sheepish153

Are you implying that it doesn't function as it is? and what about Northern Ireland? Everyone always forgets us :frown:

I keep forgetting whether Northern Ireland is in Great Britain or United Kingdom ><

[[Just had a look, NI is within the UK, not GB]]

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Extremotroph

the last thing we need is more centralisation of power.

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Original post by Steezy

What that I never mention Northern Ireland in case I get bombed?

No. No it's not.

But I see the famous Irish sense of humour is now restricted to the South...

If you had to live in a city continuously being disrupted by bomb scares you would probably be as fed up with the whole situation as I am.

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Original post by Sheepish153

If you had to live in a city continuously being disrupted by bomb scares you would probably be as fed up with the whole situation as I am.

Well then my original attitude wasn't too far off the mark.

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Original post by Ruthless Dutchman

I keep forgetting whether Northern Ireland is in Great Britain or United Kingdom ><

[[Just had a look, NI is within the UK, not GB]]

Technically yes, but I couldn't count the amount of times a commentator for the olympics or world championships has called the team "GB" for short. "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" is rather long winded for common use don't you think? Besides the point is, if England, Scotland and Wales were made into one country, what would happen to Northern Ireland?

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Original post by Steezy

Well then my original attitude wasn't too far off the mark.

not really

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CJKay

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Original post by Sheepish153

Are you implying that it doesn't function as it is? and what about Northern Ireland? Everyone always forgets us :frown:

Because NI is part of the UK and not the British land-mass and its nearby isles. Would be a bit odd having this big-ass island as a country, then half of the next big-ass island also part of the country. :lol:

I suppose America did it with Alaska though.

(edited 10 years ago)

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Original post by Sheepish153

Technically yes, but I couldn't count the amount of times a commentator for the olympics or world championships has called the team "GB" for short. "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" is rather long winded for common use don't you think? Besides the point is, if England, Scotland and Wales were made into one country, what would happen to Northern Ireland?

Couldn't they just say UK? I mean, isn't that just being a bit misleading and lazy for the commentator calling it GB?

If the three countries WERE to be put together (and all the fights have calmed down), NI would probably feel more excluded. If anything I'm sure they'd try to join NI in it too, possibly causing further grumbles from SI? I'm not too sure about how the situation over there stands currently to this day..

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Original post by CJKay

Because NI is part of the UK and not the British Isles. Would be a bit odd having this big-ass island as a country, then half of the next big-ass island also part of the country. :lol:

I suppose America did it with Alaska though.

NI is part of the British Isles, as is the rest of Ireland and the Isle of Man...

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