British Isles. Who, us Irish !

therewillbe

Can anyone sort this out for me. Fight happening over terminology .

Whilst watching an excellent series on Ch4 at 7pm on Sundays.Tonight's
show is about Christianity in Britain from when the Romans left to the present 15/16 hundred years ago.Here's the point.The presenter Dr R something or other was explaining how the Celtic nations had Christianity whilst THEY were still Pagans. Skip to St Kevin etc & quote" the export of Christianity back to the mainland":mad::mad::mad:Anyway his use of the word British Isles, Meaning us here in Ireland:mad::mad: was used a couple of times by him.


Q . Is this term still recognised , surely not . We as an Independant Republic.

Guy:Incognito

This again? seriously?


This is the worng forum too, seeign as it's not a political term.

pepsicokeacola

as ive heard before we should be part of the isles of the north atlantic not the british isles. i hate that term

deadhead13

Its just a geographic term - get over it ffs.

anonymous_joe

Anglo-Irish non-denominational Sea.

Serenity Now!

therewillbe wrote: »

Can anyone sort this out for me. Fight happening over terminology .

Whilst watching an excellent series on Ch4 at 7pm on Sundays.Tonight's
show is about Christianity in Britain from when the Romans left to the present 15/16 hundred years ago.Here's the point.The presenter Dr R something or other was explaining how the Celtic nations had Christianity whilst THEY were still Pagans. Skip to St Kevin etc & quote" the export of Christianity back to the mainland":mad::mad::mad:Anyway his use of the word British Isles, Meaning us here in Ireland:mad::mad: was used a couple of times by him.


Q . Is this term still recognised , surely not . We as an Independant Republic.

*sigh*...its a geographical term. All the islands here are known as the British Isles. :rolleyes:
Advice? Opt out of this fight of yours before you look stupid

therewillbe

deadhead13 wrote: »

Its just a geographic term - get over it ffs.

Lets call it "Irish Isles" ffs !

Guy:Incognito

therewillbe wrote: »

Lets call it "Irish Isles" ffs !

Will you then be championing the caus eof the poor oppressed british public to not be lumped in with us paddies?

deadhead13

Go right ahead, if it makes you happy.

deecom

deadhead13 wrote: »

Its just a geographic term - get over it ffs.

Agreed. What is the problem with the term? Its the Isles of which Ireland is a part of.

Mr. Presentable

Seriously? North America includes Canada and Mexico. D'you think they are so precious about it? As pointed out, not a political name.

dsmythy

Funnily enough the presenter actually didn't say British isles. He described the Irish as British. Then again it doesn't really matter what one man says does it.

sceptre

We had this discussion before. Presumably you weren't a part of it but rest assured that it was long, drawn out and annoyingly stupid.

Yes it's used by some, it's hated by others. Is it recognised? It has no legal significance (that's one definition of "recognised") but people generally know where someone is talking about if they sweep the hand across a map and say "British Isles" (that's the second definition of "recognised")

There's quite a nice Wiki page that should give you as much information as you need to know. Personally I giggle strongly at one of the main alternatives, "these islands". Gets very confusing when you're somewhere else.

The BBC style guide discourages their reporters from using the term "British Isles", partly because they get complaints about it. I'd suggest writing to Channel 4 and ask that they do the same.

Locking this as it's going to result in another long pointless discussion; if anyone's got a really good reason to open it, you can send me a PM.