lars@lemmy.sdf.org to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoEuler diagram of the terminology of the British Isleslemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareScratch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoNo one outside of the UK includes Ireland in the British Isles.
minus-squarePlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoSpeaking of! Shouldn’t Australia be in that chart too? And I’d like to see the “commonwealth” in the diagram too. It’s all good complicated!
minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months ago“British and Irish Isles” is the most common descriptor for the whole archipelago I see, and it seems a fair one even if it’s a bit long. It’d be nice if we could all agree on something catchier but that seems unlikely, all things considered
minus-square_Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoI’m English and I don’t either. It’s a pretty obvious hangover of British imperial pretensions.
minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoYeh, I don’t think I would either. It does feel disrepectful
No one outside of the UK includes Ireland in the British Isles.
I would… (Australian)
Speaking of! Shouldn’t Australia be in that chart too? And I’d like to see the “commonwealth” in the diagram too. It’s all good complicated!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles
“British and Irish Isles” is the most common descriptor for the whole archipelago I see, and it seems a fair one even if it’s a bit long. It’d be nice if we could all agree on something catchier but that seems unlikely, all things considered
Gaelic Isles
I’m English and I don’t either. It’s a pretty obvious hangover of British imperial pretensions.
Yeh, I don’t think I would either. It does feel disrepectful