Might be a stupid question but...I was just wondering what's the difference between England, UK, Ireland and Britian?
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Might be a stupid question but...I was just wondering what's the difference between England, UK, Ireland and Britian?
they all have a wierd sense of humor?Quote:
Originally posted by abdul
Might be a stupid question but...I was just wondering what's the difference between England, UK, Ireland and Britian?
My English may not be what it used to, but that sounds like a similarity to me.Quote:
Originally posted by OrdinaryGuy
they all have a wierd sense of humor?
That crazy crptcblade i read the reply and thought. That's a similarity. Then i read your reply. :D
What's the difference between England, UK, Ireland and Britian?
England, UK and Britian are the same. Ireland is a diffrent country.
I always wondered why england needed three names anyway. England United Kindom and Great Britian. But then i tohought well we have two. America and The United States. Just like the brits to have one more name than us. ;)
Oh I see...thanks Dilenger4!
Not quite right. Very wrong, in fact.
England, Scotland and Wales are countries on the main island which is called Britain, or Great Britain.
The big island to the west is Ireland, but it consists of 2 parts, the north and the south. Northern Ireland is joined with Great Britain (England, Scotland & Wales) to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
The southern part of the island Ireland is the Republic of Ireland, known as Eire.
The big part Britain, the island of Ireland and other sundry bits in the sea are collectively known as the British Isles.
Is Belgium involved somehow?
Belgium used to be a small county in the UK, but they built a wall round it and filled it with water; now it's used for sailing.
aha that explains why I cant find it and why Wally isnt currently there :) Jimbo, u neglected to list the colonies such as Australia, Canada, India, Fiji and Guyana :)
I thought Australia was part of New Zealand. (West Island)
You missed the Kingdom of Northumbria, capital Newcastle, language Geordie, where the national dress is a t-shirt even in sub zero conditions and the girls are very free with their affections.
Sort of like a bath tub, but smaller.Quote:
Originally posted by Jim Brown
Belgium used to be a small county in the UK, but they built a wall round it and filled it with water; now it's used for sailing.
Hmm.. I always thought that New Zealand's name clearly identified it as a Dutch colony. That might explain Dirk Hartog
Wasn't he the guy in that old Disney video game? What was it called?Quote:
Originally posted by beachbum
Dirk Hartog
Dilinger4
I thought it was just one name: United States of America.Quote:
But then i tohought well we have two. America and The United States.
Yes he was and it was called "Ruminants and Lockjaw" :)Quote:
Wasn't he the guy in that old Disney video game? What was it called?
It was not!Quote:
Originally posted by beachbum
Yes he was and it was called "Ruminants and Lockjaw" :)
..and they all spell it humour...:DQuote:
they all have a wierd sense of humor?
Should I give Dilenger the benefit of the doubt and assume he was joking? I can't believe anyone is genuinely that ignorant. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by Dilenger4
England, UK and Britian are the same. Ireland is a diffrent country.
Its called being American.:DQuote:
Originally posted by InvisibleDuncan
Should I give Dilenger the benefit of the doubt and assume he was joking? I can't believe anyone is genuinely that ignorant. :rolleyes:
psst .. nope ID. Americans are really that geographically, historically and generally challenged :)
Umm... I would resent that, but I thought it was like Dilenger said. What's wrong about it?
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Originally posted by Jim Brown
Not quite right. Very wrong, in fact.
England, Scotland and Wales are countries on the main island which is called Britain, or Great Britain.
The big island to the west is Ireland, but it consists of 2 parts, the north and the south. Northern Ireland is joined with Great Britain (England, Scotland & Wales) to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
The southern part of the island Ireland is the Republic of Ireland, known as Eire.
The big part Britain, the island of Ireland and other sundry bits in the sea are collectively known as the British Isles.
Not if your Irish there not, Ireland's not included as part of theQuote:
The big part Britain, the island of Ireland and other sundry bits in the sea are collectively known as the British Isles.
British Isles. Next you'll be calling Britain the mainland
Well everybody else considers Ireland to be part of the British Isles. The term is geographic not political.Quote:
Originally posted by DeadEyes
Not if your Irish there not, Ireland's not included as part of the
British Isles. Next you'll be calling Britain the mainland
I came this close (holds fingers up) to making a remark about the mainland actually. Good thing I didn't.Quote:
Originally posted by DeadEyes
Not if your Irish there not, Ireland's not included as part of the
British Isles. Next you'll be calling Britain the mainland
I wasn't making any kind of political statement,Quote:
The term is geographic not political.
and I am well aware that most people would consider Ireland
to be part of the British Isles, but from an Irish perspective
we don't.
How can you say that, it is part of the group of islands called The British Isles. Just like Spain is in the Iberian Penninsula with Portugal. Or have you moved the whole ****ing country somewhere else?Quote:
Originally posted by DeadEyes
I wasn't making any kind of political statement,
and I am well aware that most people would consider Ireland
to be part of the British Isles, but from an Irish perspective
we don't.
But 'British' implies possession, which Irish people would understandably resent.Quote:
Originally posted by GlenW
How can you say that, it is part of the group of islands called The British Isles. Just like Spain is in the Iberian Penninsula with Portugal. Or have you moved the whole ****ing country somewhere else?
It's just the ****ing name of the island group.Quote:
Originally posted by V(ery) Basic
But 'British' implies possession, which Irish people would understandably resent.
What do Irish people call them then?
'The Not British Isles' or 'The Off The Coast Of Europe Isles'
Either would do.Quote:
Originally posted by GlenW
What do Irish people call them then?
'The Not British Isles' or 'The Off The Coast Of Europe Isles'
:rolleyes: ;) :) :pQuote:
Originally posted by V(ery) Basic
Either would do.
Well, maybe the ones in the bottom half.....Quote:
Originally posted by V(ery) Basic
But 'British' implies possession, which Irish people would understandably resent.
Oh, and some of the ones in the top.
Actually maybe all of them.
But 'British' doesn't imply possession necessarily, it implies position in this case. Mmm, or possession maybe.
Christ I don't know.
I know! Let's call the island of Ireland (both halves) and the big bit to the right where E,S & W are, the Irish Isles. That'll keep everyone happy.
*ducks head for salvo from (among others) Vicky, ID, various Simons etc....
Or better still, let's name the whole lot after the Isle of Wight, as the Wightian Isles. Oh sh@t that'll upset the Manx, and the Hebridians...
God, it's a tough old world....
Lets piss everybody off and call them 'The Yash Isles':D
No, the Dhezzz Isles....
Like Glen said, unless you've actually moved your part of the island, it is part of the British Isles. It doesn't imply posession, it implies position.Quote:
Originally posted by DeadEyes
I wasn't making any kind of political statement,
and I am well aware that most people would consider Ireland
to be part of the British Isles, but from an Irish perspective
we don't.
Jim - I reckon we should call them the Cornish Isles. :)
Hey! Don't mock the Cornish! :mad:Quote:
Jim - I reckon we should call them the Cornish Isles.
The pasties are very nice.:p
I always thought pasties were tassles that strippers put over their nipples to avoid indecent exposure charges. :confused:
The only place to go for a proper pasty! :cool:Quote:
The pasties are very nice.
With no carrots, right?
Why ever not? No sense of humour?Quote:
Originally posted by Fried Egg
Hey! Don't mock the Cornish! :mad:
You should never mock the afflicted, hasn't anybody ever told you that?:)Quote:
Originally posted by InvisibleDuncan
Why ever not? No sense of humour?
Pasties are like pies with a pastry crust round the side (which miners used to hold) and filled with steak, turnip, onion, potato, butter and lots and lots of black pepper! Luvely Job! :)Quote:
I always thought pasties were tassles that strippers put over their nipples to avoid indecent exposure charges.
Dam Right!Quote:
With no carrots, right?
Actually, I miss a good pasty. Ever since I left Cornwall (where I used to eat them all the time), I just haven't been able to get a decent one...even in Devon!
It's some sort of magical ability that is only imbued to people who live the right side of the Tamar! :confused:
Sounds yummy!!!!!!!!!!
There's a Cornish peculiarity right there; they call both suedes and turnips the same thing: turnips.Quote:
Pasties are like pies with a pastry crust round the side (which miners used to hold) and filled with steak, turnip, onion, potato, butter and lots and lots of black pepper! Luvely Job!
In actual fact, they put suede in pasties, not turnips!
Surely you mean swede, suede is what hush puppies are made from.
Oh, so you live in Cornwall for a couple of years and you think you know it all! :mad:Quote:
In actual fact, they put suede in pasties, not turnips!
When I say there's turnips in pasties, there's turnips in pasties.
I have lived and breath pasties my whole life!
Saxon humour? No, we have our own thank you! :pQuote:
Why ever not? No sense of humour?
GlenW
Yeah, that's what I mean! :o ;)Quote:
Surely you mean swede, suede is what hush puppies are made from.
Fried Egg
Yeah, whatever...Let's just say that "Swede" is the saxon word for "Turnip", shall we? :DQuote:
When I say there's turnips in pasties, there's turnips in pasties.
Lets not get carried away here Ireland is Ireland i dont care what you say about it. What are you guys going to say next that Jamaica is part of the british rule because your queen is pasted all over their money? :pQuote:
Posted by InvisibleDuncan
Should I give Dilenger the benefit of the doubt and assume he
was joking? I can't believe anyone is genuinely that ignorant
Actually Jamaica can't make changes to their constitution without agreement from The Queen. Although this is usually just a rubber stamp procedure.Quote:
Originally posted by Dilenger4
Lets not get carried away here Ireland is Ireland i dont care what you say about it. What are you guys going to say next that Jamaica is part of the british rule because your queen is pasted all over their money? :p
Did you know....
- Cornish miners' wives (or whomever made the pasty) would decorate them with the guys' initials or other distinctive markings, so that down pit they'd know whose was whose
- And, one end of the pie was usually a sweet filling like fruit or something- that was the dessert end
Who needs oxygen when you can have pasties! :cool:Quote:
Originally posted by Fried Egg
I have lived and breath pasties my whole life!
he was referring to the fact you called England, Britain and the UK the sameQuote:
Lets not get carried away here Ireland is Ireland i dont care what you say about it. What are you guys going to say next that Jamaica is part of the british rule because your queen is pasted all over their money?
I'm going to resist the temptation.......... :cool:Quote:
Originally posted by Jim Brown
Did you know....
- And, one end of the pie was usually a sweet filling like fruit or something- that was the dessert end
HM's got far more important things to do, like walking the corgis and picking out a new scarf for the weekend in 't country, not to mention practising one's wave.Quote:
Originally posted by GlenW
Actually Jamaica can't make changes to their constitution without agreement from The Queen. Although this is usually just a rubber stamp procedure.
Where the hell is Cornwall anyway ? I know Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland but I've no idea about the UK provinces (counties I believe they are).
Bottom left, the ugly bit that sticks out.
I assume you are familiar with the shape Wally ;)
Well it's that bit that sticks out in the South West underneath Wales.