Hossenfeffer to Casual UKEnglish · 11 months agoA divided nationimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down120cross-posted to: cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee
arrow-up1123arrow-down1imageA divided nationHossenfeffer to Casual UKEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoAh yeah, good point. I was very confused by Southern Ireland missing on their map, too, but my comment made it sound like that’s part of the UK.
minus-squareHossenfefferOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYou also want to be careful using terms like ‘Southern Ireland’. Northern Ireland is a thing, and the Republic of Ireland is a thing…
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYes, I decided to call it “Southern Ireland”, because I doubt many people outside of Europe will know which one of the two Irelands is the “Republic of Ireland”. I did look up beforehand, if I’m allowed to say “Southern Ireland” without being crucified and Wikipedia said yes maybe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ireland
Ah yeah, good point. I was very confused by Southern Ireland missing on their map, too, but my comment made it sound like that’s part of the UK.
You also want to be careful using terms like ‘Southern Ireland’. Northern Ireland is a thing, and the Republic of Ireland is a thing…
Yes, I decided to call it “Southern Ireland”, because I doubt many people outside of Europe will know which one of the two Irelands is the “Republic of Ireland”.
I did look up beforehand, if I’m allowed to say “Southern Ireland” without being crucified and Wikipedia said
yesmaybe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ireland