Simpsons Duke 3 Goes Synth

[Gairdner]

You are of course quite correct, my former colonial cousin....

 

[Rufusdog]

You are of course quite correct, my former colonial cousin....

Thanks. We colonials have to keep you chaps back in Old Blighty on your toes.

 

[Gairdner]

Damn straight you do!

 

[ManicDee]

Actually not in the first instance. Great Britain comprises England, Scotland and Wales and a few islands (Wight, Scilly, Shetland, Hebrides), but not the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey and their subsidiaries Alderney and Sark) which are self-governing Crown dependencies. The Isle of Man, however, is part of the British Isles, which comprises Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the United Kingdom), Ireland and their many other islands.

The Republic of Ireland in NOT part of the British Isles.
Sometimes the term "UK and Ireland" are used to refer to the archipelago;
however, this excludes the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands—which, except for some specific legal purposes are not part of the UK.
This term is also a more precise way of referring specifically to the two countries alone.
As the Republic is not under British rule anymore.

 

[Rufusdog]

The Republic of Ireland in NOT part of the British Isles.
Sometimes the term "UK and Ireland" are used to refer to the archipelago;
however, this excludes the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands—which, except for some specific legal purposes are not part of the UK.
This term is also a more precise way of referring specifically to the two countries alone.
As the Republic is not under British rule anymore.

I was using it as a politically neutral geographic term and not to imply that the Republic of Ireland is under British rule or part of the United Kingdom. I know this term is controversial, generally unacceptable and has no official status in the Republic. I apologies if I implied otherwise.

 

[ManicDee]

I was using it as a politically neutral geographic term and not to imply that the Republic of Ireland is under British rule or part of the United Kingdom. I know this term is controversial, generally unacceptable and has no official status in the Republic. I apologies if I implied otherwise.

No worries Rufusdog,
The term British Isles is controversial in the Republic plus,
It's our Centenary year of Independence. The blood sometimes boils.