Arriving a bit late on this but... Nooooooooo! Ireland is not part of the British Isles!!!!! The Britons never lived in Ireland, so it can't be designated as British, no more than India could be called British (as in, both were conlonized by the British Empire, but now they are independant states). I dispute the usage of this term to include Ireland. Why should we be eternally associated with each other, just because we are geographically adjacent? Why lump the two islands together? Why not pull Iceland in, as well :P ?
/postcolonial-tinged rant
Well, we have had a fairly connected history, albeit most of it unpleasant towards the Irish - I agree with the Irish view of Cromwell more than I do the English view. We were also one nation from 1801 until 1922. I can sympathize with the sentiment that Ireland is no longer British, but perhaps its better to think of it in terms of something like the Gulf of Mexico: Mexico doesn't own the gulf, but its name has just evolved into existance over time. Its just a superficial geographical term rather than a stake of ownership.
Well, we have had a fairly connected history, albeit most of it unpleasant towards the Irish - I agree with the Irish view of Cromwell more than I do the English view. We were also one nation from 1801 until 1922. I can sympathize with the sentiment that Ireland is no longer British, but perhaps its better to think of it in terms of something like the Gulf of Mexico: Mexico doesn't own the gulf, but its name has just evolved into existance over time. Its just a superficial geographical term rather than a stake of ownership.
I see your point of view. However, from the perspective of a nation that is still very insecure about its sovereignty and still working on healing the inevitable post-colonial inferiority complex that afflicts its society's collective psyche, it is natural that this title should seem like a stake of ownership.
Also, that point of view begs the question - why not call Britain one of the "Gaelic Isles"? Or even better, the Celtic Isles!
Anyway, enough of this thread highjacking... Look! A three-headed monkey!
And I was just about to say how ignorant some people are...
UK here too btw.
Here in Holland, we don't make a difference for Netherlands or Holland mate, but most of the time it is the Netherlands. Except when we are beating Germany with football, than everybody is cheering for Holland, not the Netherlands :rolleyes::p
Wow, there's a fair bit of German on this thread. Unfortunately, the only German I know I learned from Nena, and I doubt any of these conversations have to do with red balloons...
Wow, there's a fair bit of German on this thread. Unfortunately, the only German I know I learned from Nena, and I doubt any of these conversations have to do with red balloons...
Anyway, I'm American.
I am from from cyprus. Why you have a username thanatos56. i though you were from Greece. Thanatos is a greek word
I was born in Cuba, lived in Ecuador for a long time and move to Spain on my own 7 years ago... so I guess I'm a Caribbean mulato from Hell like my personal title suggests.
Another welsh pirate here! and being from wales i was NEVER going to select england :P
surprised how few spaniards are on here though, must be all outside in the sun that most of europe doesn't normally get...
Poland. Only country in the world with a backup copy of the president:
Jak zwykle kiedy dzieje się coś ciekawego - jak na przykład nowy Monkey Island - Polaków tam nie ma...
Anyways, if someone is not familiar with Poland: It's a country between Germany and Ukraine. Poles are a plague in GB and that creates some bad impression, as many people who goes there are people who can't find any job here. Some Germans belive Poles to be heavy drinking (which is mostly true - personaly I drink very little, but that's not very common here) car thieves (which is semi-true - their cars are beeing stolen by Polish, Russian and Ukraine thieves; and no, I'm not a car thief, I'm just simple office worker).
What an incredibly diverse community! I'm Dutch myself, feel sadly excluded from the list. We're easy to overlook . Hope we'll be put on the map again during the World Cup.
About the Great Britain thing, will Scots cheer for England during World Cup?
Also, why is England listed, instead of the UK/Great Britian, which is usually more common.
The English are the Scots natural enemy! And the Welsh.. and other Scots!
Poland. Only country in the world with a backup copy of the president:
Italy. Only country in the world with an idiot president:
Germany. The Only (?) country with a female president
France. The only country with a stupid fool dumb jerk president!
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Well, we have had a fairly connected history, albeit most of it unpleasant towards the Irish - I agree with the Irish view of Cromwell more than I do the English view. We were also one nation from 1801 until 1922. I can sympathize with the sentiment that Ireland is no longer British, but perhaps its better to think of it in terms of something like the Gulf of Mexico: Mexico doesn't own the gulf, but its name has just evolved into existance over time. Its just a superficial geographical term rather than a stake of ownership.
Can't wait to get Tomi.
Only a few weeks left now, please let it be great
I see your point of view. However, from the perspective of a nation that is still very insecure about its sovereignty and still working on healing the inevitable post-colonial inferiority complex that afflicts its society's collective psyche, it is natural that this title should seem like a stake of ownership.
Also, that point of view begs the question - why not call Britain one of the "Gaelic Isles"?
Anyway, enough of this thread highjacking... Look! A three-headed monkey!
Here in Holland, we don't make a difference for Netherlands or Holland mate, but most of the time it is the Netherlands. Except when we are beating Germany with football, than everybody is cheering for Holland, not the Netherlands :rolleyes::p
Aye! And have a nice day
Anyway, I'm American.
I am from from cyprus. Why you have a username thanatos56. i though you were from Greece. Thanatos is a greek word
okay, that was corny...
Our home is girt by swashbuckling sea....
Arrr Arrr Arrr
surprised how few spaniards are on here though, must be all outside in the sun that most of europe doesn't normally get...
Jak zwykle kiedy dzieje się coś ciekawego - jak na przykład nowy Monkey Island - Polaków tam nie ma...
Anyways, if someone is not familiar with Poland: It's a country between Germany and Ukraine. Poles are a plague in GB and that creates some bad impression, as many people who goes there are people who can't find any job here. Some Germans belive Poles to be heavy drinking (which is mostly true - personaly I drink very little, but that's not very common here) car thieves (which is semi-true - their cars are beeing stolen by Polish, Russian and Ukraine thieves; and no, I'm not a car thief, I'm just simple office worker).
Does anyone know when we Europeans can buy the PC (DVD) game at our local stores??
Never as far as I'm aware, you can only get it on DVD by ordering from Telltale I think
I think December...
Although I have been living in the US for the larger part of the past three years.
Yes, it's the greek god of death. Note the avatar......
About the Great Britain thing, will Scots cheer for England during World Cup?
Me too.
Italy. Only country in the world with an idiot president:
Now that the american idiot is no longerpresident this is actually true.
Germany. The Only (?) country with a female president
(That's that little country-thingy in the south of Germany)
You're not alone!
Also, why is England listed, instead of the UK/Great Britian, which is usually more common.
The English are the Scots natural enemy! And the Welsh.. and other Scots!
Yeah thank God we finally have George W Bush out of office..... "Sorry about that rest of the world"
Hello!
Did I mention that those two on my picture have only one small brain to share?
France. The only country with a stupid fool dumb jerk president!