@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 months agoWhy do Americans always presume that everyone speaks Englishlemmy.worldmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1854
arrow-up1854imageWhy do Americans always presume that everyone speaks Englishlemmy.world@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•2 months ago Same reason why people from the United Kingdom are called ‘British’, despite Northern Ireland not being in Britain. Ireland is part of the British Isles, so you could even call people from the Republic of Ireland british (and then run away really fast).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoI recommend not doing this 😂 I prefer to call the British isles “the European archipelago” :)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months agoFor exactly those reasons at least Ireland no longer calls it the British Isles
Ireland is part of the British Isles, so you could even call people from the Republic of Ireland british (and then run away really fast).
I recommend not doing this 😂 I prefer to call the British isles “the European archipelago” :)
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For exactly those reasons at least Ireland no longer calls it the British Isles