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@GeorgeDillon @KeithMillsD7 British just refers to the painted people.

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@RoseFle54723126 @BenjBenAvraham Ok then the british isles it is. You can call the island group any name you want.

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@Rhe3es Manx sea.

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@RoseFle54723126 @BenjBenAvraham Ireland has no dominion over the UK.

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@theoceanblooms What nonsense. The English channel has that name in England and La Manche in French. Two different cultures can call the same thing different names. Ireland can call the archipelago whatever it wants and so can the UK.

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@OrlaSingh7538 @neilalexanderw1 The UK can name the island group anything it wishes - as can Ireland. Just like the English Channel or North Sea have different names depending on your perspective.

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@Hugh_might @neilalexanderw1 @GrainneogDoc Different countries can have different names for the same thing. The English Channel has multiple names for example.

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@seankeane77 @neilalexanderw1 @GrainneogDoc The UK can have its own name for the islands and Ireland can have its own name. The French don't require the UK to change the name of the Channel to La Manche for example so I'm not sure why the Irish require the UK to change the name for the island group.

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@samueljenkinson Welsh would be the appropriate language in most of England (with Cornish) - Gaelic is a more modern arrival due to Irish immigrants moving into Western Scotland

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@shriverist Ireland - critically involved in the BRITISH empire and never a colony despite their protestations.

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@adrianflynn @robggill Why would Bristol change it - the road is in Gloucester?

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@JadziaDax2025 @gardenandgreen @Exitoverhere The British isles do not include the channel islands. The UK government uses the term "British Islands" when it wishes to include them.

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@JadziaDax2025 @SimonTuffen @Exitoverhere The collect denonym for inhabitants of the UK is British not English. You should really be using the correct term.

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@TodayinHistory It works better as a single station now then in the past when it was two stations cobbled together.

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@MrWimpleUK @metoffice It's not June though so your point is irrelevent.

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@cmpd_date @Ogilvie_CJ Now you're just trying to backtrack.

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@uncreativetom @MePeterNicholls There are plenty of clean rivers in Scotland.

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@ScotRail The Dumfries train may not be the coolest train that leaves Carlisle but come hell or high water it is almost never late!

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@Rupert985307 @metoffice Lots of coal was burnt then though.