Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!ubvax!versatc!mips!prls!philabs!micomvax!ray From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: VOTE on politics in soc.culture.celtic Message-ID: <1389@micomvax.UUCP> Date: 28 Nov 88 20:32:11 GMT References: <1791@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU> <2666@sultra.UUCP> Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada Lines: 24 In article <2666@sultra.UUCP> dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) writes: >In article <1791@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU>, Dave Lawrence writes: >> most likely deluding themselves; the British Isles had so many invaders >> over the course of time that there is hardly anyone who has 100% lineage >> from Ireland or Wales or Scotland. > >Hmm. With all this discussion of 'racist' and 'ethnic' jokes recently, I'm >surprised to find someone referring to Ireland as part of "the British Isles". > >As part of "the Colonies", he should know better. Shucks, I just love it! (:-( Who should know better about what? Ireland *is* part of the geographic entity known as the British Isles. Ireland is *not* part of the political entity known as "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", or commonly as "Great Britain", "Britain", "The UK", or totally erroneously as "England"! -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ..!philabs!micomvax!ray Philips Electronics Ltd. | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext: 2347 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | FAX : (514) 744-6455 St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | TLX : 05-824090