• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    I see no problem I’m enjoying my seaside property. Although Coventry also survives so it’s not all roses.

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    Feel like this would be a little more legible with slightly less towns on it. Can barely see the old borders there are so many names everywhere.

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      It’s extremely high resolution, just have to zoom in. Anyway the town’s useful because you can’t really work out where anything is otherwise.

      Although I’ve got to admit I’m not quite sure why they have tiny villages on there it’s useful but I’m not quite sure why the decision was made.

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        Yeah, sorry, that’s what I meant. I don’t really know the difference between a town and a tiny village I just meant there are way too many names.

        Could’ve done with a few less to make it a bit clearer to read.

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          As an Irish person, geographically, it does. Politically it does not. Given this is a geographical map, rather than political, it’s appropriate.

          I wouldn’t want to see the typical map if great Britain and Northern Ireland with ROI missing. I zoomed in to see my town, which luckily is above water.

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          It does, especially given the name predates the country by 2-3 thousand years; it’s not exactly optimal but in reality “These Islands” is the only alternative and something is needed to refer to them from outside the islands.

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            Except it was a politicised term used by an occupying force to strengthen their claim over our lands. Apologies if the suffering of our people, decimation of our language and culture and not to mention crippling genocide should be tolerated by use because “British and Irish and isles” is too wordy for you.

            Ill take south eastern icelandic archipelago if you would prefer.

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              It wasn’t, however the association with Great Britain is undeniable, especially when Lesser Britain doesn’t even refer to Ireland any more (in Roman times it did), but Brittany, however “British Isles” was in use by the Greeks (at least Prettanic Isles) before even that - well before the union of England and Scotland, never mind Ireland’s conquest.

              Personally I’m happy with Atlantic Isles/Islands/Archipelago as I agree the term isn’t great due to the implicit association, but it’s not like it was something just made up by colonists.

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                I didnt say it was created by colonists, it was however pushed as a term to be used to strengthen the view in eyebof the public, this was a specific policy noted by Churchill.

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    What if Dutch and Norwegian dikes and canals were combined with Hong Kong style architecture - but everyone had British, Irish and Scottish citizenships

    [EDIT: My misspelling was ghhheeeey]

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    I saw a timelapse of continental movement once. Europe is basically what polynesia or similiar areas would look like if they were a few 100m higher.