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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

I was very confused by the shape of this United Kingdom. For reference, this is what it + the non-UK part of Ireland actually looks like:

I'm guessing, they left out all the islands, but even then, it still doesn't look terribly accurate to me, so no idea...

Edit: Added clarification about Southern Ireland.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Careful what you call United Kingdom! They left out Ireland because it's not part of UK

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ah yeah, good point. I was very confused by Southern Ireland missing on their map, too, but my comment made it sound like that's part of the UK.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You also want to be careful using terms like 'Southern Ireland'. Northern Ireland is a thing, and the Republic of Ireland is a thing...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yes, I decided to call it "Southern Ireland", because I doubt many people outside of Europe will know which one of the two Irelands is the "Republic of Ireland".

I did look up beforehand, if I'm allowed to say "Southern Ireland" without being crucified and Wikipedia said ~~yes~~ maybe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ireland

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