On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 simoncrane@excite.com wrote: > the irish arent any kind of british. > they are irish. hmm, could be wrong about that, but aren't they the British Isles. I remember an Irish citizen claiming he was British, but not English. Of course I could have been in Belfast at the time, which would make the question a little stranger, and would still make the West Britons Irish, just Northern Irish. -j