Re: not Celts - North Britons
simoncrane@excite.com
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:14:24 -0700 (PDT)
i suppose that the only reason i care to comment on that point at all is my
new realization that it is extremely politically incorrect (which in itself
seems to not matter anymore) to call the irish british or the language
celtic, gaelic or anything else but irish. but maybe someone with a little
more factual knowlage could shed some more educated light?
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:22:54 -0400 (EDT), jason varsoke wrote:
> 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
>
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