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But when United Kingdom will split, what will Britain use?
by tokamak 4y ago
But when United Kingdom will split, what will Britain use?
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago.sb (Small Britain) ?
- RugnirViking 4y agothat's brittany (a region of france). "Great" britain is to distinguish it from there.
- medstrom 4y agoIt's more the other way around. The Romans called the isles Britannia Major and Britannia Minor (now Great Britain and Ireland). Some time after Rome fell, Britons started to settle in another region they called Armorica, so it changed name to Brittany. "Small Britain" could be either Ireland or Brittany at this point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_(place_name) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_(place_name)
- s_dev 4y ago.ie, .scot, .cymru, .wales, .irish
- gerikson 4y ago.ie? Already used by Ireland.
- s_dev 4y agoCorrect and the breakup of the UK will likely lead to a United Ireland. The real question is what will England use for a TLD? They've never considered their place in the world that isn't in reference to the UK or GB because to them the two are interchangeable.
- disgruntledphd2 4y ago> Correct and the breakup of the UK will likely lead to a United Ireland Unless things go really pear-shaped in the UK, this is unlikely within the next twenty years.
- cratermoon 4y ago> Unless things go really pear-shaped in the UK That doesn't seem terribly unlikely in within the next twenty years.
- disgruntledphd2 4y agoThings would need to be really, really bad for the Unionist population of NI before they'd vote to join Ireland. I'm honestly not sure that anything bar the total collapse of the other island would do it, tbh ;)
- Aromasin 4y agoThings weren't particularly bad, and the UK managed to vote itself out of the EU and into recession. All you need is a single vote and a particularly apathetic populace to change the political landscape forever.
- disgruntledphd2 4y agoI strongly encourage you to visit Northern Ireland and talk to people (even just see the peace walls) as this is far more like the 18th century than it is like the 21st (in the sense that religion/ethnicity/history is the predominant driving force behind voting patterns).
- Aromasin 4y agoDon't make assumptions; I'm well aware. I was deployed to an RAF station there for a number of months, my fathers side of the family are all passionate Catholic Irish republicans, and my mother all served in NI during the Troubles in the British Army. I know the history intimately through them, and years of studying the conflict within officer branch of the RAF. I do truly believe that Brexit has fundamentally and permanently shifted the balance in the region in favor of the republicans. Public support for independence is the strongest it's been in decades, particularly within the younger demographics. There's no sign of that sentiment slowing. On the other side of the fence, Parliament's desire to govern NI has lessened significantly, something that would have been considered sacrilege just 10 years ago. I can't picture a situation where it won't eventually go to a vote, just like the Scottish referendum. I also can't imagine it being a particularly peaceful transition whatever the result of the vote.
- Iwan-Zotow 4y ago.ei - eastern Ireland
- Iwan-Zotow 4y ago.ei - eastern Ireland
- flavius29663 4y agolb - Little Britan (cough cough, computer says no!)