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Old 04-03-2019, 04:43 PM #2
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Originally Posted by Twosugars View Post
Since Ireland is a foreign country and is located in British Isles it is wrong.
It should say Foreign (aka not Great Britain) bc that's how the big island in this archipelago is called.
And agree with Niamh that the term British Isles is problematic considering England conquered Wales and Ireland and since then Ireland regained its independence.
But in the grand scheme does it really matter that much, hm?
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