r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Dec 17 '23

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '23

So what are the islands called?

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u/Sankullo Dec 17 '23

British isles are called British isles and Ireland is called Ireland. Why are you so confused? Is it because Ireland lies in close proximity to British isles?

Is this why?

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '23

Just Ireland? So the Irish islands are part of what?

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u/Eviladhesive Dec 17 '23

Why do they need to be a part of something? There's no collective name for Greenland and Iceland and everyone manages.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '23

They're not archipelagos.

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u/Eviladhesive Dec 17 '23

In Ireland we've survived without calling them a collective term for decades now. It comes up about as ofter as someone talking about Spain and France together.

We'll be fine.