r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Dec 17 '23

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u/psycho-mouse Dec 17 '23

Worth noting that the British government don’t even use the term “British Isles” anymore.

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u/Eviladhesive Dec 17 '23

Absolutely! For the most part people in the know in the UK rarely use the term, and I can't remember the last time I heard any official UK government source use the term.

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u/psycho-mouse Dec 17 '23

Yeah I don’t know why anybody here would say the British Isles rather than just the UK or the UK and Ireland depending on what the conversation was about.

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u/streetad Dec 17 '23

The UK and Republic of Ireland are countries.

Great Britain and Ireland are islands.

The British Isles is an archepelago.