Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search
m
Line 56: Line 56:  
Within Great Britain, the people of Scotland and Wales take offense at being called "English".  The Scottish, for example, pride themselves at being different (and superior?) to the English.
 
Within Great Britain, the people of Scotland and Wales take offense at being called "English".  The Scottish, for example, pride themselves at being different (and superior?) to the English.
   −
The Protestant majority of Northern Ireland, which prefers to remain allied with Great Britain, wishes to be called “British”; the Catholic minority of Northern Ireland, which prefers to be allied with Ireland, prefers to be called “Irish”.
+
The Protestant majority of Northern Ireland, which prefers to remain allied with Great Britain, wishes to be called “British”; the Catholic minority of Northern Ireland, which wants to be allied with Ireland, prefers to be called “Irish”.
    
The Protestant versus Catholic feud is increasingly anachronistic; today the most popular name for newborn baby boys in England (and France) is “Muhammad”.
 
The Protestant versus Catholic feud is increasingly anachronistic; today the most popular name for newborn baby boys in England (and France) is “Muhammad”.
Anthony, Irenaeus, Siteadmin, apieditor, Bureaucrats, Check users, nsAm_Govt_101RO, nsAm_Govt_101RW, nsAm_Govt_101_ta, nsJudgesRO, nsJudgesRW, nsJudges_talkRO, nsJudges_talkRW, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, oversight, Administrators
126,196

edits

Navigation menu