On 27 Nov 2008, at 01:51, Ray Saintonge wrote:
So Ireland as the Republic or the State or whatever term you choose to use is clearly about what happened in the part that successfully cast off the shackles of occupation since 1922. For certain partisans of the "Republic" to assume a monopoly on the name, Ireland, seems an improper usurpation of the name for personal ends.
We haven't proposed that. We proposed "Ireland (state)".
I am not a "partisan of the 'Republic'" either. I am, however, a citizen of Ireland (not of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com