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 *
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