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Re:Show HN: I made a puzzle game & it gently introduces my f... by chromy on Thursday June 20, 2024 @12:31PM (#40740545)

The Republic of Ireland (the west most region on the first page) isn't part of the United Kingdom. The term for the group of regions shown is 'the British Isles'. See https://qntm.org/uk While it seems like a trivial distinction the whole thing is somewhat fraught (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles).

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Re:Show HN: I made a puzzle game & it gently introduces my f... by MCSP on Thursday June 20, 2024 @12:44PM (#40740675)

Whoops! Switched to "British Isles" -- update should be percolating now

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Re:Show HN: I made a puzzle game & it gently introduces my f... by darajava on Thursday June 20, 2024 @02:44PM (#40741843)

I prefer the term “Atlantic Archipelago”. The “British Isles” encompassing a non-british sovereign state is contentious. Other good terms are “Britain and Ireland” or the “British-Irish isles”

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Re:Show HN: I made a puzzle game & it gently introduces my f... by card_zero on Thursday June 20, 2024 @03:17PM (#40742216)

Yeah, "Britain and Ireland" is straightforward. "Atlantic Archipelago" makes me think you mean the Canary Islands.

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Re:Show HN: I made a puzzle game & it gently introduces my f... by MCSP on Thursday June 20, 2024 @03:15PM (#40742195)

Now switched to "Britain + Ireland," thanks!

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Re:Show HN: I made a puzzle game & it gently introduces my f... by bumbledraven on Friday June 21, 2024 @03:46AM (#40747148)

"British Isles" is the commonly-accepted term, and it doesn't seem to be particularly contentious outside of Ireland. As https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles notes:

> As a term, "British Isles" is a geographical name and not a political unit.

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Re:Show HN: I made a puzzle game & it gently introduces my f... by romwell on Thursday June 20, 2024 @02:35PM (#40741755)

It's about as "trivial" a distinction as considering Crimea (or the entirety of Ukraine, for that matter) a part of Russia.

Many, many people have died for this triviality.

"Somewhat fraught" is a very interesting choice of words, but then again, so is "The Troubles" (when the subject matter is decades of bombings and killings).

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Re:Show HN: I made a puzzle game & it gently introduces my f... by djeastm on Thursday June 20, 2024 @03:45PM (#40742519)

Naming things is hard

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