• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Calling Charlie the king of England sounds the same as saying Biden is the president of Utah

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      11 months ago

      Me wrist-deep trying to find the King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms (Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu)’s prostate

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        11 months ago

        Field Marshal Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and the 14 realms, Lord of Mann, Master of the Arts, defender of the faith, Admiral of the Fleet, is what his friends call him.

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            11 months ago

            You say “we” but there are an awful, awful lot of people in NI who would disagree with you

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              11 months ago

              Well certainly but the Brits tend to ignore that part of the UK - it’s a little uncomfortable so we just pretend that NI doesn’t exist

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              11 months ago

              If UK is short for The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, wouldn’t UK be inclusive of NI?

              As someone who is a UK national I did have to google this as I never remember the differences between GB / UK.

              Ahh, on rereading perhaps you’re talking about NI people who don’t want to be part of the UK!

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            11 months ago

            So I should call it Britain so colonies are reminded they’re conquered by a foreign parasite.