Urban Gorilla Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-31520668 Did Martin McGuinness really say "Northern Ireland"? Wonders will never cease! No He said "North of Ireland" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Rejoice http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31583028 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 It's been missing for over a month and was found a whole 300m from its original location!? Sounds like quite the search was mounted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Rumours are it was a dare that was given to someone ....bloody students Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 When did this modern 'Constantinople' pish happen? Last time I looked it was Byzantium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Londonbyzantium, if you don't mind. Have seen it argued that Istanbul is derived from what the local Greek inhabitants used to call it, so the whole Constantinople/Istanbul thing is a bit silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Half Rice Half Chips Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Apparently the city used to do a lot of trade with Venice, so it really should be called "Veniceistanbul". Makes sense I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Apparently the city used to do a lot of trade with Venice, so it really should be called "Veniceistanbul". Makes sense I think. They were actually great rivals until the venetians completely fucked over Constantinople in the first crusade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 They really didn't think ahead when they called it Constantinople. Should really have been Variableople. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31630437 "criminal gangs masquerading as republicans" Murphy probably said that with a straight face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Naaaaaaaaaaah mate, have you seen Murphy's coupon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31683352 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-31677118 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-31636704 You reap what you sow. Funnily enough, these "criminal gangs" seem to be strongest where the Provos held sway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Presumably it's not the mainstream SF/IRA given they appear to be in with a shout of being the RoI's Syriza at the moment, so twenty years on it's probably a case of a younger generation of slow learners taking over at street level now the guys that were active back in the 80s will be entering their oldest swinger in town years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31701064 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31696258 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Looks like Martin McGuinness just used the word Londonderry in a tweet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Looks like Martin McGuinness just used the word Londonderry in a tweet? Yes, it looks like it. However, last week I thought he had used "Northern Ireland" - read the report twice - only for it to be changed to "the north" when subsequently re-quoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 It's a minefield for UTV / BBC Northern Ireland reporters. Is there not a consensus for Derry being the city and Londonderry being the county? That should please everybody. Or more likely, nobody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It's a minefield for UTV / BBC Northern Ireland reporters. Is there not a consensus for Derry being the city and Londonderry being the county? That should please everybody. Or more likely, nobody. As far as I understand it, the "official" name of the county has always been Londonderry, and the name of the city council was changed to Derry, not sure about the name of the city itself.. But you're right, nobody's happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It was originally called County Coleraine until Londonderry was founded, so there has never been a "County Derry". The cityside of Londonderry was part of Donegal when the county boundaries were originally drawn by the Elizabethan English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 The London prefix was added after the worlds first ever municipal bonds were floated in the city of London to raise funds to repair the damage to the city caused by marauders from the surrounding countryside so historically speaking the county (where the attackers came from) should be Derry while the city should be Londonderry, the precise opposite to the common usage today and a move calculated to offend members of the pedantic gits with an interest in economic history community. By inventing Local Government Debt as we know it today the city is indirectly responsible for the Edinburgh trams. But at least they didn't build the Titanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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