Well fuck me pink and call me Rosie. AIBU?

[TooBigForMyBoots]

Do you know that Belfast and NI are in the British Isles? Are you aware that some British people claim they do not know that NI is in the same timezone as the rest of the UK?

YABU = You can't expect British people to know the history and geography of their country.
YANBU = Of course British people know this stuff. Anyone who says otherwise is having you on.

DH’s family is from Belfast.

Coleraine is very close to Derry/Londonderry and as you probably know that area has a
historically divisive culture about wether citizens are Irish or British - a culture that just isn’t prevelant in the rest of NI. Never met anyone from Belfast who introduces themselves as British.

You’re 100% correct op. We’re all as thick as shit compared to you. When you have the time please make and upload a tutorial of facts that you think everyone should know, we’d hate to offend you with our lack of knowledge in future 👍

And?

That doesn’t mean every adult in ROI regains all 33 in their memory forever.

But that doesn’t automatically mean all citizens of the ROI will be able to name them all.

In much the same way you wouldn't expect all US citizens to name as 50 states there. Once upon a time I could name all 50 because I purposefully learnt it, but can't do all of them today. Most, yes, but not all.

Same principle holds. Posting what the curriculum has as an objective isn't the same thing as people actually knowing.

It's not optional

What you mean is - it’s not optional wether or not to teach it.

It’s entirely optional wether people remember it well into adult lives though.

That's true of everything. I'm sure you were taught how to spell whether at school...

The irony is OP’s bizarre outrage about ONE poster is something she herself misunderstood 😂

The BST time now is 01:19. There are 5 other time zones across the world where the time is also 01:19

I think UK citizens is pretty explanatory. I have somewhat narrowed it down to people who have voted in multiple UK elections.

My geography is shit. But even I know that the UK has only one time zone. This poll agrees with me that most Mnetters know the UK has only one time zone.

I am relieved.

Belfast isn’t any more representative of the whole of NI than Coleraine is. You said that people from NI call themselves Irish. I, and another poster who is actually from NI, have said that this isn’t necessarily the case. Some do, some don’t.

I just checked, as I was interested. As of 2021, 42.8% of NI identified as British, 33.3% identified as Irish, and 31.5% identified as Northern Irish.

Oh no, however will I cope from that sick burn 😂

At least I’m not insisting all Irish people definitely know all 33 Irish counties 🤣

You'll have to use words of one syllable, because I'm obviously too dumb to have understood why not knowing one single fact makes a person stupid.

And OP will be relieved to know that I've never voted in a general election or referendum, so my lack of knowledge has never come into play in national decision-making!

The OP said ‘The British Isles’, that’s a geographical description and it includes the whole island of Ireland.

I know what a UK citizen is.

YOU asked “OMG are there UK citizens who REALLY think Ireland is in another time won, lol, guffaw, slap my area and call me Sally”. Which people/citizens are you referring to? Who has alluded to this? It must be someone to evoke such a strong reaction? You haven’t sat in bed and decided “I bet people in the UK think Ireland is in a different time zone”. So who do you mean?

(Answer: we know who you mean because we’ve seen the posts on another thread, where you’ve spectacularly embarrass yourself by entirely getting the wrong end of the stick)

Careful otherwise people may find out there humans in existence who don’t like in the UK or ROI. Their tiny little heads will explode

Exactly - how embarrassing for a PP to think a group of Islands is actually a ‘geo-political’ term

My family and I are from Down. I know Antrim and Down best. Londonderry is a sore point, so best not. Armagh I know a good bit. Tyrone and Fermanagh would be the weaker points given I've no family there.

But I certainly do know people from Belfast who call themselves British only. Especially East Belfast. Some call themselves Northern Irish in addition to British. Someone from the Shankill and Sandy Row aren't going to say anything else!

However, I no longer know anyone from Belfast who call themselves Irish.

This is why the census is the more important thing on this point.

Coleraine - believe that town doesn't refer to itself as Irish by majority.

Londonderry - or Stroke City - is a different kettle of fish. Belfast and Stroke City were/are the main flashpoints. Rest of Northern Ireland's towns are pretty different to those two in that respect.

If you are born in NI you can have an Irish passport if you want. That’s all the PP is saying, not that everyone has one.

OP’s words

Are you aware that some British people claim they do not know that NI is in the same timezone as the rest of the UK?

Who are the ‘some British people’? How many of them?

There's 32 counties altogether.

26 = Republic of Ireland.

6 = Northern Ireland.

I don't know "how many" @TheObstinateHeadstrongGirl. That's why I opened a poll.

And I'm pointing out that the reality is most aren't EU citizens......

I'll be the pedant (maybe someone else already has pointed this out; I'm not reading 10 pages).

NI actually isn't part of the British Isles, though it is part of the United Kingdom.

The clue is in the title: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

At least I’m not insisting all Irish people definitely know all 33 Irish counties
Yeah just as well considering there's only 32 @TheObstinateHeadstrongGirl

Not correct.

The British Isles is the collective name for the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, and a whole bunch of others.

The Channel Islands too, although they're not part of the same archipelago.