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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 04:06:57 JST clacke
   > Different views on terminology are probably most clearly seen in Northern Ireland (which covers six of the thirty-two counties in Ireland)

   
   Aren't there 32 counties *on* Ireland, but only 26 counties *in* Ireland, as 6 of them are in Northern Ireland?

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of…

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 04:07:29 JST clacke

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     @tfb The article goes into that.
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     Thomas (tfb@functional.cafe)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 04:07:30 JST Thomas

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     @clacke Oh no no, no one says that. There are 32 counties in Ireland, of which 6 are in Northern Ireland, and 26 are in the Republic. There's no need to adjust language to try to make the partition seem natural.

     BTW, that article's title does not use neutral language. "The British Isles" is a strongly politically loaded term, by which Britain lays claim to some natural possession over Ireland. You won't find the term used in Ireland, except by the most extreme unionists.

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     Evelyn fra denne andre øya (evelyn@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 14:06:37 JST Evelyn fra denne andre øya

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     @clacke@libranet.de ireland is a country, albeit divided, in/on isn't usefully distinct here imo