":: Known by that term, it should be said, by the same British people who have, well, robbed, occupied, brutalised and oppressed the Irish people for centuries. The same people who also called the Irish barbarians, savages, and much more. And, furthermore, the British as they are commonly known today didn't even exist until, at best, the seventeenth century which coincidentally is when the term ""British Isles"" first entered the English language. This term is zealous jingoistic nomenclature if ever there was one, just another part of the myth-making exercises underpinning the creation of the British state. And there I was thinking the British were above such crass displays of nationalist tribalism! 86.42.99.141  
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