Are you from Northern Ireland?
Do you know anyone from Northern Ireland personally?
Do you know they are referred to as Northern Irish a lot of the time?
Including more about my city of birth than I do (no prizes for guessing which city that is - the one that has been heard of everywhere).
If we were to talk to Americans or Canadians, they would be very offended if we lumped both of their countries together and said that because they are both on the same (very large) island then they are both American or both Canadian.
Or what about the Spanish and the Portuguese; let's decide they are all one nation because Portugal is just a small part beside the larger land of Spain?
Instead we just grin and bare it when Americans do not know the difference between the two countries of Northern Ireland and Ireland (Eire).
If we were to talk to Americans or Canadians, they would be very offended if we lumped both of their countries together and said that because they are both on the same (very large) island then they are both American or both Canadian.
Or what about the Spanish and the Portuguese; let's decide they are all one nation because Portugal is just a small part beside the larger land of Spain?
But we the people from Northern Ireland are too polite to do that.
Instead we just grin and bare it when Americans do not know the difference between the two countries of Northern Ireland and Ireland (Eire).
HINT! One is part of the UK and the other is Ireland.
Just to educate everyone in the world because honestly it's not just the Americans that treat us this way, I have a short video which will also entertain you.
Yes I know just to confuse you all even more we have suddenly introduced the term
The British Isles
but one of those countries isn't British!