On 27 Nov 2008, at 01:51, Ray Saintonge wrote:

> So Ireland as the Republic or the State or whatever term you choose  
> to use is clearly about what happened in the part that successfully  
> cast off the shackles of occupation since 1922. For certain  
> partisans of the "Republic" to assume a monopoly on the name,  
> Ireland, seems an improper usurpation of the name for personal ends.

We haven't proposed that. We proposed "Ireland (state)".

I am not a "partisan of the 'Republic'" either. I am, however, a  
citizen of Ireland (not of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and  
Northern Ireland).

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com


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