Northern Ireland Please

mikey9863

Going to have a rant!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry if i offend but it is not intentional.....

Please, Please Please.................Can we all stop calling Northern Ireland ...NORN IRON. I live in Northern Ireland NOT Norn Iron..... I am NOT a snob i am a citizen of NORTHERN IRELAND. I feel this shortening sounds extremely stupid and as citizens of NORTHERN IRELAND we should be proud and be promoting our little country with the full title.... STAND UP BE PROUD OF OUR COUNTRY NAME.

Ban the NORN IRON title.....thats what i say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......

RANT OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no money saved from it just my SANITY:D

Old_Git

why not just say ULSTER !:D

caravanshaker

aw come on we're not Brazil, we're NORN IRON......................calm down mate its an in joke for us people from norn iron, and hell its quicker to type!

Pretani

and it sounds just like we speak it, Norn Iron:rotfl:

Marty_J

I don't believe anyone has ever been a citizen of Northern Ireland.

Nor is it really a country; it's neither a state nor a nation.

But "Norn Iron" is simply a phonetic spelling of "Northern Ireland" when pronounced in a typical Belfast accent. I do find it annoying, but only because not everyone from Northern Ireland sounds like they're from Belfast, which in my opinion is one of the worst Irish accents there is (sorry guys!).

Shellybee

Marty_J wrote: »

sounds like they're from Belfast, which in my opinion is one of the worst Irish accents there is (sorry guys!).

No no no, Nadine Coyle from Girls Aloud.....that is the worst Northern Irish accent I have ever heard.
I cringe every time she opens her mouth to speak:silenced:

Marty_J

Shellybee wrote: »

No no no, Nadine Coyle from Girls Aloud.....that is the worst Northern Irish accent I have ever heard.
I cringe every time she opens her mouth to speak:silenced:

lol....to be honest, I think the Derry accent is kind of cute. She does sound like she's from a different planet than the rest of Girls Aloud though.

Takes all sorts I suppose.

Nadine does have certain other desirable....*ahem*...features though!

mikey9863

Morning people from NORTHERN IRLAND......
I understand that the norn iron thing can be perceived as humourous and that it may be easy to type BUT i neither see the funniness of it and i would rather type out the alphabet than use norn iron ( oh !!!!!! i have just typed it!!!:D). Also i am not from Belfast.

I feel Northern Ireland is a country and we are unique as we are the only country in the world to have 3 different governments (UK, Ireland and USA):D

As for the Londonderry/Derry accent most of it pleasant but like all areas of NORTHERN IRELAND there are some annoying pockets of accent.

I hope all you NORTHERN IRISH people have a good day today.

msmicawber

Old_Git wrote: »

why not just say ULSTER !:D

Because only 6 of the Ulster counties are in Northern Ireland, the other 3 are in the Irish Republic, so that wouldn't be accurate.

sleepymy

mikey9863 wrote: »

I hope all you NORN IRON people have a good day today.

Aaww thanks hun, you too

Nadine Coyle should come with a muffler, if her voice gets any sharper only dogs will be able to her her. She hurts my ears, bless her.

bribrian

msmicawber wrote: »

Because only 6 of the Ulster counties are in Northern Ireland, the other 3 are in the Irish Republic, so that wouldn't be accurate.

Old Ulster/New Ulster..........