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Oh dear....ITV has got some of the Six Nations Rugby
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ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »The Ireland rugby team is an Ireland team. The whole island. Famously.
Yes it is.
I'm puzzled as to why you need to post this?:huh:0 -
Well you wood edwood woodwood woodn't you:jEdwood_Woodwood wrote: »Yes it is.
I'm puzzled as to why you need to post this?:huh:Political?....I dont do Political....well,not much!0 -
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Why was the comment posted .
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Three really good pundits for the Eire! v Wales game
The Ireland rugby team is an Ireland team. The whole island. Famously.
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Now i know a lot of people do not actually know that .0 -
Why was the comment posted .
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Three really good pundits for the Eire! v Wales game
The Ireland rugby team is an Ireland team. The whole island. Famously.
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Now i know a lot of people do not actually know that .
Éire means Ireland, not Eire.
The word Eire, without the accent above the first letter E, is a completely different word to meaning the island of Ireland.
Eire means "to burden or load" in Irish.
In any case, the OP is writing in English but attempted to input Irish at the same time.
About as silly as writing in English, "I am going to Espana for holidays," without the ~ accent above the letter n.
Nobody does that, they would write Spain when writing/speaking in English.0 -
At least today's is Italy/England.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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And they won, itv did a good job of showing the match.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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Edwood_Woodwood wrote: ȃire means Ireland, not Eire.
The word Eire, without the accent above the first letter E, is a completely different word to meaning the island of Ireland.
Eire means "to burden or load" in Irish.
In any case, the OP is writing in English but attempted to input Irish at the same time.
About as silly as writing in English, "I am going to Espana for holidays," without the ~ accent above the letter n.
Nobody does that, they would write Spain when writing/speaking in English.
While the above is all true, Eire in English is used as a shorthand for the sovereign state of Ireland. This is an incorrect but common usage (though decreasing; it was extremely prevalent in my youth), stemming from the UK government's attitude in the past. To quote Wikipedia
"The government of the United Kingdom used the name "Eire" (without the diacritic), and, from 1949, "Republic of Ireland", for the state;[17] it was not until the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that it used the name "Ireland""
I believe that the OP was far more likely to be using it in this manner than trying to use the Irish term for the island; hence my pointing it out. When you repeated the error without comment I presumed you were trying to say his usage had been correct; which is why I commented on your post. You may have been stressing his error.0 -
See that they have televised England and the Ireland games today.
Watched England beat Wales. Did not bother with Eire as watching them play Italy reminds me of watching Man Utd play football. Yep.....Boring !! Boring Boring !! lol.0 -
ITV positives, no Brian Moore.0
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