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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Assuming “British” is being used colloquially, as it often is, to describe someone or something from the UK, then there are Irish accents in the UK. The island of Ireland contains Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK. People from Northern Ireland have Irish accents. Try telling Nadine Coyle she doesn’t have an Irish accent.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Interesting take. Try telling Nadine Coyle she has a British accent?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That’s fair. It’s not like the whole thing around Northern Ireland and Britain isn’t without its complications and controversies, to understate it massively. But that applies just as much to saying that people from Northern Ireland aren’t British as much as it does to saying they *are *.

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