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    Cool What to call the 'British Isles'?

    The Pair of Islands in question is often called the British Isles because Britain is the largest and most populous Island, and occupied the whole region historically. the Greeks may have referred to them as something similar (pretani - or something). Pro 'British Isles' folk might claim Britain is the largest Island in the region, and Irish people are sort of 'British' in the sense that they come from Britain and where part of it for a long time. The Irish users on here don't mind the term much because they are thinking in Genetic terms and NW Euros are similar enough for them not to care. However many Irish people do not like this term. Irish people are not and never where ethnically Britannic unlike the other nations of the Islands. They also feel it is a remnant of an era of colonialism and oppression. This term is contentious and some have proposed we change it to something else? But what?

    What would you call these Islands? what is a good name for them? Answer Below in comments! Some thoughts from me:

    -Beaker Islands: Named after the Proto NW Indo Europeans that layed the foundation for the genetics of Brits. This is a heritage shared by both Brits and Irish. Also an ancient culture that will not be relevant to feuds in recent history. CON(S): Bell Beaker culture started in Spain, when people ask why the islands are called the beaker Isles the most succinct response would be to explain that it is named after a culture that began in Iberia and spread to the British Isles. This would further perpetuate the idea that Brits descend from Iberia genetically. Many will have heard of Sykes/Oppenheimers work (or Victorian theories) like R1b out of Iberia and will sort of put to and two together in their brain which will reinforce ides of a Iberian origin subconsciously and consciously. Nordicist and aryanist types like survive the jive would dislike this because of the belief in neolithic inferiority or lack of romanticism surrounding them. It would irritate those of us who just dislike widespread falsehoods and myths, and I think my close friend Cristiano Viejo would prefer not to be associated with our alcoholism and degeneracy.

    - Corded Islands: After the corded ware culture that British people descend from. It is a bit far removed though, as brits are not direct corded ware people but an offshoot that become the beakers. It might not sound good too. IDK. Corded ware culture was distinctively and notoriously Indo European which would reduce confusion about our origins.

    -Yamnaya Isles: Refers to the people who have provided a plurality of English and a majority of Irish DNA. Leftists may not like a name that is explicitly linked to genetic heritage. You would have to sell it to them as a cultural/linguistic link. They still may not like the potential association with Aryanism, Kurganism or Nazism. This may apply to beaker and Corded Isles too; too ethnocentric for the modern Establishments of Britain and Ireland. They would prefer 'Inclusive Isles' or something lolz. Not that it matters anyway because we are not going to actually change the name of the Isles but hypothetically, for the fun of the thread we must consider such things.

    - Atlantic Isles: cos of geography. Boring but reasonable. Sounds quite nice, easy to say, rolls of the tongue.

    - Celtic Isles: Seems OK as all parts of the Isles have been Celtic language speakers, but would reinforce the idea of a simplistic celt/anglo-saxon model of British Genetic History. I have seen many people incorrectly claim that England is really a Celtic country. The Isles where a peripheral part of Celtic Europe and only harbour minor to moderate amounts of Celtic DNA. Although the British Isles is the place that comes to mind when one think of 'Celts' perhaps it would be right to not further the British monopoly on the notion of Celticness. The true descendants of Celts like North Italians, Austrians, Swiss, Germans etc might want to claim more association with them, we don't wanna steal the limelight too much, ya kno?. If the out of central Europe model turns out to wrong of course this paragraph should be revised

    - Magdalelian Isles? Did British WHG even belong to this culture? IDK. Megalith Isles after the megaliths IDK. DUMB.

    - NorthWestern Isles. Boring but straightforward.

    - AngloCeltic Isles. Referring to the Insular celts and Anglos. Too long perhaps? Runs into the same problem with celticness discussed above.

    - Lion Isles - Britain and Ireland play together as the British and Irish Lions in rugby.

    - North Sea Isles. I am not sure Ireland is in the North sea proper

    - Island Isles - why not?

    - The Pleasant Isles (lol)- makes it seem nice ok maybe we are a shithole, still cool because irony is cool.

    - BrittanoGaelic Isles?


    Come up with a name and post below or comment on mine. Which is your favorite?
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    Albion or Albania, I don't know

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    Atlantic isles.

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    the celtic isles, even the british are part celtic in blood, and it matches with the name of the celtic sea region just southwest of the isles

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheOldNorth View Post
    the celtic isles, even the british are part celtic in blood, and it matches with the name of the celtic sea region just southwest of the isles
    England has a germanic identity and our population dwarfs all the "celtic" populace combined. Celtic isles is probably the worst name out of the lot.

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    do I pass?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sundqvist View Post
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    British Isles (including Ireland as well) is just fine, since their original inhabitants were the Britons, and they are the main ancestors of modern Irish and British.

    British have a considerable Germanic (Anglo Saxon) input, but still, a great part of their ancestry comes from Britons.
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