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The Breaking Up of the UK.

lostmyway

Apparently, the heads of various regional assemblies have expressed a shared desire for future independence from Westminster at some point. Is this truly a serious proposal or even a desirable one? And what would real independence actually look like?

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  • in reply to Alexa

    I’ve noticed that. Some Antrim accents are a bit more Scottish sounding than others, while some are more like Donegal accents. For such a tiny place, N.I. has an amazing variety of regional accents, maybe because people didn’t, and some still don’t, travel much beyond the boundaries of their home town or village. 

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    My friend from Belfast (well, from various parts of the world/Antrim, but mainly Belfast) is frequerntly asked if she comes from Donegal. She assumes the part of rural Antrim she lived in as a child sounds similar. 

  • in reply to Alexa

    Most people here don’t either when they talk about Donegal. 

    I should have been explicit. People here use the term ‘down south’ more when talking about the country Ireland, not NI, say if referring to the price of petrol in Ireland, or the number of motor accidents etc. Donegal is just Donegal, as if it’s part of N. Ireland, even though it isn’t. (It’s part of Ulster, so maybe that’s why many people here love it and people there speak with an NI accent).

  • in reply to ArchaeC
    ArchaeC said:
    Everybody here talks about ‘down south’ to mean Ireland, even though some of Ireland is further north than Northern Ireland.

    heh, I never think of Donegal when I say 'down south'. Laughing

  • in reply to B

    Some people call Northern Ireland, North of Ireland, to distinguish it from Ireland which has a President and a Prime Minister (Taoiseach), usually because they don’t recognise British rule or they don’t want it. Some people call it Northern Ireland whether or not they desire a united Ireland. Everybody here talks about ‘down south’ to mean Ireland, even though some of Ireland is further north than Northern Ireland.