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Thread #110559   Message #2321567
Posted By: Backwoodsman
21-Apr-08 - 11:52 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Come On Eileen-Toora Loo Rye Aye
Subject: RE: Come On Eileen-Toora Loo Rye Aye
Azizi, Duran Duran and UB40 were most definitely NOT Northern Soul.

And, whilst all English people are British, not all British people are English! Great Britain is a Union comprising the countries (geographical areas) of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Southern Ireland (aka Eire) is not a member of the Union, although it physically accounts for about 2/3 of the island of Ireland, the other 1/3 being Northern Ireland.

The Scots, Welsh and Irish, very proud of their history and heritage, quite rightly get highly pissed off when Americans refer to the whole of Great Britain as 'England'. It would be rather like us calling Americans 'Canadians' just because the USA and Canada are next to one another. :-) :-)