Just stop calling Irish people British there’s no excuse https://t.co/lg420xt2JC— Nicola Coughlan (@nicolacoughlan) July 28, 2020In the age of social media and high volumes internet traffic, you’d think the outlets would know how to check someone’s nationality.Needless to say, people were quick to take to social media to correct the outlets of their error.It really isn’t hard to get right.
You can say “UK and Ireland” or “from this side of the pond” etc. Some of them have to be doing it on purpose. As Brenda Fricker said “When you are lying drunk at the airport you’re Irish.
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