Obtaining french citizenship

[DrMarkH]

@Stella

“the continent of Europe, except for the British Isles.” (One wonders where that leaves Ireland.)

British Isles is a useful, but under-used geographic term. The Open University uses the prefix CE (Continental Europe) for students who are not resident in the British Isles.

@JaneJones

No, third country citizens. Very different from Third World which is a bit pejorative these days, better to say developing countries.

1 country = french citizens ( obviously varies by EU country)

2 country = european citizens

3 country = everyone else

In formal writing, I’ve sometimes used the vague, but handy cultural geography term, ‘Global South’, which became popular in academic circles and differs from the geographically precise southern hemisphere.

[JohnH]

@DrMarkH

The Open University uses the prefix CE (Continental Europe) for students who are not resident in the British Isles.

For some reason, the use of the term “the mainland” triggers a certain type of Brit.

[John_Scully]

@AngelaR

thread on citzenship came to be an apparently useful discussion on prostate cancer

@AngelaR

There must be a link somewhere…

It’s far easier to get prostate cancer (even if you are a woman) than it is to get French citizenship. Boom, boom.

[John_Scully]

@JaneJones

No, third country citizens. Very different from Third World

Look at the UK economy, it’s only a matter of time

[David_Spardo]

@DrMarkH

British Isles is a useful, but under-used geographic term.

And, I believe, is a geographic term which does include the Island of Ireland.