It's not an accurate term...What's the big deal actually -
What's the big deal actually - does anyone know a non-national who actually takes offense at being called non-national. Let them get over it - it is not an offensive or derogatory term & not meant to be.
It is a description of a persons nationality relative to the country that they are actually in. Big bloody deal....
If people wanted a term to describe "a persons [sic] nationality relative to the country that they are actually in" they would use a term like "foreign national" or the rather more cumbersome "different national". If they wanted to describe a person as not having a nationality they would probably employ the term "non national".Main Entry: non-
Function: prefix
: not : other than : reverse of : absence of
This is plain silly. There's nothing offensive about the term, it's simply Hiberno-English for 'non-Irish national'.. . I was highlighting the offensive and inaccurate nature of the term 'non-national', which has regrettably drifted into common usage.
I wonder if Dubs could refer to non-Dubs as 'non-counties'
Only it isn't. Nobody uses the prefix "non" to describe something that is different, it is always used to negate the word it is in front of.
I propose the acronym NAROONS
(Newly Arrived Residents Of Other Nations)
The problem with using the word 'guest' for someone who lives here isAnd I cant believe that for years we have treated tourists as welcome guests in our country and given ourselves a reputation for hospitalty abroad for someone to turn around and have a problem with that word too
I propose new Irish
Surely the correct term would be 'non-Irish national' then? Non-national is just plain misleading.
I think non-national comes from old legislation from the 30's - which is how it slipped into usage (i.e. court cases involving "non-national" get reported in Newspapers; word gets to be the commonly used moniker applied by journalists etc.).That's what they were before 'non-national' suddenly came into vogue........ Was there something pejorative about 'foreigners' that I missed?
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