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The historical province of Ulster included present-day Northern Ireland as well as parts of the Republic of Ireland. Using Ulster to refer only to Northern Ireland is often proscribed. This is in part because this usage is imprecise. More importantly, this usage is typical of a partisan, unionist parlance and is therefore avoided for neutrality. However, the name survives, as illustrated by BBC Radio Ulster.
The word is also used in the attributive form relating to, or originating from Ulster, e.g. an Ulster fry.
^ “Guardian style guide”, in The Guardian, (Can we date this quote?): “Avoid as an alternative term for Northern Ireland, which in fact comprises six of the nine counties of the province of Ulster.”
Als Morten Schwarzkopf bald nach dem Mittagessen mit seiner Pfeife vor die Veranda trat, um nachzusehen, wie es mit dem Himmel bestellt sei, stand ein Herr in langem, engem, gelbkariertem Ülster und grauem Hute vor ihm; […]
Er war fertig zum Ausgehen, sportlich gekleidet, in kräftig gearbeiteten Stiefeln, und trug über dem Arm seinen Ulster, in dessen Seitentasche sich die flache Flasche abzeichnete. Einen Hut hatte er auch heute nicht.
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