Confusing: UK, England, Ireland, Britain, Scotland, Wales, Islands
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Ian Shlasko wrote:
America = Just the US
No, all of the New World -- North, Central, and South America and various nearby islands, but most certainly not Hawaii and Guam.
Wait, there's a SOUTH America? I thought everyone was just talking about Texas! :-D
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Most of the people that live in London believe that London is the UK and everything outside of the M25 is a strange, inhospitable land inhabited by Morlocks, dwarves, poor people and criminals. :)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
I had to google Morlock.
digital man wrote:
everything outside of the M25 is a strange, inhospitable land inhabited by Morlocks, dwarves, poor people and criminals.
You forgot immigrants! :-D Jokes aside, I suppose immigrants form a greater proportion of London than any other British city? Leicester or Birmingham perhaps?
Cheers, विक्रम (Have gone past my troika - 4 CCCs!) "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:
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A friend said he and I should visit England and I wanted to see if that includes Ireland (it does not)... surprising how confusing the British Isles are. Thanks to this page, I think I'm finally starting to understand it:
- Great Britain includes Scotland, Wales, and England.
- The UK includes Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- The British Isles includes the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and a few smaller islands.
Now, some questions for you, er, British Isles folk. When somebody says "Britain", do they mean Great Britain or the British Isles? And when somebody says "Ireland", do they mean both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, or do they mean just one of those two? As a bonus question, what are each of these things categorized as (e.g., country, state)? :doh: And before you ask, no, geography was not my strongest subject in school.
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Wash your mouth out..........with IRN-BRU to get rid of the taste of haggis X|
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And replace it with the taste of dirty socks and mold. Went to Embra a few years ago and everyone says ohh you must try the Irn Bru blah blah blah. Well I mostly drank beer and whisky the whole weekend. So I'm in the airport waiting for my flight back to Boston and I look in one of the shops and I see Irn-Bru 32! X|
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I had to google Morlock.
digital man wrote:
everything outside of the M25 is a strange, inhospitable land inhabited by Morlocks, dwarves, poor people and criminals.
You forgot immigrants! :-D Jokes aside, I suppose immigrants form a greater proportion of London than any other British city? Leicester or Birmingham perhaps?
Cheers, विक्रम (Have gone past my troika - 4 CCCs!) "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
I had to google Morlock.
:wtf: And you call yourself an Eloi!? Shameful!
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The Great British Venn Diagram http://qntm.org/uk[^]
That's awesome! :thumbsup:
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And replace it with the taste of dirty socks and mold. Went to Embra a few years ago and everyone says ohh you must try the Irn Bru blah blah blah. Well I mostly drank beer and whisky the whole weekend. So I'm in the airport waiting for my flight back to Boston and I look in one of the shops and I see Irn-Bru 32! X|
Joe Simes wrote:
the taste of dirty socks and mold
How do you know what that tastes like?! No, seriously...
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And replace it with the taste of dirty socks and mold. Went to Embra a few years ago and everyone says ohh you must try the Irn Bru blah blah blah. Well I mostly drank beer and whisky the whole weekend. So I'm in the airport waiting for my flight back to Boston and I look in one of the shops and I see Irn-Bru 32! X|
Joe Simes wrote:
Irn-Bru 32
Well there is your mistake. the 32 makes a difference. What you had was an Energy Drink. Not real sweet nectar of Irn-Bru (without a number on the end), oh and don't take the diet Irn-Bru either X|
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modified on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 2:52 PM
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Joe Simes wrote:
the taste of dirty socks and mold
How do you know what that tastes like?! No, seriously...
I think he's talking about the haggis!
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Joe Simes wrote:
Irn-Bru 32
Well there is your mistake. the 32 makes a difference. What you had was an Energy Drink. Not real sweet nectar of Irn-Bru (without a number on the end), oh and don't take the diet Irn-Bru either X|
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modified on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 2:52 PM
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Joe Simes wrote:
the taste of dirty socks and mold
How do you know what that tastes like?! No, seriously...
Reminds me of this:
Happy Gilmore asked:
You eat pieces of s**t for breakfast!?
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I think he's talking about the haggis!
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DaveAuld wrote:
I think he's talking about the haggis!
:laugh: But I wasn't ;P
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:doh: That was your fault!
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Wash your mouth out..........with IRN-BRU to get rid of the taste of haggis X|
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DaveAuld wrote:
the taste of haggis
One of my favourite dishes. Unfortunately I missed Robbie's birthday this year so will probably have it this weekend, with neeps and tatties, and a large measure of The Macallan.
I must get a clever new signature for 2011.
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And replace it with the taste of dirty socks and mold. Went to Embra a few years ago and everyone says ohh you must try the Irn Bru blah blah blah. Well I mostly drank beer and whisky the whole weekend. So I'm in the airport waiting for my flight back to Boston and I look in one of the shops and I see Irn-Bru 32! X|
For best results Irn Bru needs to be tasted in the right frame of mind. The morning after lots of beer and whisky normally suffices
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
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A friend said he and I should visit England and I wanted to see if that includes Ireland (it does not)... surprising how confusing the British Isles are. Thanks to this page, I think I'm finally starting to understand it:
- Great Britain includes Scotland, Wales, and England.
- The UK includes Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- The British Isles includes the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and a few smaller islands.
Now, some questions for you, er, British Isles folk. When somebody says "Britain", do they mean Great Britain or the British Isles? And when somebody says "Ireland", do they mean both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, or do they mean just one of those two? As a bonus question, what are each of these things categorized as (e.g., country, state)? :doh: And before you ask, no, geography was not my strongest subject in school.
"There's Scotland, there's Ireland, and there's the bloody ocean! Now get out!"
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Most of the people that live in London believe that London is the UK and everything outside of the M25 is a strange, inhospitable land inhabited by Morlocks, dwarves, poor people and criminals. :)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
digital man wrote:
everything outside of the M25 is a strange, inhospitable land inhabited by Morlocks, dwarves, poor people and criminals
Ah, North Wales! :)
2011 - Our best hope is that things will be frightening and dangerous rather than desperate and horrific. Jesse's Café Américain
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Ian Shlasko wrote:
United States
UK.
Ian Shlasko wrote:
Continental United States
Great Britain.
Ian Shlasko wrote:
Alaska and Hawaii
Scotland and Wales.
Ian Shlasko wrote:
North America
British Isles.
Ian Shlasko wrote:
America
Britain. Guess we're not so different after all. :-D
AspDotNetDev wrote:
Guess we're not so different after all. :-D
Actually youthem guys all talk funny. But we Mare-Kinz are usually too polite to mention it. :laugh: ;P :-D :cool:
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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See, we do a better job here... United States = Everything Continental United States = Everything except Alaska and Hawaii, cause they're out in the middle of nowhere (And Sarah Palin can see Russia from her house, dontchaknow!) North America = US, Canada, Mexico, and Greenland America = Just the US again, cause we kinda stole that term... The Canadians and Mexicans may never forgive us :)
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Ian Shlasko wrote:
America = Just the US again
It's just your ego that can't fit in your piece of land :-D Although, thinking about it, I don't know how's the situation with Canada but you'll soon have more mexicans than Mexico, so we will be one country.... X|
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Most of the people that live in London believe that London is the UK and everything outside of the M25 is a strange, inhospitable land inhabited by Morlocks, dwarves, poor people and criminals. :)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
Or Dalek Dave as we prefer to call him.
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