Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's even worse when I say I'm from the North of England, people in Germany seem to think that it's Scotland. Douglas Peter Dzwig wrote: Adam, > > I > England is therefore VERY DEFINITELY a place. You have been wrongly > "bashed". Americans do have an annoying habit of failing to > distinguish between England and the UK/GB. People get very fed up > about that for both nationalistic reasons and because it betrays a > lack of comprehension of the geography of one of the US's oldest allies. > > The British Isles is the geographical name for the archipelago off the > coast of the NW European mainland which includes the above plus Eire > and is rarely used these days except in geographical/meteorological > contexts. > > With apologies for any groups/islands/counties whose toes I may have > trodden on in the course of this rapid summary. > > Hope that this helps. > > Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >