[Leica] OT: What about England

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

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
>
>
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