Re: [MV] England, United Kingdom or Great Britain

From: wcvose (wcvose@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Tue Jan 21 2003 - 08:08:40 PST


darn right !

Maclean.KH@forces.gc.ca wrote:
> Well done Sarge...just one observation - the Azores are Portuguese, not
> Brit.
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: micdunn [mailto:micdunn@ev1.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 January, 2003 09:37
> To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> Subject: Re: [MV] England, United Kingdom or Great Britain
>
>
> The proper name for England is England. It occupies about 3/4 of an island
> mass. The other 1/4 is occupied by two countries named Scotland and Wales.
> All 3 of these countries have their own flags, customs and idiosyncrasies,
> however the central government is in London. It is called the British
> Government. The British government rules Great Britain which includes the 3
> countries above plus Northern Ireland. It absolutely does not include
> Ireland (the south). Great Britain also includes Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney,
> Sark, the Scillies, the Isle of Man plus many other islands. The United
> Kingdom includes all of Great Britain plus any land on the planet that is
> still a Crown Protectorate(governed by Great Britain). Right now I can only
> think of the Falklands (Malvinas), the Azores and Diego Garcia. I am sure
> there are many more but my brain is pretty slow this morning. A list of
> countries that used to be in the United Kingdom is much longer than those
> that still are. Examples are: Hong Kong, South Africa, India, Australia,
> Canada and of course, the United States.
> There endeth the history lesson....
> I am certain that I have made some errors, but to the best of my
> knowledge...blah blah blah
> -Sarge
> PS. Ex Royal Marine, Ex USAF
> PPS. Lived many years in GB, USA, FRG, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:42 AM
> Subject: [MV] England, United Kingdom or Great Britain
>
>
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>>Perhaps, one of our overseas friends can give an official explanation to
>
> the
>
>>proper name of England.
>>Just curious,
>>Bjorn
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