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| andyf:
And just to add further to the confusion, the Isle of Man (which lies about half-way between the north of England and Northern Ireland) isn't part of the UK or of Great Britain. Nor are the Channel Islands, which are much closer to France than to Southern England. Andy |
| Fergus OMore:
Correction! The British Isles is the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The United Kingdom is, as stated, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland England is the bit of the mainland up to the Scottish Border which is more or less the Cheviot Hills and the bit to the West that is Wales which is where they sing 'Fathers Pants will Fit Poor Willy, willy wear them , willy Hell' to the tune of Cym Rhondda. Scotland is much more mysterious, it is a land of the confused. Nobody seems to know what a Sassenach is or that haggis is a French dish or that half the language is Norman French. They have just sung 'Auld Lang Syne' which is a traditional tune which their only poet- a Sassenach Freemason stole and it was all sung to a Geordie tune. To do this, they all dress up and wear checked clothes which they call tartan and this- as you all know- was invented by a little sex starved German lady. There is one happy bit left. It is Berwick on Tweed which I have to admit is still at war with Germany. And really that is it. No complications apart from the fact that it wasn't that long ago that the whole lot was connected to Europe-- and people could walk across. The Germans finally translated the Ode to the Haggis as 'Great Fuhrer of the Sausage People' They would! |
| andyf:
--- Quote ---... It is Berwick on Tweed which I have to admit is still at war with Germany. --- End quote --- And Berwick may still be at war with Russia too, though that proposition does depend on a rather pedantic comparison of the 1853 declaration of what became known as the Crimean War and the 1856 Treaty of Paris which ended it. Andy |
| Stilldrillin:
By 'ek! No wonder I'm confused! :scratch: I live somewhere near the middle of it all...... :doh: David D |
| joshagrady:
Maybe this video will clear things up a bit. |
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