From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 21 2003 - 07:56:32 PST
Thanks for the history lessons! When mailing a letter, the US Postal Service
seem to prefer UK to England, but Scotland to UK. The USPS may be a little
confused too.
Yes, there is a certain lack of MV content here, sorry about that./Bjorn
>From: "micdunn" <micdunn@ev1.net>
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: Re: [MV] England, United Kingdom or Great Britain
>Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 08:37:18 -0600
>
>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
>
>
> >
> > Perhaps, one of our overseas friends can give an official explanation to
>the
> > proper name of England.
> > Just curious,
> > Bjorn
> >
> >
> >
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