Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Adam, if a reporter signed off London, England he was not English. The habit of announcing the place name followed by a State or country is peculiarly American, presumably because so many places were named after the home town of immigrants, resulting in multiple places with the same name. An English or British person would just say London. The United Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is our state. The individual countries comprising the island (+ Northern Ireland, or Ulster) are amalgamated. So I am both English and British, my wife, Sheenagh, is both Scottish and British and so forth. To add to the confusion Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. hope this helps...... Frank On 12 Dec, 2005, at 23:57, Adam Bridge wrote: > I was listening to the news today and I heard a reporter sign off from > London, England. > > Someplace along the line I was bashed pretty hard (not here) about > there > being a United Kingdom but that England wasn't precisely a place. > So I've > always used U.K. > > What's "correct" and what's general usage. And does it really matter? > > I'm curious and wanted to know. > > An aside: Has anyone tried the McCallan Scotch that's aged in oak wine > barrels? It sure sounds mellow to me. Read about it in the Wall Street > Journal's article on Scotch that was out this weekend. > > Thanks! > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information