Hey all. I live near the city of York in north- east England. It's popular with tourists and I'm forever hearing them call the UK 'England'. So i just wanna clear some things up:
Our country is called 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' or the UK for shor,t although many of us also say 'Great Britain'.
Okay so what does that mean? Well it is a unification of two countries with Great Britain being a unification of three countries itself. These three countries are England, Scotland and Wales. In the early 1900's they joined with Northern Ireland to form the United Kingdom.
It's easy to understand so why do you Yanks get it wrong?
2006-11-15
08:05:44
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