Is England a country?

Cronus · Post by **Cronus** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:53 pm

No, it is not recognized as so by any other country. It has no ambassadors, embassies, or Olympic team. It is merely a territorial region within the United Kingdom.

oh and WTF is with the fact that Great Britain, UK, and Britain are all used interchangeably even though they all refer to different areas. Great Britain is just Scotland, Wales and England. The United Kingdom is Great Britain plus Northern Ireland. Britain refers to the United Kingdom plus all their little island territories.

mr. incrediball · Post by **mr. incrediball** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:55 pm

the official term used to describe both england and scotland is constituent country.

Wales is a principality, Northern Ireland is a province.

diddle · Post by **diddle** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:56 pm

mr. incrediball wrote:the official term used to describe both england and scotland is constituent country.

Wales is a principality, Northern Ireland is a province.

your mum is a greek yoghurt

jay_a2j · Post by **jay_a2j** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:12 pm

It's what's left of country. Australia and the US had to leave them something.

This is sarcasm, meant as a joke....don't get your knickers in a wad!

mr. incrediball · Post by **mr. incrediball** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:13 pm

diddle wrote:
mr. incrediball wrote:the official term used to describe both england and scotland is constituent country.

Wales is a principality, Northern Ireland is a province.
your mum is a greek yoghurt

clever, diddle...

diddle · Post by **diddle** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:14 pm

mr. incrediball wrote:
diddle wrote:
mr. incrediball wrote:the official term used to describe both england and scotland is constituent country.

Wales is a principality, Northern Ireland is a province.
your mum is a greek yoghurt
clever, diddle...

*giggles childishly*

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:17 pm

Cronus wrote:No, it is not recognized as so by any other country. It has no ambassadors, embassies, or Olympic team. It is merely a territorial region within the United Kingdom.

oh and WTF is with the fact that Great Britain, UK, and Britain are all used interchangeably even though they all refer to different areas. Great Britain is just Scotland, Wales and England. The United Kingdom is Great Britain plus Northern Ireland. Britain refers to the United Kingdom plus all their little island territories.

It is a country...

Do you know the origins of the word "england"

After the germanic invasions, which happened after the roman dis-occupation, the germanics then inhabited the area that is england, and called it "angle-land" after the angle tribes that occupied england..

our lazy pronounciation then came down to england.

Also, we re-named scotland and wales...the word welsh (ie a resident of wales) in old anglo-saxon means "foreigner"...and "scot" was an offensive name for the jocks.

England are the ultimate conquerers and assimilaters...why the f*ck would UN require a disproportionate number of us to deal with every other fucker?

cos we are born winners.

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:20 pm

I see myself as a pirsate...marauding new lands and pillaging...

diddle · Post by **diddle** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:21 pm

Norse wrote:I see myself as a pirsate...marauding new lands and pillaging...

a pirsate eh? I'd prefer to been seen as a Pirate

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:21 pm

diddle wrote:
Norse wrote:I see myself as a pirate...marauding new lands and pillaging...
a pirate eh? I'd prefer to been seen as a Pirate

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:22 pm

diddle wrote:
Norse wrote:I see myself as a pirsate...marauding new lands and pillaging...
a pirsate eh? I'd prefer to been seen as a Pirate

Spanish, Portugese, Chinese, or English?

diddle · Post by **diddle** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:22 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:
diddle wrote:
Norse wrote:I see myself as a pirsate...marauding new lands and pillaging...
a pirsate eh? I'd prefer to been seen as a Pirate
Spanish, Portugese, Chinese, or English?

english, obviously

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:25 pm

Well chaps, i've got earrings, tatoos and broken bones, the fucking lot....

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:26 pm

Norse wrote:Well chaps, i've got earrings, tatoos and broken bones, the fucking lot....

But no talking parrot or peg leg.

The1exile · Post by **The1exile** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:27 pm

I prefer the term privateer.

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:27 pm

Believe me...my "peg" talks.

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:28 pm

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:33 pm

England, as you know, is the spawner of industry and innovation...

without British minds like ours, and possibly some other european cultures like the scandinavians, irish and germans, this world would be in a 3rd world state...

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:34 pm

Norse wrote:England, as you know, is the spawner of industry and innovation...

without British minds like ours, and possibly some other european cultures like the scandinavians, irish and germans, this world would be in a 3rd world state...

What about China?

Fircoal · Post by **Fircoal** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:42 pm

No, only California is awesome enough to be a TRUE country.

Jammie06Dodger · Post by **Jammie06Dodger** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:47 pm

Cronus wrote:No, it is not recognized as so by any other country. It has no ambassadors, embassies, or Olympic team. It is merely a territorial region within the United Kingdom.

oh and WTF is with the fact that Great Britain, UK, and Britain are all used interchangeably even though they all refer to different areas. Great Britain is just Scotland, Wales and England. The United Kingdom is Great Britain plus Northern Ireland. Britain refers to the United Kingdom plus all their little island territories.

If you have a problem with England or the UK, you have a problem with me. I'm sure there are plenty of British, Scottish, Welsh and Irish people who think there is nothing wrong with the England not being a seperate country.

DAZMCFC · Post by **DAZMCFC** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:47 pm

England must be a country, it has a National Football team,cricket,rugby(league and union) and many others.

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:49 pm

Fircoal wrote:No, only California is awesome enough to be a TRUE country.

Cali? Oh, you mean the craphole on the West coast of the US. May as well give the Southern part back to Mexico.

Anarkistsdream · Post by **Anarkistsdream** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:50 pm

England should barely be considered one of our territories...

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:56 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:
Norse wrote:England, as you know, is the spawner of industry and innovation...

without British minds like ours, and possibly some other european cultures like the scandinavians, irish and germans, this world would be in a 3rd world state...
What about China?

well,china wouldnt have developed the computer...europeans did that...like they did steel production,. furnacing, electronic principles, artistic principles, industrial principals, physcial principles, electrical principles...the list goes on...shame there isn't a "white pride" week, to celebrate the brittish working classes who made this possible to the rest of the world by their own hard graft....that aint a racist comment...but britain really did invent the structures of business and industry throughout the industrial years.

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