Re: Britishness is next to Englishness


"Charles Ellson" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:56:29 +0000 (UTC), Jren 57
> <jren57@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Paul C wrote:
>>
>>> I suggest the birthday of Jamie Saxt - the man who created the United
>>> Kingdom of Great Britain.
>>
>>Just to be pedantic, it was actually the Kingdom of Great Britain, in
>>1801 it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain
>>
> The phrase "United Kingdom of Great Britain" is used in Article 2 of
> the 1707 Treaty of Union.

Yeah, but those are both irrelevant facts. Our state is neither "The United
Kingdom of Great Britain" or "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland".

Our state, "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", came
into existence on the 6th of December 1921.

So I say we should celebrate today's UK on the 6th of December. And in 15
years' time it's the centenary, too!

NT.


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