Re: Prepare yourself. . .

Mary Pegg wrote:
> August West wrote:
>
>> sam@xxxxxxxxxxx (Sam Nelson) writes:
>>
>>> In article <878xv7fml7.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> August West <august@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>> sam@xxxxxxxxxxx (Sam Nelson) writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I've always thought it's a kingdom that unites Great Britain and
>>>>> Northern Ireland
>>>>
>>>> And not the Kingdoms of Scotland and England?
>>>
>>> `Great Britain' includes England, Scotland, Wales, etc., but not NI.
>>> Innit?
>>
>> But the term "These United Kingdoms", as used my James VI & I rather
>> predates Ireland being annexed. As does the Union Flag.
>
> No, *a* Union Flag does. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Flag
>
> Elsewhere on that website:
>
> "With the Act of Union 1707, the separate kingdoms of England and
> Scotland, having shared the same monarch since 1603, agreed to a
> permanent union as the Kingdom of Great Britain."
>
> "The Act of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain with the
> Kingdom of Ireland, which had been gradually brought under English
> control between 1169 and 1691, to form the United Kingdom of Great
> Britain and Ireland."
>
> Conclusion: I am right, you are all wrong. Nyer nyer nyer.

No you aren't, it is the united kingdom of Great Britain, an
internationally accepted geographical entity, and Northern Ireland, a
separate one.


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