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Which is appropriate, i.e. which fits the list?
I mean, I don't think people literally turn that UK into United Kingdom
(which I think some USers wouldn't automatically get anyway.) It's got
to be
clearer than that. And when is United Kingdom used anyway? Other than as a
URL? To
me it sort of sounds like Middle Earth or some fantasy place. I don't
think
it is universally recognizable, but maybe that's me.
Like I said, I've never really understood when one is supposed to use
England
or Britain. So which should it be?
And I don't think United Kingdom is very clear, so I would prefer either
one
or the other and not it. Unless people feel it really SHOULD be United
Kingdom. But if so, I would want one of the others in parenthesis after it
to be
totally clear.
Any clarification would be helpful. Even if my question isn't as clear as
the
answer I would like. :-)
Britain is a country (I think actually, it's Great Britain), aka England.
The United Kingdom IIANM, includes Scotland, Wales and perhaps Ireland
(though perhaps not, the Irish are a contrary lot who make bad whisky), sort
of the overseas equivalent to North America, which included 3 countries and
a province that aspires to a country.
William Robb
