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mike 1y ago

For my foreign frens, an explanation of the United Kingdom dominions.

The United Kingdom’s full title is “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”

Northern Ireland, as the name suggests is the top right hand corner of Ireland that is still British.

Great Britain is the main Island of the UK and includes the countries:

England

Scotland &

Wales

We used to have an empire that was mostly acquired through war and conquest, but that’s gone now. However the countries that decided to forgive us, decided to form a commonwealth. This is a loosely aligned group of former territories, but now friends of the UK.

There are 56 independent countries that make up the commonwealth, with a population of 2.7 billion:

https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries

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ItsNic 1y ago

I met an American girl recently and told her I was Scottish. She said "oh I thought you were British". I said, "i am" 😂

mike 1y ago

We’re all from London tho 😂

ItsNic 1y ago

Haha right? England and the UK are just interchangeable words 🤷‍♀️😂

d0708145... 1y ago

The most Northern part of Ireland is more Northerly than the most Northern part of Northern Ireland😬🫡.

Anthony Accioly 1y ago

The UK is fun for naturalised citizens like myself. Conversations about it usually go like this:

Well-intentioned person taking an interest: "Oh, so you’re an Englishman now?" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Me: "Well, not quite. After several years living in the UK on a work visa, I’m now a naturalised citizen and British passport holder. So, I guess you could say I’m "British" (sweating profusely)... But I wasn’t born in England, and I’ve lived in Scotland for about as long as I’ve lived in England." 🇬🇧

Person: "Oh, so you’re Scottish then?"

Me: (Considering my options) ... (...) ... "Aye, yer right." 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

mike 1y ago

My wife is Scottish, she hates being called English and will support any other team in sport apart from England if Scotland get knocked out 😂