Help me settle an argument!

groover km · 2007-04-19, 07:46 PM

Ted the Penguin Wrote:what if I think neither are countries?

Well, looking at your location they'll probably ask for their tea back. Smile

Ted the Penguin · 2007-04-19, 08:35 PM

groover km Wrote:Well, looking at your location they'll probably ask for their tea back.

hey, they can have it, I threw it in the ocean, the gulf stream should eventually bring it back to them :p

gEd · 2007-04-19, 08:49 PM

bgowland Wrote:The United Kingdom isn't a country - it is a collection of countries reigned by the British monarchy.

England, Scotland and Wales are countries within the UK and Northern Ireland is a province of the UK.

Cheers,
Brian

Wiki:
In political geography and international politics a country is a geographical entity, a territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation.

A nation is a 'set of people with a common identity who have formed a nation-state or usually aspire to do so'

Well the definition of a nation does not (currently) apply to NI!
So..... if the UK isn;t a country, what country do the people of NI live in?

bgowland · 2007-04-19, 08:57 PM

gEd Wrote:So..... if the UK isn;t a country, what country do the people of NI live in?

Awww, man! Just when Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams are finally coming to a point of discussion, you go and have to bring that question up. :eek:

Fatman_do · 2007-04-19, 10:24 PM

England or United Kingdom?????

Don't get me started with Great Britain then...

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page823.asp

..and you guys wonder why there are so many sports that use a "Football"??????

dvasco · 2007-04-20, 12:38 AM

groover km Wrote:Antithesis:

Why are people from the United States called Americans?

Because USA is the more common subject of America, especially English speaking nations. Also since the name of USA doesn't allow an easy way to use it's name for it's citizens. England has English, Canada Canadians, Mexico Mexicans, etc. USAns doesn't work. Of course this does somewhat perturb us that live or have origens in other American countries.

ApexHack · 2007-04-20, 09:01 AM

Blah, semantics. We've all got better things to do, no?

People from North America, Central America, South America, they're all "Americans" literally, but the convention seems only to apply to United States of Americans.

Just call us Yanks huh? Well yank on this. LOL

pz1 · 2007-04-20, 09:53 AM

groover km Wrote:Antithesis:

Why are people from the United States called Americans?

Indeed they should be called the English because it is only a part of England temporarily taken by some terrorists Big Grin

K.S. · 2007-04-20, 04:06 PM

pz1 Wrote:Indeed they should be called the English because it is only a part of England temporarily taken by some terrorists

LOL, i like that. don't ever try to explain that while in the US&A. as some also claim to be living in god's own country that takes them a step ahead, they ain't no more simple terrorists... now they're religious fanatics. doesn't that make them the biggest party in the axis of evil? Big Grin

groover km · 2007-04-20, 07:32 PM

K.S. Wrote:LOL, i like that. don't ever try to explain that while in the US&A. as some also claim to be living in god's own country that takes them a step ahead, they ain't no more simple terrorists... now they're religious fanatics. doesn't that make them the biggest party in the axis of evil?

Ooops. Well, I certainly seemed to have stirred that pot.... hehehe.

Coming up next week: American "english".
Big Grin