From: Gene McAloon 

On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:34:05 +1300, dmhills{at}attglobal.net (Don Hills) wrote:

>>>Perhaps you meant "United Kingdom" since neither
Wales nor Scotland are part
>>>of England and N. Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom.
>>
>>I meant exactly what I said. Brits and near-Brits may not understand it, but
the
>>rest of the world does.
>
>Ignore him, John. He's being deliberately obtuse as usual. I can't speak for
>all of the "rest of the world", but this little part of it understands.
>I have yet to meet an American who understands the England / Great Britain /
>United Kingdom thing and I doubt that Gene is the exception. He's welcome to
>prove me wrong, of course.

This American understands it quite well. It is apparent neither you nor
John does however. That is excruciatingly apparent when John says that N.
Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom and apparently you agree. You
then compound his mistake by making a distinction among "England /
Great Britain / United Kingdom"
that in fact exists only in part, i.e. England on the one hand and Great
Britain/United Kingdom on the other.

What does that say about New Zealanders and Canadians; that neither seems
to understand it? It is you and John who need to prove you understand it.

Gene

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