Re: OT English Language, Program or Programme

From: James J. Gavan (jjgavan_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 03:12:39 GMT

Chuck Stevens wrote:

>"Richard" <riplin@Azonic.co.nz> wrote in message
>news:217e491a.0410271446.38705aa4@posting.google.com...
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>>'Great Britain' is the name of the largest of the islands that make up
>>the British Isles. A reference to 'Great Britain' is to that main
>>island and does not include other islands such as Wight, Silly, and so
>>forth which may otherwise be considered part of England.
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>>It seems that many think of 'Great Britain' as a concept akin to 'The
>>Greatness of the British Empire'.
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>More, including some official bodies of the country, consider "Great
>Britain" as a convenient abbreviation for the "United Kingdom of Great
>Britain and Northern Ireland", the latter being considered somewhat
>unwieldy. This seems to be common enough that the international license
>plate code for the "United Kingodom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
>isn't "UKGBNI" or even "UK", it's "GB", into which decision the government
>of the UK certainly had some input.
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>Note also that the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
>competes in the Olympic Games not as the full title or as "United Kingdom"
>but as "Great Britain".
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>As much as you might like "Great Britain" not to have any official
>synonymity with "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", it
>appears the latter organization disagrees with you ...
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> -Chuck Stevens
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I knew this would be a tricky one so didn't jump in. I was more in
accord with Michael - 1601 - James I(England) aka James VI(Scotland) -
King of England, Scotland and Wales. I think there was a reference to
1707 - that I think ties in with the Hanoverian Georges - and I *think*
that's the date for the 'Union Flag' (Union Jack) - that from initiation
into Boy Scouts. (Anybody catch the two-part mini-series on Mary Queen
of Scots and James her son - I already knew he was, but they
concentrated on the fact that he was AC/DC and those wretched catholics
and their Gunpowder Plot - pity they failed :-) ). 'Remember, remember
the fifth of November' - Guy Fawkes Night is just around the corner.

 During Victoria's reign not sure - She was Empress of India and the
United Kingdom which of course included southern Ireland until it became
the Eire republic in 192?.

Guess you're right. The first reference I hit when googling was the CIA
! They gotta be right ! Perhaps I'll now check their site for
WMDs.............. or perhaps Rummy's implementation of the Powell
Doctrine, (having served two bitter tours in Viet Nam) - "A government
using armed intervention must have a political plan, and a military
objective which includes an EXIT PLAN".

Can anybody give me a quick link on Dubya's or Rummy's EXIT PLAN ??????

Jimmy

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