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Indeed - there are a couple of good diagrams that attempt to illustrate what each term encompasses, e.g.: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Br
by nlnn 4y ago
Indeed - there are a couple of good diagrams that attempt to illustrate what each term encompasses, e.g.: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/British_Isles_Venn_Diagram-en.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/British_...
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoI find it annoying that any time you prepare for the test or read official textbook, such diagrams are never provided. Its alsways dome super spesific textual information
- midasuni 4y agoWhy are England and Wales in once circular but Scotland isn’t?
- selectodude 4y agoEngland and Wales share a legal system that is distinct from the one in Scotland and NI, which is the only thing I could think would explain that. Wales didn’t have its own parliament until 1998 and was entirely governed by London.
- arethuza 4y agoWasn't Wales annexed by force into England while Scotland joined with England as an act of desperation following an amazingly incompetent attempt at setting up a colony?
- iso1631 4y agoWell there were two joinings. In the first one the Scottish King (James VI) took over the English throne after Elizabeth I died. King James then began to try to create a unified state, merging first the churches. Of course there was then that little Cromwell bustup, but after that James VII of Scotland was on the throne and causing religious grief, his daughter and her Dutch husband then took over.
- arethuza 4y agoWasn't that more like trying to merge the churches - or did I imagine the unique misery of Church of Scotland services at school? :-)
- dane-pgp 4y agoWales is (or was[0]) a principality, historically ruled over by the monarch of England and thus a constituent part of the Kingdom of England[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_in_Wales_Acts_1535_and_1542 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_in_Wales_Acts_1535_and_15... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England
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- dazzawazza 4y agoThe inclusion of Ireland in the British Isles is now contentious. We're not blowing each other up over it but it is, at least unofficially, not the position of either side any more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_naming_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_naming_dispute
- chungy 4y agoI never thought a geographical term would be that contentious. To me, it sounds similar to objecting to the continent(s) known as "the Americas" simply because the USA is often known world-wide as just "America".
- School-Cotton 4y agoPlenty of people in other parts of the Americas do object to “America” being used as shorthand for the USA.
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