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There is no King of England. Charles III is King of the United Kingdom, and all places within. The UK does not have a King of England any more than they have a
by amiga386 10d ago
There is no King of England. Charles III is King of the United Kingdom, and all places within. The UK does not have a King of England any more than they have a King of Scunthorpe or a King of North Piddle.
The last King of England was William of Orange, who died in 1702 and was succeeded by Anne, who was the last Queen of England. The Act of Union 1707 merged the Kingdom of Scotland and Kingdom of England into a single successor state, the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1801 that became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and in 1922 became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- thaumasiotes 9d ago> Charles III is King of the United Kingdom, and all places within. The UK does not have a King of England any more than they have a King of Scunthorpe or a King of North Piddle. It really shouldn't surprise you to learn this, but the ordinary name for the "United Kingdom" is "England".
- amiga386 9d agoIt really shouldn't surprise you to learn this, but the ordinary name for the "United States" is "California"
- thaumasiotes 7d agoYou seem to be completely unaware of... something. But you're not making it clear what. I'm confident you know that the ordinary name for the United States is "America".
- amiga386 7d agoYou seem unaware that the ordinary name for the United Kingdom is "Britain". Imagine standing in New York City and proclaiming to the locals how lovely California is and how much you like it here in California. Now imagine standing in Glasgow and proclaiming to the locals how lovely England is and how much you like it here in England. If corrected, just say that England is the "ordinary name" for where you are. If you're not sure where you actually are, Miss South Carolina can help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
- thaumasiotes 7d agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/England https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/England Check sense 4, and the usage note. You can insist that everyone else in the world is speaking their own language wrong as much as you want, but no one will care.
- amiga386 7d agoThe usage note that says "dated" and "proscribed". Do you know what either of those words mean? If you want to be seen as an idiot, use the word "England" to refer to a group of four nations of which only one has that name. If you want to be seen as a raging dickhead, show that you know that and used the word anyway.
- dofm 7d agoSee how it says: (dated, sometimes proscribed) We avoid doing this (only a few silly old men and bigots do it, as a dog whistle in national politics). You should not do this. It is not, in any sense, the "ordinary name" of the UK. It was pure chauvinism even when it was in common use. Don't do it; it will inevitably and correctly annoy people. ETA: Even "Britain" and "British" are pretty complex. "Britain" is not really a place in any meaningful or legal sense. The islands are "the British Isles" but only cartographers and mariners really say that (because Ireland is one of them). Great Britain is an island. No identifiable map region is called Britain. "British" is a citizenship and a passport; whether people say they are British is increasingly a personal decision and people have a really wide variety of reasons for their choice. Safer to say "The UK" when you mean it, and England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland only when you specifically mean those. Anything else is quite likely to get your drink spilled over you.
- dofm 7d agoOnly among people who are comically wrong.