[Freeciv-Dev] Re: U.S.A

[Chris Snow <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Trent Piepho wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, martin.mcmahon wrote:
> > Just a few points that need to be cleared up,
> > 1. United Kingdom is the countries England and Scotland and Wales and 
> > northern
> > Ireland,the republic of Ireland is not part of the uk.
>
> It's part of the same set of islands, so I think it should be part of the
> country name.  I know what your country is called better than you do.  I've
> never lived there, but people who have never lived here seem to have no
> trouble telling me what I should call myself.

And let's call all of the North/Central/South American continent Canada.
You know... it's all the same island....

Ireland != United Kingdom (as I'm sure any Irish person will very
forcefully tell you).

Perhaps they don't teach things like this in American public schools? It's
too bad....



          Chris