Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?

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**Fifty**

Goliath wrote:seeing as you said Britain not England, you can have Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the Hebrides.

England is ours.

Ireland isn't part of Britain. I enjoy explaining this, so, approximately...

Firstly, Wales was legally made part of England. England kept the name England.

Next, England and Scotland merged to become Great Britain.

After that, Ireland was added, to make the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

We then let the Irish have the rainiest bits to make their own country and became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

**Haddi**

Fifty wrote:
Goliath wrote:seeing as you said Britain not England, you can have Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the Hebrides.

England is ours.

Ireland isn't part of Britain. I enjoy explaining this, so, approximately...

Firstly, Wales was legally made part of England. England kept the name England.

Next, England and Scotland merged to become Great Britain.

After that, Ireland was added, to make the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

We then let the Irish have the rainiest bits to make their own country and became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

That's too confusing you're all British now.

No exceptions.

**Fifty**

Scottish and Welsh people only get to be British when they are winning (see: Andy Murray), otherwise, they remain Scottish or Welsh. Northern Irish get to be British or Irish whenever they want to make up for getting blown up so much.

**George Spiggott**

Ooh! Best of Bedazzled eh?

Frazzled wrote:

How to do it right!

**Arctik_Firangi**

Frazzled wrote:
whatwhat wrote:
Albatross wrote:
Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.

That's America's position now, apparently. I read in 'Colossus' by Niall Ferguson. Interesting book.

I suppose 'post-imperial' is accurate, although the UK still has quite a few overseas territories. They're pretty insignificant, mind. I think the difficulty with the label is that the number of people who actually remember the Empire is outnumbered by people who've either never heard of it or only read about, so not that many people miss it or feel guilty about it.

Confession Time: I'm into the Empire. I'd like to see it return in some capacity. Obviously I don't think Britain is gong to be a global hegemon again, but I think that there are parts of the world which would benefit from British rule, and I certainly think it's possible - just look at Sierra Leone. They actually want British rule. They formally applied for it! I think Liberal Imperialism is a good thing.

Britain re taking Sierra Leone as it is currently would be the political and economic equivalent of a country catching aids. No thanks.

Lets leave the ' we need to be a world superpower' complex to the americans.

Again with the slights at the Americans. I'll just note a gentle reminder that the whole Mideast nonsense is your fault for what you did to the Ottoman Empire after WWI. We're just having to deal with your mess.

QFT, except that by the end of the war there was no empire. Everyone was gaking on the Arabs by that point, and the Ruskis started it. Well, the Ottomans started it. Hitler technically started it... oh hey! I said Hitler!

**whatwhat**

Frazzled wrote:
Goliath wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
Goliath wrote:
Da Boss wrote:whatwhat are you intentionally trolling or do you not see the double standard?

Actually I think he's yet again pointing out the peculiarly American habit of referring to individuals of a certain nationality, as the nation in question.
What-What was not actually there during the aftermath of WWI, he most certainly didn't do anything to the Ottoman empire, Britain might have, but then again so did France and Italy, with France and Italy being the dominant forces during the "peace" negotiations.

You mean like this quote right?

Lets leave the ' we need to be a world superpower' complex to the americans.

That's different though, that's referring to America in general, whereas before he was commenting on the fact that you referred to Britain as "you", which is impossible, because, as I have pointed out, whatwhat isn't the entirety of the British government and populace.

bs

Notice the ''s. That's all you need to do.

Oh and by "you" I do mean you and not America by the way.

**Albatross**

whatwhat wrote:
Albatross wrote:
Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.

That's America's position now, apparently. I read in 'Colossus' by Niall Ferguson. Interesting book.

I suppose 'post-imperial' is accurate, although the UK still has quite a few overseas territories. They're pretty insignificant, mind. I think the difficulty with the label is that the number of people who actually remember the Empire is outnumbered by people who've either never heard of it or only read about, so not that many people miss it or feel guilty about it.

Confession Time: I'm into the Empire. I'd like to see it return in some capacity. Obviously I don't think Britain is gong to be a global hegemon again, but I think that there are parts of the world which would benefit from British rule, and I certainly think it's possible - just look at Sierra Leone. They actually want British rule. They formally applied for it! I think Liberal Imperialism is a good thing.

Britain re taking Sierra Leone as it is currently would be the political and economic equivalent of a country catching aids. No thanks.

Lets leave the ' we need to be a world superpower' complex to the americans.

I said I don't think we are going to the world superpower again. But we don't need to be to succesfully administer an overseas territory. I would be quite happy for America to wake up to it's status as an empire and actually assume formal control of Afghanistan and Iraq. Both countries are completely broken (Afghanistan more than Iraq, to be fair), and will take years to fix, more than America is currently willing to commit to.

Also, RE: Sierra Leone - whatwhat, are you aware that the UK intervened in Sierra Leone in the last decade, and is currently helping to run the country 'in partnership' with the Sierra Leonean authorities?

Here's a link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sierraleone/1394306/Sierra-Leone-still-needs-British-after-peaceful-poll.html

By the way, our very own mattyrm served there, if I'm not mistaken.

**whatwhat**

I know about British involvement in Sierra Leone. And although the statement that Britain "is currently running the country 'in partnership' with the Sierra Leonean authorities" is absurd and hugely exaggerated, I do know there is an involvement.

I still stick by my point abut taking SL back and the aids thing.

**Kanluwen**

KingCracker wrote:Oh see thats in Norkalina. Yes thats how they pronounce it

Anyways, so its totally fine that its spelled wrong there And yes you are making fun of the Americans alot. It hurts my feelings

That's a lie! That's not how we pronounce it down here in North Cakalaky!

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Frazzled wrote:
Fifty wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10936604

Sorry, I feel I am picking on Americans recently, but really it is the BBC who are picking on them, as that is where my links all come from!

Why do you think an American did that? I don't know about Carolina, but road crews in Texas generally don't speak English at this point.

Pretty much the same here, actually. It's either Portugese, French, or Spanish.

**Albatross**

whatwhat wrote:I know about British involvement in Sierra Leone. And although the statement that Britain "is currently running the country 'in partnership' with the Sierra Leonean authorities" is absurd and hugely exaggerated, I do know there is an involvement.

I still stick by my point abut taking SL back and the aids thing.

Well, safeguarding the security of a country like Sierra Leone IS running it, effectively. The fact that an election went of with only minor civil unrest is telling. Did you read the article? There are british officials in 'senior jobs inside the Sierra Leonean administration'. I don't think my statement was 'absurd', in light of that. There's no need to be rude. I wasn't rude to you.

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p.s. I changed it before I saw your post, to 'helping to run....'

**whatwhat**

Albatross wrote:p.s. I changed it before I saw your post, to 'helping to run....'

Well the earlier statement was absurd.

**halonachos**

So we have this decided then.

1) England is no longer an empire.
2) The difference between England, Great Britain, and nited Kingdom is a bit confusing(get your stuff together you lot).
3) America is not a part of England/GB/UK.
4) Americans can't spell.
5) The British have bad teeth.
6) Sierra Leone gives you AIDS.
7) North Carolina is a bit off.

**Albatross**

whatwhat wrote:
Albatross wrote:p.s. I changed it before I saw your post, to 'helping to run....'

Well the earlier statement was absurd.

You seem intent on starting an argument, so I'm going to leave it there, I think.

**whatwhat**

Albatross wrote:
whatwhat wrote:
Albatross wrote:p.s. I changed it before I saw your post, to 'helping to run....'

Well the earlier statement was absurd.

You seem intent on starting an argument, so I'm going to leave it there, I think.

No, I'm just defending what you cited as "rudeness".

**Albatross**

Ugh. Go away.

/ignore

**halonachos**

Uh oh, it seems we have a battle between UK and England going on here.

Albatross is representing the UK in the orange corner, while whatwhat will represent England in the rose corner.

**whatwhat**

Awesome. I would offer some Muhammad Ali style pre fight ribbing but it seems Albatross is a bit too pent up as usual.

**Stokleplinger**

Seeing as how I'm probably the closest person to this disaster on the board, I think my word goes. I actually live in Guilford county, where this all started, although I'm about 30 minutes away from this particular high school. I can say that this has been ALL OVER my facebook recently, and pretty much everyone is ashamed of it.

Having lived here for my entire life I can say the following things with absolute certainty:

1) We (North Carolinians) have and will never refer to our state as "Norkalina."
2) Most of the people who work on our roads are of a certain.... Southern.... heritage, are ex-cons, or both.
3) Something about Brits, Africa, teeth and AIDS. You figure it out.

**ShumaGorath**

British teeth.

**halonachos**

And from the red/white/blue corner we have shuma, throwing in a low blow to whatwhat's mohammed ali style and interrupting the match between the UK and England.

Stokle, I live in VB and I'm sorry to say that we think anything outside the OBX in NC is hick central. Sorry, but you're just too southern for us.

**Orkeosaurus**

England and the UK both suck. London is the only decent country in Britain.

**Arctik_Firangi**

ShumaGorath wrote:British teeth.

American overgeneralisations.

**ShumaGorath**

Arctik_Firangi wrote:
ShumaGorath wrote:British teeth.

American overgeneralisations.

The U.K. and England are the same place.

**halonachos**

Not according to previous posts shuma. There is a difference between england and UK. Once you know this, it will BLOW YOUR MIND!

**ShumaGorath**

halonachos wrote:Not according to previous posts shuma. There is a difference between england and UK. Once you know this, it will BLOW YOUR MIND!

Looks like one place to me.

:edit: One of those places is called beds.

**Arctik_Firangi**

I think you failed to see what he did there, halon.

**halonachos**

Well, his link is broken so how can I possibly see what he did there?

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Well, it was broken and look at all of those counties/provinces or whatever the old ones call them.

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We have some common ones;

1) Sussex
2) Surrey
3) Norfolk
4) Suffolk
5) Cumberland

We also have a Buckingham, but our Norfolk is way cooler than their Norfolk.

We also have Bath and Bland, Orange and Greene, also we have Rocking Ham.

**JSK-Fox**

As an unbiased opinion from a man that is part of U.S.'s hat that is a whole lot like the brits, I'll say that everyone flubs up.
USA messes up and eats McDonalds and drinks pop, Britain buggers up and eats english muffins and drinks tea, and Canadians screw up and drink Tim Hortons coffee and eats donuts. We are all one big stereotype.

**Arctik_Firangi**

Screw Tim Horton's coffee, I drink donuts and eat Canadians.

**ShumaGorath**

Arctik_Firangi wrote:Screw Tim Horton's coffee, I drink donuts and eat Canadians.

Yeah, DD has better coffee then Tim Hortons.