Wales does not feature in the name 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' because, as I mentioned in an earlier email, it was annexed into England several hundred years before the union of England and Scotland. By a Welshman, as it happens.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 November 2005 19:13 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? > > > On Nov 26, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > >> UK is the United Kingdom, which is the name of the > political entity > >> consisting of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, so you must > >> turn the > > > > Wales? > > > Yes, as in "Prince of...." Kids here invariably get it wrong > and say Prince of Whales. Now there is a title to be aspired to! > > Bob > > > >
