And I must say I always thought Little Britain was Ireland. Apologies, Michael and compatriots. Well, I know it is not a British Isle in the sense of ownership or soverignty (leaving aside Northern Ireland), but geographical terms are not usually taken as implying that. When we British speak of the Irish Sea we are not ceding sovereignty.This sort of thing is endlessly fascinating to (some of) us Americans, whose concepts of "nation" and "state" are so simplistic :-) Here's my attempt to sort it out:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/postal.html#uk
It is in constant need of revision and refinement.
- Frank
Queen Victoria was of course Empress of India, not Emperor. No other British monarch had that title. The territories now known as Pakistan were also part of her empire, also Malawi (Nyasaland), the Falkland Islands, and probably several other territories.
England was never ruled by the French! Please! It was ruled by the Normans, who were Vikings who had previously conquered part of France, and were French speakers, but never ethnic French and never rulers of most of France. Real French conquerors have never set foot on this island, apart from a few disastrous skirmishes.
-- Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
