Re: [ubuntu-uk] This list name/description

Hi On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 16:52 +0100, Richard Downing wrote: [47 lines snipped] > I suggest English-Speaking-Europeans. (Ducks) May I suggest better quoting of emails, we already all had the previous one and only need quoting of the part relevant to your reply ;-p Cheers, -- Chris Jones [E

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This list name/description

Oliver Maunder wrote: > Here's my favourite clarification... > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/British_Isles_Venn_Diagram_en.svg > > Nice one... Interestingly the Good Friday Agreement also

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On 02/10/06, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom alsobrings in Northern Ireland and represents the territory governed bythose merry folks in Westminster.Here's my favourite clarification... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/com

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Tony Arnold wrote: > You've confused me and at the risk of starting the argument you want to > avoid, isn't UK short for 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland', > i.e., everything except the republic of Ireland. Doesn't this imply that > UK==GB?? > Great Britain is England, Scotland and W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This list name/description

On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 04:14:52PM +0100, David M wrote: > Alan Pope wrote in gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british > about: This list name/description > > > It's a minor thing really, but the name of this list is Ubuntu-UK and the > > descriptive text says "For organising Ubuntu stuff in the UK.", b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This list name/description

David M wrote: > Alan Pope wrote in gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british > about: This list name/description > >> It's a minor thing really, but the name of this list is Ubuntu-UK and the >> descriptive text says "For organising Ubuntu stuff in the UK.", but the >> banner at the top (and the descrip

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Ralph, On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 15:22 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > You've confused me and at the risk of starting the argument you want > > to avoid, isn't UK short for 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and > > Ireland', i.e., everything except the republic of Ireland. Doesn't > > this imply that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This list name/description

On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 15:16 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > Alan, > > On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 14:29 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > > > I don't want to start a semantic argument but UK != GB. Can we get it > > harmonised one way or the other. I wouldn't want us to be annoying people > > for this minor issue.

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Hi Tony, > You've confused me and at the risk of starting the argument you want > to avoid, isn't UK short for 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and > Ireland', i.e., everything except the republic of Ireland. Doesn't > this imply that UK==GB?? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_%28te

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Alan, On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 14:29 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > I don't want to start a semantic argument but UK != GB. Can we get it > harmonised one way or the other. I wouldn't want us to be annoying people > for this minor issue. You've confused me and at the risk of starting the argument you wa

[ubuntu-uk] This list name/description

Hi, It's a minor thing really, but the name of this list is Ubuntu-UK and the descriptive text says "For organising Ubuntu stuff in the UK.", but the banner at the top (and the description in mails from the list) says "British Ubuntu Talk". I don't want to start a semantic argument but UK != GB.