Shaun McDonald wrote: > Seemingly a lot of people seem to regard the UK as England. It's > not the first time someone's asked me what it's like in England. > Until about 6 weeks ago I was unable to tell them because I had > never lived in England until then.
Same thing with Sweden! Foreigners insist on using the Viking age (9th - 11th century) name Sweden / Schweden / Suede. Even the Icelanders who should know better say Sviþioð. But this refers to the middle section (Svealand) of the united kingdom of Svealand, Götaland and Wendes, known since at least the 14th century as Svea rike or Sverige. For heaven's sake, our nation's coat of arms carries the three crowns, as does our airforce and our national hockey team, to indicate that Sweden is the true United Kingdom, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Crowns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Sweden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_national_men%27s_ice_hockey_team Bloody ignorant foreigners! Stop calling us Sweden! -- Lars Aronsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
