Wales is a country

Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and Wales and
then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?

Cathy L

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:30:28 +0100, Martin
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:20:28 -0500, Cathy L wrote:

Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and Wales and
then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?

Wales isn't a country. It is a principality.

Many principalities have also been countries. As well as some
duchies.



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Cathy L wrote:
Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and Wales and
then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?

Cathy L

Wikipedia has an article about Wales, as well as articles defining terms
like country, state and sovereign state.
"The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and unitary state
consisting of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and
Wales."

On 27/01/2010 10:20 PM, Cathy L wrote:
Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and Wales and
then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?



More to the point, are you aware that there is no Country named Ireland?
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JohnT

JohnT wrote on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:43:22 +0000:

On 27/01/2010 10:20 PM, Cathy L wrote:
Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and
Wales and then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is
a country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?

More to the point, are you aware that there is no Country named
Ireland?

That does not stop you from driving around it :-)


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James Silverton
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Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:43:22 +0000, JohnT
wrote:

On 27/01/2010 10:20 PM, Cathy L wrote:
Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and Wales and
then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?

More to the point, are you aware that there is no Country named Ireland?

Why do you say that? Is it something like there's no country
named Germany?

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* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:49:41 +0100, Martin
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:31:56 -0700, Hatunen wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:30:28 +0100, Martin
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:20:28 -0500, Cathy L wrote:

Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and Wales and
then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?

Wales isn't a country. It is a principality.

Many principalities have also been countries. As well as some
duchies.

Wales isn't a country. It is a principality.

That's not a reason for it to not be a country.


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* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Jan 27, 11:20*pm, Cathy L wrote:
Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and Wales and
then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?

Cathy L

....thats not funny....

On 27/01/2010 11:23 PM, Hatunen wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:43:22 +0000, JohnT
wrote:

On 27/01/2010 10:20 PM, Cathy L wrote:
Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and Wales and
then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?

More to the point, are you aware that there is no Country named Ireland?

Why do you say that? Is it something like there's no country
named Germany?


Geographically, it is of course a Country. Politically, it is divided
into 2 separate parts, both with different names, forms of government
and currencies. And, just like Germany from the late 40s to the late
80s, reunification seems to be a very distant prospect.
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JohnT

Cathy L:

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?

Whose definition of 'country' do you embrace?
And have terms like "countryside" and "country music" anything to do
with that?


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Erick