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Subject: But... I'm from England
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After answering a thread about the United Kingdom, I was wondering why we're not allowed to put our country as England (which in my case would be correct). Instead upon entering "England" I get the following message:

* This is not a valid country entry, or you misspelled your country.

So, those who don't want to be classed as being from the UK aren't allowed to change this. (We suffer enough being called "Brits").

Basically, is there any reason why this is the case? Thanks in advance.

  • 08.19.2006 5:53 PM PDT
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yeah, its the same with most products you need to sign as 'united kingdom'

  • 08.19.2006 5:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: Gendo
yeah, its the same with most products you need to sign as 'united kingdom'

To be honest, I think it's a shame, and rather lazy. I'm sure there are some people who wouldn't want to be classified with the other nations.

  • 08.19.2006 5:58 PM PDT
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I've always wondered what contries are in the United Kindom? England and Ireland?

  • 08.19.2006 6:12 PM PDT

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The United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

  • 08.19.2006 6:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: ODST27
I've always wondered what contries are in the United Kindom? England and Ireland?

Nope, not at all. It's England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

  • 08.19.2006 6:19 PM PDT
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The countries are, England, Wales, Scotland, and NORTHERN ireland.

  • 08.19.2006 6:21 PM PDT
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Damn, two minutes too late. LOL

  • 08.19.2006 6:21 PM PDT
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I noticed that yesterday when i tried to update my profile. I wasn't happy with it so i settled for "Christmas Island" because it sounded happier.
Its not that im opposed to being categorised with Scotland, Wales or N.Ireland, I just want to be able to put England once in a while. Its oftten the case when dealing with Non - British based products/sites. Its probably always going to be like this and just for the record, That guys lack of knowledge of the countries that for Great Britan/British Isles or whatever you want to call them, is quite astounding.

  • 08.20.2006 10:15 AM PDT
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That's because england doesn't really exist. There's no english government, there's no english parliament. You're a subject of her Britannic Majesty, and live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. There's a myriad ways to describe your nationality, but the usual way is "British", due to you being from Great Britain. It all gets a bit vague, so while you're English, you're really British, whereas the Scottish are Scottish. As i say, s'all a bit vague.

edit: but to whinge myself, i'm not allowed to put "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", which is my country. seems a bit unfair, really.

edit2: err, also. You've just got "Ireland", it's probably better to have "Republic of Ireland" to save confusion and er... politics.

[Edited on 8/20/2006]

  • 08.20.2006 10:19 AM PDT

Funny they don't make this distinction. Especially since Frankie is from Edinburagh(sp?).

  • 08.20.2006 10:36 AM PDT

Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth, you'd get a lot of free games.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

At least you don't have to put the EU or Fortess Europe. That would piss you off I bet.

  • 08.20.2006 10:41 AM PDT
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At least you don't have to put the EU or Fortess Europe. That would piss you off I bet.

Probably in the same way if you were paired as "Northern America" (Mexico, Canada and the U.S.).

  • 08.20.2006 10:42 AM PDT
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Posted by: SpoonGuard
Funny they don't make this distinction. Especially since Frankie is from Edinburagh(sp?).


edinburgh

  • 08.20.2006 10:42 AM PDT

I don't know, Fortress Europa sound kinda badass.

  • 08.20.2006 10:43 AM PDT

Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth, you'd get a lot of free games.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

Posted by: SpoonGuard
I don't know, Fortress Europa sound kinda badass.


actually I think it is a derogitory asian thing...

  • 08.20.2006 10:44 AM PDT

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Posted by: SpoonGuard
I don't know, Fortress Europa sound kinda badass.


actually I think it is a derogitory asian thing...


Really? I don't see the connection.

  • 08.20.2006 11:05 AM PDT
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For the record, i'd piss my self silly if there was an Armatik action figure.

"Lazy -zapp!-, what the hell are you doing playing with me? Get to work lazy ass."


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I would hate that, but you've got to take into consideration that Canada and the United States are huge countries. England is an island, and the rest of the countries in the United Kingdom are even smaller than it.

Though I don't see why it matters that much, it's not like people who aren't from the UK/England really see any difference between England and UK or Great Britain.

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Posted by: Top_Gun_2021
At least you don't have to put the EU or Fortess Europe. That would piss you off I bet.

Probably in the same way if you were paired as "Northern America" (Mexico, Canada and the U.S.).

  • 08.20.2006 5:12 PM PDT
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Armatik, maybe that's the point. People think I'm British when "Britain" is infact multiple countries. It's incorrect.

  • 08.20.2006 5:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hysterical Joker / The Jester
For the record, i'd piss my self silly if there was an Armatik action figure.

"Lazy -zapp!-, what the hell are you doing playing with me? Get to work lazy ass."


http://www.GamesInAction.com

Generally, to put it blatant, people don't care (no offense intended). It's like people calling the Netherlands Holland, when infact Holland is inside of the Netherlands.

It's not too big of a deal, I'm just saying that people wouldn't really pay all that much attention to where you're living. Usually when I look at where people live, it's to see which timezone they're in. So England is pretty much in the general area as the rest of the countries that are part of the UK.

I'm not saying it's not a problem, but there are quite a lot more important things to worry about.

  • 08.20.2006 5:57 PM PDT
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Armatik, stop, now, please. You're spouting idiocy and you know it.

Posted by: Armatik
I would hate that, but you've got to take into consideration that Canada and the United States are huge countries. England is an island, and the rest of the countries in the United Kingdom are even smaller than it.

Though I don't see why it matters that much, it's not like people who aren't from the UK/England really see any difference between England and UK or Great Britain.


England is not an island. England is a country on the island of Great Britain, the island of Great Britain being part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It's a united kingdom, of seperate countries. Tell a scot he's a brit and he'll probably nut you. National identities are extremely strong. The point we're trying to make is that that list of countries is exceedingly short-sighted. Britons only have the choice of "United Kingdom", which bundles the scots, welsh, english and northern irish all under one title. By the same note the Irish living in the republic only have "Ireland", which makes no differential between Northern Ireland and the Republic. You might not care, but to the people it involves (a sizable chunk of the userbase, i might add) it's extremely vexing. Then, to top it all off, we're forced to use the short and informal "United Kingdom", rather than the full "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". It doesn't matter that no one from Americania sees a difference between the constituant states, because we do, as does anyone else with a mite of interest about anything outside their own borders.

[Edited on 8/20/2006]

  • 08.20.2006 7:09 PM PDT
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You ARE part of the UK aren't you?

  • 08.20.2006 7:14 PM PDT
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Well... nice, elmicker. :)

Anyway, on that note, I bet there are some factions in Northern Ireland that wouldn't want to be united with England. (It's dying, but still there). There's a lot of politics involved with the countries in the British Isles.

  • 08.20.2006 7:15 PM PDT
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I've been around these parts for almost eight years now...wow! Maybe I should be concerned about that...

That would be nice. The UK, after all, isn't really a country...or at least it has many seperate ones. I guess it's just laziness. Maybe they'll fix it soon™.

[Edited on 8/20/2006]

  • 08.20.2006 7:20 PM PDT

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