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**AromeWahmaron** · 04-19-2011, 02:35 PM

Oh, i'm sure you all understood every part

The UK/Great Britain/England part, certainly. I think everybody knows that. It's not complicated. Great Britain is the island itself which includes England, Wales, and Scotland. The United Kingdom is all that plus Northern Ireland. It's why the UK's official name tells the whole story... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Sorry, Doc. Once again, your Texan education system has failed you, buddy. This is 5th grade geography.

What I actually didn't know (and which was not addressed in the video) is the difference between the British Commonwealth (now known as Commonwealth of Nations), which includes South Africa, India, Pakistan, Kenya, etc. and the Commonwealth Realm which includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica, etc. This whole time, while I was aware Australia, etc. recognized the Queen and India, etc. did not (I actually thought South Africa DID, though, but apartheid should have tipped me off), it never clicked that this distinction mattered and that there are two Commonwealths.

That's something I don't think many Americans know: that there are two Commonwealths.

04-19-2011, 02:35 PM	#5
AromeWahmaron Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 345 Senior Member	Oh, i'm sure you all understood every part The UK/Great Britain/England part, certainly. I think everybody knows that. It's not complicated. Great Britain is the island itself which includes England, Wales, and Scotland. The United Kingdom is all that plus Northern Ireland. It's why the UK's official name tells the whole story... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Sorry, Doc. Once again, your Texan education system has failed you, buddy. This is 5th grade geography. What I actually didn't know (and which was not addressed in the video) is the difference between the British Commonwealth (now known as Commonwealth of Nations), which includes South Africa, India, Pakistan, Kenya, etc. and the Commonwealth Realm which includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica, etc. This whole time, while I was aware Australia, etc. recognized the Queen and India, etc. did not (I actually thought South Africa DID, though, but apartheid should have tipped me off), it never clicked that this distinction mattered and that there are two Commonwealths. That's something I don't think many Americans know: that there are two Commonwealths.
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