Americans try to label European countries on a map

Looks like I'm part wrong! 😳

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country

Although not sovereign states, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland are referred to as separate countries, even though collectively
they form the country known as the United Kingdom

So the UK is a country as well as a state! Confusing isn't it?

Originally posted by HandyAndy
I think you mean median, not average. You and George are in the bottom half.

That was mean of you to correct and wrong because average could mean mode, median or mean.




3 homonyms in one sentence! (Or is that one homonym?)

Originally posted by Trev33
Thing is, they don't know that either.

Right. Just saying, we should start with that.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Looks like I'm part wrong! 😳

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country

Although not sovereign states, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland are referred to as separate countries, even though collectively
they form the country known as the United Kingdom

So the UK is a country as well as a state! Confusing isn't it?

Look at the geopolitical entities that make up the UN. for one example.

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
92% in 2:56.2
I was surprised I didn't do better 😞

You guys call yourselves Americans?

100% in 1:25.1

Do they have one of these for Europe?

Sure enough:

http://www.purposegames.com/game/countries-europe-quiz

Bah, 81% in 2:44.7

Originally posted by wolfgang59
England and Scotland are most definitely separate countries
(having their own laws) and I'm pretty sure that Wales and N. Ireland
qualify too. (Plus they have football teams!!)

UK is the soverign state.

"Great Britain" is the name of the island.
"British Isles" includes all of Ireland.
"Britain" I believe has no agreed definition.

Wrong. Having different laws doesn't mean different country... look at America, different state 0 different law. The UK is the same, main laws are the same. The fact that they hve different football teams means nothing... Ireland has a united Ireland rugby team, does that make N. Ireland part of the Republic? No.

Scotland is having a referendum to become a separate country.

But don't take my word for it, internet will tell you the same.

Originally posted by Suzianne
You guys call yourselves Americans?

100% in 1:25.1

Do they have one of these for Europe?

Sure enough:

http://www.purposegames.com/game/countries-europe-quiz

Bah, 81% in 2:44.7

You couldn't even name 81% of European countries, let alone find the on a map.

Originally posted by Trev33
Wrong. Having different laws doesn't mean different country... look at America, different state 0 different law. The UK is the same, main laws are the same. The fact that they hve different football teams means nothing... Ireland has a united Ireland rugby team, does that make N. Ireland part of the Republic? No.

Scotland is having a referendum to become a separate country.

But don't take my word for it, internet will tell you the same.

I know different laws does not a country make ... local
councilks make laws! .. and I was being flippant about
the football teams (FIFA wanted a UK team a while back I think ... ?).

But Scotland, NI, Wales and England are countries!!!!

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_of_the_world.htm

http://www.listofcountriesoftheworld.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states

http://www.un.org/en/members/

And any other country list you can find on the net does not have Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland on it's list.

United Kingdom is a country the others officially are not. There's no argument. Just because people wrongly casually refer to them as countries does not make them official countries.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
I know different laws does not a country make ... local
councilks make laws! .. and I was being flippant about
the football teams (FIFA wanted a UK team a while back I think ... ?).

But Scotland, NI, Wales and England [b]are countries!!!!

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland[/b]

Regarding FIFA, they wanted the to be one football team because there they are all part of one country... personally I think all of them will break away one day anyway so they might as well have their own football teams.

Originally posted by Trev33
You couldn't even name 81% of European countries, let alone find the on a map.

This is not true. I am not map-challenged.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
I know different laws does not a country make ... local
councilks make laws! .. and I was being flippant about
the football teams (FIFA wanted a UK team a while back I think ... ?).

But Scotland, NI, Wales and England [b]are countries!!!!

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland[/b]

Is the word "country" in formal use in international law, treaties, the UN, etc?

Just curious.

"COUNTRY. By country is meant the state of which one is a member.
2. Every man's country is in general the state in which he happens to have been born, though there are some exceptions. See Domicil; Inhabitant. But a man has the natural right to expatriate himself, i. e. to abandon his country, or his right of citizenship acquired by means of naturalization in any country in which he may have taken up his residence. See Allegiance; Citizen; Expatriation. in another sense, country is the same as pais. (q.v.)"

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/country

So it seems to me, a person's country is the entity which he would renounce citizenship thereof bu choice or in order to, for example, become a citizen of an entity that requires such renunciation. How would that work for Scotland, NU, Wales and England?

Would a citizen born and resident in one of them, say, Wales, renounce his citizenship as a citizen of Wales, or as a citizen of the UK?

Originally posted by Suzianne
This is not true. I am not map-challenged.

Nor am I. Marko Krale (871,009)

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Nor am I. Marko Krale (871,009)

This guy?

User 115856

Originally posted by Suzianne
This guy?

User 115856

Maybe. Don't know how to check.😳