[HPforGrownups] Re: Potter Geography

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 49468



Taryn Kimel wrote:
> 
> Jazmyn:
> >Also, for all those people who say that Hoggsmeade is the only Wizard
> >village in Britain, shouldn't that be the only wizard village in
> >SCOTLAND?  Hoggswart is located in Scotland, last I knew, after all,
> not
> >Britain. Don't ever let a Scot hear you call Scotland 'Britain'.
> >Especially not a drunken Scottish soccer player on Brit Rail.. ;)
> 
> Y'know, this sort of thing just came up on alt.fan.harry-potter.
> Britain is not a country. It refers to the island of Great Britain.
> You wouldn't say Scotland /is/ Britain, you would say it is /part/ of
> Britain. Like France is /part/ of Europe. And we had a few Scottish
> members of the group speak up and say they would not be offended in
> the least to be said they were living in Britain, as Scotland is part
> of Britain.
> 
> --Taryn
> 


Isn't it that Scotland is a part of the United Kingdom. Britain is a
part of the United Kingdom. etc.

Saying Scotland ia a part of Britain is like saying Wales is Britain
too.  One assumes that 'Britain' in the books refers to just Britain and
not all of Great Britain, or it would state 'Great' Britain.

I'm just referring to what my maps say the country (and parts thereof)
are called.

Jazmyn