[HPforGrownups] Re: Potter Geography

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 49469

On 8 Jan 2003 at 22:24, jazmyn wrote:
> 
> 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.

OK - I have my second cousin next to me - she's a Scot (visiting here), she's Hermione 
Stranger on the Harry Potter newsgroup, and one of the people who responded to the 
thread there.

Scotland is a part of the UK. The UK consists of England, Scotland, Wales, and 
Northern Ireland (and some smaller islands as well). Scotland is also a part of Great 
Britain. Great Britain consists of England, Scotland, and Wales.

Great Britain is part of the UK - it's actually most of the UK. But it's not the same thing as 
the UK.

Scotland *is* a part of Britain. Wales *is* a part of Britain. England *is* a part of Britain.

I think you may be confusing Britain with England - Scots will get annoyed if you call 
them English. But they are British.

A lot of people outside Britain, don't understand the distinctions - even the foreign press 
gets it wrong a lot of the time. But Scotland is part of Britain and *most* Scots consider 
themselves British as well as being Scots - there is a small minority that objects to the 
term.

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