[HPforGrownups] Re: Potter Geography

[James P. Robinson III]

No: HPFGUIDX 49517

As the clock struck 10:24 PM 1/8/2003 -0600, jazmyn took pen in hand and 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.
>
>Jazmyn

I think you are confusing Britain with England.  Britain is a geographical 
division generally considered to include England, Wales, Cornwall and 
Scotland.  The United Kingdom also includes Northern Ireland.  Calling 
Scotland a part of England is inaccurate; calling it a part of Britain is 
accurate.  You might get beat up either way, though.

                                                         Jim