On 2018-06-14 8:08 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 6/14/2018 3:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "S Viemeister"Â* wrote in message ...
>> On 6/14/2018 12:33 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 01:17:12p, S Viemeister told us...
>>>> On 6/13/2018 5:18 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 08:46:49a, Janet told us...
>>>>>> Â* Not necessarily. There are different regional accents and
>>>>>> Â* dialects in Scotland.
>>>>>
>>>>> As there also appears to be in the UK.
>>>>>
>>>> Um...at the moment, Scotland is part of the UK, as are Wales,
>>>> England, and Northern Ireland.
>>>
>>> Yes, I understand that.Â* However, I think many USians thinkÂ* of
>>> England as the UK.
>>>
>> Apparently so.
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>> How do they see Great Britain?
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>
> Can't see it.Â* I've gone into the Atlantic Ocean and looked across but
> can't see it.


If you can't see it then it does not exist.
To be fair, I think most North Americans are aware that the UK includes
England and Scotland, and the more savvy know that Northern Ireland and
Wales are also part of it, but when they hear UK they are thinking England.