McReggae wrote:@magigi
It's something like this:
England + Wales + Scotland = Britain
England + Wales + Scotland + Northern Ireland = The UK.
Great Britain is a political term which describes the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales, the three nations which together include all the land on the island. Thus Great Britain is not a state, or a country or a nation.
It is an island - one of the two large islands which make up The British Isles along with over 1000 small offshore islands.
Read more:
http://wiki.answers.com/...n_a_state#ixzz2693uoP3W
The United Kingdom is made up of:
England - The capital is London.
Scotland - The capital is Edinburgh .
Wales - The capital is Cardiff.
Northern Ireland - The capital is Belfast.
England, Scotland and Wales together form Great Britain.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland together form the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" (UK)
What are people called in the UK? People in the UK are called British although they have
different nationalities.
Its like if the EAC had the same flag and citizenship (aka GB). However my nationality would still remain Kenyan, the guy from Morogoro will still be a Tanzanian, etc, etc. Now if we go to the olympics as EAC and Kapsabet Express wins a gold medal we would of course expect the guy from Tororo to light fireworks and celebrate... but not as much as the Kapsabet folks whom we expect to slaughter a few bovines... are we together @jahman??
Now for your sake assume that Madagascar joins the EAC, now we become something like United Kingdom of EAC and the Malagasy (UK)... tuko sawa hapo yellow man????
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