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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by jonathonf on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @05:33PM (#14152001)
> England

Britain. Along with contingents from most of its Empire.

(Saying "England" when you mean "Britain" is like saying "Texas" when you mean "U.S.A.")

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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by flukus on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @08:17PM (#14152949)
Not during WW1 it wasn't, calling a Scotsman English wasn't an issue at the time.
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by afarrell on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @08:48PM (#14153098)
Really? When did the Scots start to develop a notion of having a unique national character that made them non-English?
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by flukus on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:02PM (#14153167)
Well, obviously it was centuries ago but it has ebbed and flowed since then. For the 20th century though a lot of Scottish nationalism originated in the Scottish renaissance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Renaissance).
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by foobarian on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:00PM (#14153155)
Serious question, what would be the analogous comparisons for "Great Britain" and "United Kingdom?"
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by aninhumer on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:14AM (#14154586)
I guess an analogous comparison would anything that forgets that Hawaii and/or Alaska exist when referring to the US.
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by rmckayfleming on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:29PM (#14153263)
Great Britain is the island. So an analogy would be North America and United States of America. Roughly of course.
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by caf on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @08:13PM (#14152937)
It's said that the first shot fired by the British Empire in WW1 was from Fort Nepean, Australia.
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