Re:Poll: Where do you live?
by andrewxdiamond on Friday February 04, 2022 @03:04PM
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Well, we have states that are almost 3 times as large as the entire UK. If the pollster listed every region the size of Wales, this would be a very long list
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Wales and Scotland are countries...
Outside the UK, "country" usually means "independent state".
The UK usage is more local than anything else, because if you're going to call Wales a country you'd really need to call things like Bavaria or Texas countries.
Re:Poll: Where do you live?
by andrewxdiamond on Friday February 04, 2022 @06:26PM
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To be fair, there’s a lot of Texans who would like to call Texas a country as well.
Right and you've illustrated my point - outside the UK country means "independent state".
Inside the UK it seems to mean "Independent state + Wales + Scotland".
Re:Poll: Where do you live?
by andrewxdiamond on Friday February 04, 2022 @03:19PM
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Do you mean to say that referring to countries as regions is incorrect? I thought “region” was a pretty generic term for geographic area, regardless of political boundaries