Another Question

[desoto_hia873]

A question for members of my flist who live across the pond: when should one refer to England, when Great Britain, and when the United Kingdom? Are there historical time frames for any or all of these? My cod are currently hanging out in the early 1800s and the author is using all three terms interchangeably.

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[cindergal.livejournal.com]

I'm not British, but I've always thought that England is a part of Great Britain which is a part of the UK. Great Britain = England, Scotland, Wales. And the UK includes N. Ireland? But the 1800's seems kind of early for the term UK.

I'll be curious to see if I'm right.

Not that I use these terms correctly, mind you. ;-)

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

speakr2customers seems to agree with you. (See the next reply.)