Being a 1960's baby, I've always known Scotland to be Scotland, Wales to be Wales etc. However, since following this thread (and I must confess that at first I thought "here we go again; let's have a stab at the English"!!), it has made me start thinking. Watching the weather forecast on the TV, they do actually say "in the north" and "in the south" etc. I live in the North West, but that is North West England, so on the national weather forecast we don't exist! Then there is confusion over United Kingdom, and Great Britain. GB includes all of Ireland, and UK does not include southern Ireland (Republic of Ireland). My brother-in-law is from Belfast, and he insists that he is not Irish, but is British. That is just him, and obviously does not reflect any general opinion. The regional differences within Britain is so evident, so it must be enormous in America. British history tends really to be English history, but even in England we still have the north-south divide. My ancestors were from the Republic and from Scotland, all mixed together in the great Liverpool melting pot. Good wishes to ALL!! Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "J A Olsen" <Copywriter@tesco.net> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] NB > that's right.eg there was a North British hotel in Edinburgh until > recently,now renamed. > > But I would say the fashion for calling the country North Britain was > fairly > short lived. I think Sir Walter Scott had something to do with it, but > could > be wrong on that. > > I've seen letters addressed to 'North Britain' so it was widely used. > > Judy > > > > > > ---------- >>From: Jessie & Tom Lennie <jestom@shaw.ca> >>To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [D-G LIST] NB >>Date: 03, Wed Nov, 2004, 4:32 pm >> > >> Scotland was known as North Britain at least until the 1900s. >> Jessie & Tom Lennie >> Port Coquitlam BC >> Canada >> Family Tree >> www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/2856 >> All incoming & Outgoing messages checked by Norton Antivirus 2004 >> >> >> ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== >> FIND YOUR ANCESTORS >> http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ >> > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If your line involves the surname BRUCE why not join > CLAN-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >

Yes, it at the moment it is 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'. And the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey are a part of the British Isles but not part of the UK or GB. Watch this space! Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: Lavendersblue To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 04 November 2004 10:52 Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] NB Being a 1960's baby, I've always known Scotland to be Scotland, Wales to be Wales etc. However, since following this thread (and I must confess that at first I thought "here we go again; let's have a stab at the English"!!), it has made me start thinking. Watching the weather forecast on the TV, they do actually say "in the north" and "in the south" etc. I live in the North West, but that is North West England, so on the national weather forecast we don't exist! Then there is confusion over United Kingdom, and Great Britain. GB includes all of Ireland, and UK does not include southern Ireland (Republic of Ireland). My brother-in-law is from Belfast, and he insists that he is not Irish, but is British. That is just him, and obviously does not reflect any general opinion. The regional differences within Britain is so evident, so it must be enormous in America. British history tends really to be English history, but even in England we still have the north-south divide. My ancestors were from the Republic and from Scotland, all mixed together in the great Liverpool melting pot. Good wishes to ALL!! Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "J A Olsen" <Copywriter@tesco.net> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] NB > that's right.eg there was a North British hotel in Edinburgh until > recently,now renamed. > > But I would say the fashion for calling the country North Britain was > fairly > short lived. I think Sir Walter Scott had something to do with it, but > could > be wrong on that. > > I've seen letters addressed to 'North Britain' so it was widely used. > > Judy > > > > > > ---------- >>From: Jessie & Tom Lennie <jestom@shaw.ca> >>To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [D-G LIST] NB >>Date: 03, Wed Nov, 2004, 4:32 pm >> > >> Scotland was known as North Britain at least until the 1900s. >> Jessie & Tom Lennie >> Port Coquitlam BC >> Canada >> Family Tree >> www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/2856 >> All incoming & Outgoing messages checked by Norton Antivirus 2004 >> >> >> ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== >> FIND YOUR ANCESTORS >> http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ >> > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If your line involves the surname BRUCE why not join > CLAN-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== FIND YOUR ANCESTORS http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/