Why would Eric Liddell have liked Renaldo Nehemiah ?
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Re: renaldo
>and for the rest of you, in case you do not "get it"...
Eric Liddell,
>although running for Great Britain, was from Scotland
Technical point...Scotland is part of Great Britain. The countries full name is The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. Hence the multiple country name origins we use: UK, GB, Brit.
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Re: renaldo
>>and for the rest of you, in case you do not "get it"...
Eric
>Liddell,
>although running for Great Britain, was from Scotland
Technical
>point...Scotland is part of Great Britain. The countries full name is The
>United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. Hence the multiple country
>name origins we use: UK, GB, Brit.
Funny that you are posting this ! I had actually typed in "United Kingdom" but then purposely changed it to "Great Britain" as I figured that would be more communicable.
I am a bit of a geography wonk, and I do indeed know that there is no country of "Great Britain"... that's the geographical name for the entire island. And as you said, the REAL name for the country is "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."
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