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  People from that island west of Europe: What do you call your country?

  by seattleniceguy in

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  i'm curious.

  do you call it the uk, england, or britain?

  i have the sneaking suspicion that these terms each mean something slightly different from one another, but i thought i'd see how the natives use them.

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  scotsman

  Great Britain became a common term for England Scotland and Wales when the Scottish and English crowns were united (by James VI 1606?) , becoming the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 when the parliaments became united. It wasn't until 1801 with a further act of union that it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, which lasted until 1922 when the Republic of Ireland separated apart from Ulster, forming (in 1927) the present United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It would be technically inaccurate to describe the Irish (north or south) as being from Great Britain, but for historical reasons Protestants from Northern Ireland will commonly describe themselves as being British.

  Where the Manx and Channel Islander's fit in, is beyond me.

  British Isles however encompases the whole archipeligo. Confusing?
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  People from that island west of Europe: What do you call your country?

  by seattleniceguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm curious.

  do you call it the uk, england, or britain?

  i have the sneaking suspicion that these terms each mean something slightly different from one another, but i thought i'd see how the natives use them.

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  scotsman

  SNG

  I'm intrigued. What is "England proper" and where are the "other territories" that form the UK?

  Crumpet,

  Like you, I invariably look for Britain, then Scotland before the UK when scrolling through countries.
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  People from that island west of Europe: What do you call your country?

  by seattleniceguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm curious.

  do you call it the uk, england, or britain?

  i have the sneaking suspicion that these terms each mean something slightly different from one another, but i thought i'd see how the natives use them.

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  scotsman

  I think you'll find that few of us call ourselves Brits. Maybe some English and Nothern Irish unionists.

  I'm Scottish and I'm from the UK.

  edited to add: having discussed it with my Northern Irish partner, he'd call himself British, but we agree that Brits is what other nationals would call people from the UK.
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  mmnnnnn ... who makes you just "melt"

  by Simon in

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  for an oldie i'd pick audrey hepburn singing moon river ... mmnnnn, i never get tired of that.. currently i'm listening to norah jones an aweful lot.

  she is very easy on the ears and is my "audible-heaven" right now.. so who's voice makes you 'melt' ?

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  scotsman

  The voices of the following:

  kd lang jane siberry ella fitzgerald rufus wainwright dawn upshaw bjork leonard cohen sarah vaughan astrid gilberto francoise hardy
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  Meat Tree

  by EvilForce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was an elder that i was out in service with one afternoon and durin lunch we got into a discussion about vegetarianism.

  i am a vegetarian and have been since having a "bad experience" with meat.

  (i don't care if others eat it, i just don't like it...so no judgements from me.

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  scotsman

  LOL Scots....So is your brother a hottie?

  My partner thinks so.
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  Meat Tree

  by EvilForce in

  1. watchtower
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  there was an elder that i was out in service with one afternoon and durin lunch we got into a discussion about vegetarianism.

  i am a vegetarian and have been since having a "bad experience" with meat.

  (i don't care if others eat it, i just don't like it...so no judgements from me.

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  scotsman

  I was fond of discussing how everyone would cope with the complete collapse of our western way of life - how we'd do without power and plastics for instance. They couldn't concieve the industrial proccesses we rely on for their production ceasing, and were convinced that J would miraculously keep the power stations burning, planes flying, and factories churning etc. They were too busy imagining how they'd furnish their lovely homes to think about the basics we rely on. It used to make some really p*ssed off that I'd suggest that life in the new system wasn't going to be immediately peachy.

  The other topic that was never popular was that attraction between (adult) siblings was natural. The only reason it was wrong was imperfect genes, and if it was ok for Adam&Eve's kids, it would by natural for a brother to fancy his sister as in perfection sibling marriage would be permitted. That one almost got me punched.
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  "I prayed for you"

  by Scully in

  1. watchtower
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  if you aren't a "believer", does it bother you when someone says "i'll pray for you" or "i prayed for you"?.

  one of my colleagues is an incredibly kind and sweet person, and i know she says it because she believes she's doing something good on my behalf.

  i always say "thank you for thinking of me", because i know that's the spirit she's intending to convey and that she cares about the situation i'm in vis-a-vis my jw relatives, but she knows i no longer believe in god (at least not in the sense that she does) - i wonder does she think that a few prayers are going to change my mind?

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  scotsman

  Dammit LT, you continue to go up in my estimation! You really have to come back soon.

  Like Scully, it makes me uncomfortable.
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  Brits. Will you vote in next month's General Election?

  by nicolaou in

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  2. current

  as everyone had guessed, the election has been set for may 5th.

  personally, this is my first opportunity 'post wt mind-control' to vote for our next government.

  i don't suppose that i will - 40 years of 'neutrality' and non-involvement have rather flattened my desire to take part in political change.. how about you?

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  scotsman

  Is LibDem the default electoral choice of exJWs I wonder? Should that make us suspicious of the LibDems?
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  who was DFd because of "immorality"?

  by ShadowX in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  seriously, just wondering.

  they (dubs) say that most of us are booted 'cause of that.

  i personally was but only because i was already out mentally and in every other sense.

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  scotsman

  It's the Entered Apprentice from the Cremaster Cycle. I'll leave you to do the research.
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  who was DFd because of "immorality"?

  by ShadowX in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  seriously, just wondering.

  they (dubs) say that most of us are booted 'cause of that.

  i personally was but only because i was already out mentally and in every other sense.

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  scotsman

  You're not. They're just poking fun at your apparent obsession.