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British Empire / British Island - the first is no more, the last is never used.
Nor is Britannic !
What about Scotland Yard - it's a place name!?
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Nor is Britannic !
What about Scotland Yard - it's a place name!?
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. . .the last is never used.
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Nor is Britannic !
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What about Scotland Yard - it's a place name!?
Perhaps England Yard, or even London Yard?
1. crick, rick, wrick -- (a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British))
2. haystack, hayrick, rick -- (a stack of hay)
I'm going for No 1 - a pain in the neck! Or perhaps there should be a No. 3:
3. rick -- pedant, hair splitter ?
When I used "British Island" I was using a term never used here - it was a sort of ironic description for those ex-Colonials who might be unsure of where the UK is and what form it takes.
As for Britannic, it's a name but it isn't normally used to describe the UK or its inhabitants!
Scotland Yard was, apparently, named after a yard called Scotland Yard, that was in England and not in Scotland. Maybe, at one time, some Scottish people hung 'round there and that's how it got its name. No doubt Rick will have that researched for us before Xmas...
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2. haystack, hayrick, rick -- (a stack of hay)
I'm going for No 1 - a pain in the neck! Or perhaps there should be a No. 3:
3. rick -- pedant, hair splitter ?
When I used "British Island" I was using a term never used here - it was a sort of ironic description for those ex-Colonials who might be unsure of where the UK is and what form it takes.
As for Britannic, it's a name but it isn't normally used to describe the UK or its inhabitants!
Scotland Yard was, apparently, named after a yard called Scotland Yard, that was in England and not in Scotland. Maybe, at one time, some Scottish people hung 'round there and that's how it got its name. No doubt Rick will have that researched for us before Xmas...
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