From: reddwarfer2@tiscali.co.uk   
      
   "Charles Daniels"  wrote in message   
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   > Col  wrote:   
   >> "Charles Daniels"  wrote in message   
   >   
   >> Well no, Scotland was *never* part of England.   
   >> It was alway Scotland, though not always  part   
   >> of the political entity we know as 'Great Britain'.   
   >   
   > And as per what was said on QI -   
   >   
   >   
   > The Oxford History of England is about the history of the British Isles.   
   > "England" was often used to mean not just itself, but the other countries   
   > in the British Isles and even the British Empire. (Forfeit: England,   
   > France)   
   >   
      
   Yes, I am well aware that the term 'England' and phrases like   
   'For the greater glory of England' may well have been used   
   when strickly speaking the glory was referring to areas that   
   included places oustide the geographical boundaries of 'England'.   
      
   As an American, please don't lecture me on the history of my own country.   
   --   
   Col   
      
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