Re: CHAT National toponyms

Mark J. Reed wrote:

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>>Our present Queen is Elizabeth II of England & Elizabeth I of
>>Scotland; there was quite a lot of argument when she came to the
>>throne as to whether she should be different styled in England &
>>Scotland and IIRC there were even some acts of violence in Scotland on
>>post-boxes bearing the royal crest with Elizabeth II on it.
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>Huh.  I had no idea.
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Um...that's because it's not true.  Sorry, Ray, but she is the queen of
the United Kingdom, not England and Scotland.

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