[OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands

[Lars Aronsson]

Shaun McDonald wrote:

> Seemingly a lot of people seem to regard the UK as England. It's 
> not the first time someone's asked me what it's like in England. 
> Until about 6 weeks ago I was unable to tell them because I had 
> never lived in England until then.

Same thing with Sweden!  Foreigners insist on using the Viking age 
(9th - 11th century) name Sweden / Schweden / Suede.  Even the 
Icelanders who should know better say Sviþioð.  But this refers to 
the middle section (Svealand) of the united kingdom of Svealand, 
Götaland and Wendes, known since at least the 14th century as Svea 
rike or Sverige.  For heaven's sake, our nation's coat of arms 
carries the three crowns, as does our airforce and our national 
hockey team, to indicate that Sweden is the true United Kingdom,

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Crowns

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Sweden

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_national_men%27s_ice_hockey_team

Bloody ignorant foreigners!  Stop calling us Sweden!


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  Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
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