1 in 3 Americans Believe In Ghosts

[Preach]

moronic americans

 

[yak pac fatal]

1 in 3 Muslims has sex with dogs

LOOOOOOOOOOL

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

Source?

I've heard it said about a million times on Scotland Today (our news show) & the most recent time I heard it was yesterday so I'm hardly tripping. I might try & find you a specific source at some point & I'd expect the source to be a government report since our official news programmes use the statistic.

And before people start sending money here, remember it's the Western definition of poverty.

Edit: Well gave you about 3 minutes of my time.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/news/2000/10/se2681.asp?showdate=01 October 2000

http://www.geocities.com/joe_middleton_sco/political.htm

http://www.scotsindependent.org/features/talking3.htm

 

[Mr.Deuce]

i believe in ghosts and all dat spooky/mistery shit too.

 

[TecK NeeX]

1 in 3 Americans believe England, Britain and U.K are different countries

 

[Illuminattile]

Well apparently 40% of Brits believe in ghosts, so we're even worse.

 

[Zero Cool]

I've heard it said about a million times on Scotland Today (our news show) & the most recent time I heard it was yesterday so I'm hardly tripping. I might try & find you a specific source at some point & I'd expect the source to be a government report since our official news programmes use the statistic.

And before people start sending money here, remember it's the Western definition of poverty.

Edit: Well gave you about 3 minutes of my time.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/news/2000/10/se2681.asp?showdate=01 October 2000

http://www.geocities.com/joe_middleton_sco/political.htm

http://www.scotsindependent.org/features/talking3.htm

OK thanks for the links. Well needless to say, that's terrible.

 

[haunted]

1 in 3 Americans believe England, Britain and U.K are different countries

Arent they?

 

[Ghetto_Ghost]

i thought UK stood for ukraine

 

[Illuminattile]

Arent they?

Well they're not interchangeable terms, but they're not three separate countries.

England is England.
Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales.
The UK is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

 

[Ghetto_Ghost]

Well they're not interchangeable terms, but they're not three separate countries.

England is England.
Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales.
The UK is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

ohhhh

 

[Illuminattile]

It's confusing. We're quick to berate Americans for getting it wrong, but the terms are often misused over here too.

England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland and the ROI are all countries. Great Britain is an island. The UK is a state (or a kingdom) but is often treated as a country.

The British Isles is another entity altogether. It consists of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, Orkney, the Shetland Islands and the Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey). Other outlying islands are a part of the United Kingdom to varying degrees.

The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are not part of the United Kingdom (or, therefore, Great Britain)

Here's a handy Venn Diagram.

 

[PuffnScruff]

i thought UK stood for University of Kentucky

 

[critikaldesignz]

What if we say British and we are refering them as people in the British Isles, will the Irish be confused?

 

[aquaria]

Well they're not interchangeable terms, but they're not three separate countries.

England is England.
Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales.
The UK is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

didnt know that

 

[Zero Cool]

What if we say British and we are refering them as people in the British Isles, will the Irish be confused?

No, we'll be pissed

 

[Illuminattile]

What if we say British and we are refering them as people in the British Isles, will the Irish be confused?

British refers to people of Britain. People from Ireland aren't British. There's no umbrella term for people from the UK.

"The British Isles" isn't a term the Irish like very much. Implies that the isles belong to Britain.

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

"The British Isles" isn't a term the Irish like very much. Implies that the isles belong to Britain.

*cough*which it does*cough*