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Euler diagram of the terminology of the British Isles (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 10 months ago by lars@lemmy.sdf.org to c/dataisbeautiful@lemmy.ml

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[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And in the US, there’s definitely a subset that believes England means Great Britain or even the United Kingdom.

Same folks that referred to the entire USSR as Russia, probs.

[–] pickscrape@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

There are plenty of people in the US that refer to England as "London".

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Using any country's capital as shorthand for its current government is a common form of metonymy to be fair!

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago

That’s one of my favorite nyms

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And there are plenty of people in russia who think everything that was ever USSR should be russia.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago

It's basically the same argument Argentina has about the Falkland Islands. When Argentina was part of the Spanish empire the Falkland Islands were part of the empire, not that the Spanish did anything with the islands. But at no time in history has Argentina existed as an independent country and has had ownership of the islands.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

& vers vicea