Or the Channel Islands ^_^

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A jobsworth.  Someone who take their job so seriously they that apply the
rules to the ultimate degree. To vary it would be "more than my jobs worth."

Tweed

Oh no, don't do that - I think some folks in the Republic of Ireland
might have a bit of a problem with it <g>  Honestly, why do the
British have to make things so complicated ;)

(from Frank's Compulsive Guide to Postal Addresses, with references to
USPS, Royal Mail, and Canada Post, for those of us who are easily
confused (like me!)):

BRITAIN, the largest island in the archipelago just north of France;
the island of Britain contains three countries: ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and
WALES.

ENGLAND is one of the countries of Britain.

SCOTLAND is one of the countries of Britain.

WALES is one of the countries of Britain.

NORTHERN IRELAND is a jurisdiction having approximately the same
status as England, Scotland, and Wales, but on a different island.

The UNITED KINGDOM is the union of England, Scotland, Wales, and
Northern Ireland, including whatever islands are also included in
those countries. The full name of the United Kingdom is THE UNITED
KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND. The United Kingdom
itself is a country. Thus it is a country that is made up of four
countries. A country made of countries might seem a paradox, yet the
countries that make up the UK, especially England, Scotland, and
Wales, do not think of themselves as anything less; Scotland has its
own Parliament and banknotes, Wales has its own language and National
Assembly, all three have national identities going back more than a
thousand years, and the Encyclopedia Britannica calls them countries
(next item). Perhaps more to the point, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, and
NORTHERN IRELAND are listed in the USPS Index of Countries and
Localities. (According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term
UNITED KINGDOM was first used in 1801 and, until 1921, included
Ireland.)

GREAT BRITAIN is a term that means different things to different
people. Canada Post uses it as their only recognized name for the
United Kingdom. Webster's dictionary defines "Britain" as "the island
of Great Britain", and defines Great Britain as "(a) island comprising
England, Scotland, and Wales, or (b) United Kingdom" (which in turn is
defined to include Northern Ireland). The Encyclopedia Britannica says
"Technically, Great Britain is one of the two main islands that make
up the British Isles. By this definition it includes the countries of
England, Scotland, and Wales. Popularly, Great Britain is the
shortened name for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland." The OED says that Great Britain is "the whole island
containing England, Wales, and Scotland, with their dependencies".
William Wallace says, however, that the term "is actually a remnant of
the Norman Conquest times, and was used to distinguish between Large
Britain (Grande Bretagne) and Little Britain (Petite Bretagne,
Brittany). It has nothing to do with Empire or world domination and
simply refers to the time when the island was administered and fought
over by the French." In any case, the ambiguity of the term Great
Britain -- is it a country, an island, or a group of islands? --
suggests it is best avoided.

BRITTANY is a region and former province of northwestern of France,
mentioned here only to add to the confusion. It is home to the
Bretons, Britons who fled from the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain in
the 5th and 6th centuries and who renamed the place "Little Britain",
and who speak a Celtic language, also called Breton, similar to Welsh
and Cornish. The French name of Brittany is Bretagne; the Breton name
is Breiz. Bretagne became part of France in 1532. Some say that Breton
and Welsh fisherfolk can chat with each other in their closely related
languages.

The BRITISH ISLES is another unclear geographical term denoting
(according to both Webster and the OED) Great Britain, Ireland, and
the adjacent islands, including the Isle of Man and the Channel
Islands. Another term to avoid, since the Irish do not consider their
island a British isle. A better term would be "The Islands of Britain
and Ireland". BRITISH ISLES is sometimes used in postal addresses, but
only within the UK postal system, e.g. when sending mail from England
to the Isle of Man (the USPS does not recognize the term, and does not
need it, as explained below).

The CROWN DEPENDENCIES include the Isle of Man and the Channel
Islands, which are self-governing, and not part of the UK. Opinions
are divided as to whether these and other "adjacent islands" such as
the Scottish islands (Outer Hebrides) are also "British Isles" or part
of "Great Britain" (see conflicting definitions above).

The UNITED KINGDOM AND ISLANDS refers to England, Scotland, Wales,
Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands.

The BRITISH ISLANDS, as (re)defined in the Interpretation Act 1978, is
synonymous with UNITED KINGDOM AND ISLANDS. (But be careful: in the
Western Hemisphere, sometimes this term is used to refer to the
British Virgin Islands and possibly other Caribbean Commonwealth
countries such as Jamaica, Bahamas, and Bermuda, and territories such
as the Cayman Islands.)

The BRITISH EMPIRE is a historical term -- "The sun never sets on the
British Empire;" the monarch was "... Britt. Omn. Rex (or Regina) F.D.
et Ind. Imp." (King or Queen of All the Britons, Defender of the
Faith, and Emperor/Empress of India). Included in the British Empire,
at one time or another, were Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
parts of the USA; Guyana (as British Guyana), Belize (as British
Honduras), the British West Indies, Jamaica, Bermuda, the Bahamas;
Egypt, Iraq, Israel (as Palestine); Sri Lanka (as Ceylon), India, what
are now Pakistan and Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar (as Burma), Hong Kong,
Singapore, Malaysia (as Malaya), Brunei Darussalam, Malawi
(Nyasaland), South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe (as Rhodesia), Nigeria,
Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania (as Tanganyika and Zanzibar),
Uganda, ... you name it. Most of these countries gained their
independence after World War II (some earlier) but many of them
remained in the Commonwealth (next item).

THE COMMONWEALTH ("a unique family of 54 nations", formerly known as
the British Commonwealth) includes the United Kingdom, plus the Crown
Dependencies (the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man), plus former
colonies Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Bahamas, Barbados,
Jamaica, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Belize, Ghana, Grenada, Kenya,
Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, etc, as well as at least one country --
Moçambique (Mozambique) -- that was never a British colony. The
non-UK, non-Dependency parts of the Commonwealth do not use UK postal
codes because they are independent countries.

The BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES are Anguilla, Bermuda, British
Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin
Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat,
Pitcairn, Saint Helena and its Dependencies, South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Overseas
Territories are not members of the Commonwealth because they are not
independent countries. Each Overseas Territory is a separate
jurisdiction with its own postal addressing arrangements; some of them
participate in the UK postcode system.

IRELAND is an independent country, since the proclamation of the Irish
Republic in 1916 and the ensuing struggle. Prior to that Ireland was
ruled by England (and before that, like much of England itself, by
Vikings, but unlike England, never by the Romans or Normans).
Ireland's capital is Dublin. Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom
or the Commonwealth. IRELAND is also an island presently containing
two countries: IRELAND (ÉIRE) and NORTHERN IRELAND. Some might prefer
to say that IRELAND is an island and a country which happens, at
present, to be artificially divided.

ULSTER is a region (formerly a kingdom) containing all of NORTHERN
IRELAND, plus Counties Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan in IRELAND. Thus
contrary to popular belief, "Ulster" is not a proper synonym for
Northern Ireland.

Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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 Ahem.

 "United Kingdom of Great Britain, **Northern** Ireland, Wales and
Scotland".

 You do not want to start - err, continue - a war.

Well it was addressed to the intended recipient and had the correct country
named on it, & legibly printed on the computer and Waffles's picture did have a
short quote for the postman next to it ;-)

My three successfully get cards addressed to Waffles, Francis and Marble , rest
of location and variations of England, UK, United Kingdom and GB from various
parts of the globe that can be called "overseas" ;-)

Cheers, helen s

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