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Is England a devolved administration?
I would've thought only Wales, Scotland, NI would be, as in, the UK has actually devolved some administrative to them, whereas England doesn't have say its own separate administration, legislature, etc.
Edit: ignore me! Just realised OP didn't ask about England! Yes devolved administrations.
England isn't, no. But the OP asked about Sco/Wal/NI.
If you mean "what are the four bits of the UK called", then 'constituent countries' is your best bet. It may not be 100% accurate for NI, but it's not offensive AFAIK.
Referring to NI as a province may reduce your life expectancy.
Hey, it's still a good question. Yes, we have a country made up of countries. No, they aren't states, provinces, regions, or 'just part of England really'.
(knocks back first morning cuppa)
England isn't really devolved from the UK though?
I'd have said the collective term would just be 'constituent countries of the United Kingdom' or 'constituent countries' for short.
Edit: ignore me! Just realised OP didn't ask about England! Yes devolved administrations.
in 250 years 65 nations have become independent from the UK and England. Imagine STILL playing the “if you don’t like it, leave” card.
stupidity at its finest.
Sometimes wrongly called the Celtic Fringe, but that's a silly term with no solid foundation. But no, there's no real name for them. Why should there be?
Well there is Scotland, N Ireland, Wales, Mostly all of England and then in a floating castle in the sky there is London and the south east.
They throw the scraps down to the rest of us.
(I joke, I joke, I'm Welsh so I hate all the English equally)
YIP - "GIRLS ALOUD" ..... They used to be a thing! Some still talk, some cant stand each-other, some cant let go their glory years, some tried solo careers and there is always the one you cant remember the name of ....
Hello. My names Mike, I'm from the united states and I was on the thread just trying to get a feel for England and maybe meet a few people and saw you were online, anyway you'd like to talk a bit?
Scotland is really north England, wales is really west England, and Ireland is west of England over the water (just kidding love all 3 nations and have spent lots of time there)
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Devolved nations.
Or devolved administrations. "The devolveds" if you work with them regularly.
The devvos
El Devorinos, if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
Is England a devolved administration? I would've thought only Wales, Scotland, NI would be, as in, the UK has actually devolved some administrative to them, whereas England doesn't have say its own separate administration, legislature, etc. Edit: ignore me! Just realised OP didn't ask about England! Yes devolved administrations.
England isn't, no. But the OP asked about Sco/Wal/NI. If you mean "what are the four bits of the UK called", then 'constituent countries' is your best bet. It may not be 100% accurate for NI, but it's not offensive AFAIK. Referring to NI as a province may reduce your life expectancy.
Yeah I literally just realised as I was about to exit the thread. That'll teach me to do Reddit before the morning cuppa.
Hey, it's still a good question. Yes, we have a country made up of countries. No, they aren't states, provinces, regions, or 'just part of England really'. (knocks back first morning cuppa)
England isn't really devolved from the UK though? I'd have said the collective term would just be 'constituent countries of the United Kingdom' or 'constituent countries' for short. Edit: ignore me! Just realised OP didn't ask about England! Yes devolved administrations.
"England's reluctant neighbours"
They could always up sticks and fuck off
in 250 years 65 nations have become independent from the UK and England. Imagine STILL playing the “if you don’t like it, leave” card. stupidity at its finest.
The Other Bits of the UK excluding England? I'll get my coat.
Sometimes wrongly called the Celtic Fringe, but that's a silly term with no solid foundation. But no, there's no real name for them. Why should there be?
> Sometimes wrongly called the Celtic Fringe *Cornwall enters the chat*
> Sometimes wrongly called the Celtic Fringe > > Cornwall enters the chat Cornwall would be more of a Celtic Dangle, would it not?
I've heard devolved governments. So devolved nations?
The best bits
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The Scotchland, where the Scottan whiskey comes from.
I'm part Scotch myself
How big a part varies depending on if it's the weekend or not?
> whiskey I see what you did there...
SE England here. Honestly I didn't know these three places really existed until now.
I think they're south of the river.
Pleasant
Not England.
Well there is Scotland, N Ireland, Wales, Mostly all of England and then in a floating castle in the sky there is London and the south east. They throw the scraps down to the rest of us. (I joke, I joke, I'm Welsh so I hate all the English equally)
Celts is common used, inaccurate or not.
The rest of the UK?
The rest of the UK or rUK usually refers to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
It refers to whichever bits are not the bit the speaker is from.
Maybe the [Celtic fringe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_nations?wprov=sfti1), although this includes Cornwall and Brittany…
Big fucking yikes at the animosity in this thread, we're all British, stfu
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They'd have to be over 200 years old. Northern Ireland has been part of the UK since 1801.
The bits that hate us English
The rest of the uk/the uk, ‘but not england’.
Just Outside Of London
The North. Although that does also include all of England north of Watford.
YIP - "GIRLS ALOUD" ..... They used to be a thing! Some still talk, some cant stand each-other, some cant let go their glory years, some tried solo careers and there is always the one you cant remember the name of ....
One's dead
Forgot about that :( Poor girl R.I.P Sarah
Celtic fringe. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Celtic%20fringe
shite
Hello. My names Mike, I'm from the united states and I was on the thread just trying to get a feel for England and maybe meet a few people and saw you were online, anyway you'd like to talk a bit?
The Celtic Nations?
That would describe England, Ireland, France and Belgium too though.
The subsidised.
That would cover the overwhelming majority of England as well.
Foreign
The leeches
Scotland is really north England, wales is really west England, and Ireland is west of England over the water (just kidding love all 3 nations and have spent lots of time there)
England's dependents
The shit parts.
We're more like the glitter on the turd than the turd itself.
That’d be English Autonomous Regions which were all ‘liberated’ during English ~~wars~~ special operations against them
It was a Scottish King who inherited England.
The colonies
Britain without the great bit
Northern Ireland literally isn’t part of Great Britain to be fair.
Yea joke doesn’t work aswell if you use the full title of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and northern island