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Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 16:30:13 on Tue, 29
Jun 2010, Graeme remarked:
Why do americans insist on calling britain "england"?

Is that North Americans or South Americans?


Maybe for the same reason Brits insist on calling the Netherlands
"Holland"?

In the latter case it doesn't help that the Dutch tourist office refers to
the country as Holland.

http://www.enjoyengland.com/

That site specifically restricts itself to England so your point is?

See also www.visitscotland.com and www.visitwales.co.uk not to mention
www.yorkshire.com!

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