In article , Clive D. W. Feather
writes
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Martin Underwood writes
Ask a resident which county they live in and they'll
say "Berkshire" not "Windsor and Maidenhead" or "Bracknell Forest".
According to Simon Gardner who regularly posts in uk.local.thames-valley,
the strictly correct, hair-splitting answer to the question would be "I
don't" - because Bracknell Forest etc aren't even counties - they are
Unitary Authorities.

I haven't checked the case of Bracknell Forest, but the correct titles of
two other unitary authorities are the County of Peterborough and the
County of Southend-on-Sea.

Didn't know about Southend! It would have been nice if Peterborough
had gone back to the old designation of "The Soke of Peterborough"!

The there's the "City and County of the City of Bristol".......
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