On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:11:41 +0000, Charles Ellson
wrote:

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:08:14 -0000, "John Rowland"
wrote:

solar penguin wrote:

IMHO "Is Edinburgh in Glasgow?" is a valid question, even though the
answer is "No."

Quite. After all, the City Of Westminster is in London.

Or (in another context) isn't, but Edinburgh is not in any way within
Glasgow. Bearing in mind that a lot of these questions come from
nationals of a country where for much of the population the next state
is "here be dragons" territory (see also traditional references
concerning "Watford" and "Calais"), it is no surprise that they are
asked.

When I first arrived on this side of the pond I got so many "are you
English? I went there for my vacation". "Oh, where did you go?"
"Edingurgh".

Also from a waiter in a cheap restaurant "I can't place the accent but
you speak English real good for a foreigner". "Thank you, you speak it
really well for an American".