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| From | "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: [OT] 44 countries |
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english |
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| Organization | Eweka Internet Services |
| Date | 2026-07-03 09:59 +0000 |
Hibou wrote:
> Le 03/07/2026 à 08:09, Steve Hayes a écrit :
> > athel.cb@gmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > What about Gibraltar? Is it a country? (I've counted the
> > > Vatican, but it's not everyone's idea of a country.
> > > Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein and San Marino obviously
> > > count.)
> > >
> > > What about Kosovo? Is it a country? Come to that, what
> > > about Abkhazia and Transnistria?
> > >
> > > What about Malta, Cyprus and Iceland? Countries, yes, but
> > > are they in Europe?
> >
> > England, Scotland, ?Ireland and wales? Man? Jersey, Guernsey?
>
> Yes, what is a country? The UK is a country, and so are
> Scotland, England, Wales, and Ireland. Does that make five?
John Lennon liked to imagine there were no countries... (It
isn't hard to do.)
> It might make more sense to talk about sovereign states
> ('sovereign' poses a problem if they're members of the EU,
> though).
The EU becomes the sovereign part on the aspects of sovereignty
that are shared within the EU.
Ireland recently had a fuel crisis (Thanks Donald) yet the
government stated it needed EU approval to reduce the excise
duty on fuel at Irish pumps as it's the EU sets the minimum
levels for excise duties, which member states have to adhere to.
So Ireland was not a sovereign state on that issue.
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[OT] 44 countries athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-02 15:43 +0000
Re: [OT] 44 countries wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-07-02 17:56 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-07-02 18:01 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-02 16:24 +0000
Re: [OT] 44 countries Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-02 19:03 +0100
Re: [OT] 44 countries Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-02 20:08 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-02 18:55 +0000
Re: [OT] 44 countries Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-02 22:14 +0100
Re: [OT] 44 countries wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-07-02 23:41 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) - 2026-07-03 01:07 +0000
Re: [OT] 44 countries Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-07-03 10:08 +0100
Re: [OT] 44 countries nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 11:48 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-07-05 16:45 +1000
Re: [OT] 44 countries occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-05 09:13 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-03 12:14 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 11:16 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-07-03 09:59 +0000
Re: [OT] 44 countries occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-03 08:28 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-03 09:09 +0100
Re: [OT] 44 countries "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-07-03 09:59 +0000
Re: [OT] 44 countries Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-03 20:10 +0100
Re: [OT] 44 countries Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-07-04 06:57 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-04 09:50 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-04 19:31 +0100
Re: [OT] 44 countries occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-05 08:50 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries HVS <office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2026-07-04 16:20 +0100
Re: [OT] 44 countries occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-03 08:46 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-03 08:22 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-07-03 09:09 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-03 09:09 +0100
Re: [OT] 44 countries nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 11:48 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-03 12:00 +0000
Re: [OT] 44 countries nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 22:08 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-03 21:30 +0000
Re: [OT] 44 countries nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-04 11:16 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-07-03 09:59 +0000
Re: [OT] 44 countries nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 15:58 +0200
Re: [OT] 44 countries athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-03 14:11 +0000
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