Scotland does not exist according to eBay??

[strugglinlikeyou]

I have a mohair tam o'shanter and matching scarf made in Scotland.. 

I want to list Scotland as country of origin but it is not to found on drop down menu.

What kind of c**p is that?  Who has never heard of Scotland? Brunei Darussalama is an option but not Scotland?

[wastingtime101]

Scotland is part of United Kingdom, as is England, Wales and Northern Ireland. If it was made in Scotland, choose United Kingdom as the country of origin.

[slippinjimmy]

Maybe because it's not an independent country?

[ed8108]

Mention made in Scotland in your item description

[dhbookds]

England isn't listed either.........

[bennotbill]

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@dhbookds wrote:

England isn't listed either.........

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That reminded me of the bulletin board days. On one of those someone got worked up insisting there was no such country as England. According to them it was  just a language Americans spoke not a country.

Thankfully education has got a bit better - perhaps.

[mike_jayroe]

if England did not exist, where do they think the "English" language came from?

[a_c_green]

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@dhbookds wrote:

England isn't listed either.........

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...and don't even get me started about New Mexico!

[bennotbill]

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@mike_jayroe wrote:

if England did not exist, where do they think the "English" language came from?

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I remember that being put to them but you know how it is when someone digs their heels in. I think they said something along the lines of it's just the name given to the language.

I used to like the old pre-internet bulletin boards. They never failed to give me a smile and a laugh.

[mike_jayroe]

to a_c_green and bennotbill. 

I agree completely. I saw the New Mexico stuff on the news long ago.

I saw news stories where American college students see WWII (Roman numerals) , and they think it means world war eleven. When did the other nine world wars occur?

[meme6253]

I think it falls under Great Whisky!

[strugglinlikeyou]

Thanks all. My bad, I should have known better.  Scotland is not a sovereign country. 

Free Scotland from the British invaders!

[bennotbill]

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@strugglinlikeyou wrote:

Free Scotland from the British invaders!

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Yes it's a boring fact but Britain is the name of the island which Scotland is a part of. As Scotland are not invading themselves I guess you mean free Scotland from the English invaders.

Great Britain, British Isles, United Kingdom, confuses me and I live here.

[a_c_green]

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@bennotbill wrote:
Great Britain, British Isles, United Kingdom, confuses me and I live here.

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I always used to address greeting cards to the relatives back in "England," but in recent years I began to wonder why everyone else was sending to the "United Kingdom" instead, as if I somehow missed a memo on that.

I used to live near Loughborough, in Leicestershire. I think I was somewhere around 10 before I could spell it.

[evelyb30]

Now just try getting some Yank to pronounce either correctly!  Low-burrow Lester-sheer if this American remembers properly.  We have some Native American place names where I live, which give non-locals catfits.  I think it's universal.  As for Scotland, it's still part of the UK until pro-separation types get their way if that ever happens.