During a quiz, the question "In which country did Dracula live?" was asked. One person says Transylvania, another says Romania. Answer in quiz book was Transylvania. Cue big argument about what constitutes a country. (Because we were speaking about the fictional character but also the supposed historical inspiration, and thus not just about
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Nice to see you though, TGWBS. How's the study going?
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I like claiming that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland aren't actually countries, merely colonies of the English empire. Mainly to Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish friends. I'm not sure what the salient features of a country actually are. Wikipedia seems to say "something recognised as a country by other countries" which is about as unhelpful as you can get.
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What's the English empire? Never heard of it. What I have heard are lots of English greetin about how they are "run by Scots". It's a curious contradiction - you can't seem to figure out who's in charge.
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