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Originally Posted by andyc
A note to Aussies... referring to us as "English", or the whole UK as "England" generally offends us Scots, as well as the Welsh and Irish, though I'm sure those people who are actually from the part of Britain that is England don't mind so much. "Britain" and "British" are usually fine (and certainly are to me), though it might depend upon which flavour of Irishman you're talking to!  Clear as mud? 
Whatever the country name, it's a long way from here, and usually rains a lot more! |
My maternal grandparents, one from Auchinleck and the other from Cambuslang, called it 'the old country', a name which used to be widely used even by Australian born descendents of the British Isles.
I have seen UMa and the big dipper from northern Australia but from here, with Sydney to my north, it isn't even on my radar. Coma Berenices is even too far north to be well seen.