England must have disappeared along with several other countries I learned about when I was in school. I was very proud of the fact that I had memorized most of the countries of the world along with their locations. It began sometime back when I'd listen to the news and learn there was some incident in a country I had never heard of. And the more attention I paid I realized there was another planet with countries that weren't around when I was a young student. So now I have to get on the internet and find out what this new place is. Today I learned the difference between England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. I always did wonder why everything on the internet is U.K. And yes, there still is an England. I got it straightened out at
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/muk.html.
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