I’d like to be misquoted, please.
Certainly sir. Have you been here before?
No, I haven’t, this is my first time.
I see. Well, do you want to have just one misquote, or were you thinking of taking a course?
Glad to be of service. Now take back what you said about badgers.
Help Matron ! I’m being badgered !!!..
“Look, if we built this large wooden badger…”
I think you’re missing a small point. It is not so much that people would get offended, it is just incorrect. Just as Cuba is not part of the USA. Britain, or Great Britain is an actual political and geographical place. The United Kingdom(UK) is the name of the nation.
This is not to say that people don’t refer to it as Britain, Great Britain, and many times, England. But in reality, those names do not include Northern Ireland. I don’t think most people would correct you in the real world, but hey, this is the SDMB.
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