On 01/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">William Anderson</b> <<a href="mailto:neuro@well.com">neuro@well.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
However, they do not translate to Scottish Council regions, which are<br>standard definitions for postal purposes as well as political.<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_areas_of_Scotland#Map">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_areas_of_Scotland#Map
</a><br><br>Therefore the more generic "region" would appear to me to be the safer<br>option. Also, for those living in cities, "county" would also be incorrect,<br>regardless of which part of the United Kingdom you were living in.
</blockquote><div><br>I personally live in the county of Cornwall and am always irritated by "state/province". We should have "county" for GB and let everyone else decide for themselves...<br>The only city on Great Britain which a county is not needed is London, which is a county all its own in some ways. Birmingham, for instance, is "Birmingham, West Midlands, <postcode>" as opposed to just "Birmingham <postcode>" although the Royal Mail is rather permissive in allowing people to omit counties for largest settlements.
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