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david.given · 04/15/2010, 04:11 pm

I've just preordered S&M season 3. Hurray!

However, I was slightly surprised to see that the country where I live, the United Kingdom, doesn't appear on the address drop-down list on the order page. Neither does 'Britain', which the UK is frequently called for short. I did eventually find 'Great Britain', but it did require a certain amount of lateral thinking to look under G for a country whose name begins with a U (or a B).

To be pedantic, Great Britain is the name of the biggest island in the archipelago called the British Isles, which contains two (approximately) nations: Ireland and the United Kingdom. But while Great Britain contains the large majority of the United Kingdom, it is not the name of the country.

While I'm aware that all the geography in the British Isles is funky (the island called Ireland contains a nation called Ireland and also a country called Northern Ireland which is part of the nation called the United Kingdom, which is in turn made up of four countries (three of which (England, Scotland and Wales) are (mostly) on the island called Great Britain), two bailiwicks and fourteen overseas territories, at the last count; plus there's the Isle of Man, which is just weird (it's owned wholly by the UK government but is not actually part of the UK (or even the EU), despite Manx citizens being considered also to be UK citizens. I think)), it would still be kinda nice to find my country filed under U where I expect it!

David E · 04/22/2010, 09:55 am

Yeah, we know, but the USPS doesn't, apparently. We get the country list from them, and it's not an easy thing to change from what I've heard. Sorry

david.given · 04/22/2010, 02:56 pm

Ah. That explains everything.

Well, never mind then --- I just brought it up in case it was an oversight. After all, it could be much worse: you could be calling the UK 'England'...

04/15/2010, 04:11 pm	#1
david.given Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 13	My country's not listed! I've just preordered S&M season 3. Hurray! However, I was slightly surprised to see that the country where I live, the United Kingdom, doesn't appear on the address drop-down list on the order page. Neither does 'Britain', which the UK is frequently called for short. I did eventually find 'Great Britain', but it did require a certain amount of lateral thinking to look under G for a country whose name begins with a U (or a B). To be pedantic, Great Britain is the name of the biggest island in the archipelago called the British Isles, which contains two (approximately) nations: Ireland and the United Kingdom. But while Great Britain contains the large majority of the United Kingdom, it is not the name of the country. While I'm aware that all the geography in the British Isles is funky (the island called Ireland contains a nation called Ireland and also a country called Northern Ireland which is part of the nation called the United Kingdom, which is in turn made up of four countries (three of which (England, Scotland and Wales) are (mostly) on the island called Great Britain), two bailiwicks and fourteen overseas territories, at the last count; plus there's the Isle of Man, which is just weird (it's owned wholly by the UK government but is not actually part of the UK (or even the EU), despite Manx citizens being considered also to be UK citizens. I think)), it would still be kinda nice to find my country filed under U where I expect it!

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04/22/2010, 09:55 am	#2
David E ¬¬ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Rafael, California, USA Posts: 703	Yeah, we know, but the USPS doesn't, apparently. We get the country list from them, and it's not an easy thing to change from what I've heard. Sorry

04/22/2010, 02:56 pm	#3
david.given Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 13	Ah. That explains everything. Well, never mind then --- I just brought it up in case it was an oversight. After all, it could be much worse: you could be calling the UK 'England'...