"Spiv" wrote in message
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Spiv" wrote in message
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Failed. Not so.


It depends on one's point of view. The UK is a bit smaller than the
state
of
Oregon, and there are eight US states larger than Oregon. From a US
perspective, the UK is small.

My God, where do they come from? By Dutch standards it is big. The UK is
nor small.

Not only is the UK small, it is tiny. It is only 1.4% the size of Russia.