Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂApr 17, 2024
As every schoolchild knows, the United Kingdom is defined as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, while Britain is defined as England, Scotland, Wales and Chile
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/17/uks-native-poultry-under-threat-as-bird-flu-takes-hold-worldwide
#Araucana #NativeBreed #Grauniad
UK’s native poultry under threat as bird flu takes hold worldwide

Annual watchlist raises concern for native chicken, duck, geese and turkey populations as well as rare pig breeds

The Guardian
Show threadMrs Cloudy
@sinabhfuil every school child might know that first bit but the Guardian certainly does not. To them England = everything.
Apr 17, 2024 at 7:30amWeb
Show threadPetrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂApr 17, 2024
@CloudyMrs Still, thanks to the Grauniad for giving me a laugh, even while reading of a dread disease
Show threadPetrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂApr 17, 2024
@CloudyMrs Used to be that you hired a sub-editor for spotless grammar and a nuanced instinctive use of the same, plus a wide, wide, wide range of general knowledge; not so much now