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Originally Posted by rubber soul
You could swim the English Channel, you know. Gertrude Ederle did it.
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Not if you can't swim.
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Originally Posted by Guybrush
From Iceland? 
Well, not if you're visiting the european countries Wales or Scotland.
Sorry for the nitpicks  |
Yeah sorry, I should say "the continent of Europe", to differentiate from all the countries, or as Slartibartfast put it in The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the little fiddly bits around the edges, that make up what's accepted to be Europe, or the European Union. Interestingly, Europe was originally known by three different names: the "Continent" (by those outside it), "The Common Market" and later the EEC, or European Economic Community.
Same way as we tend to say "Ireland" when we mean the Republic, or south of the border, and "The island of Ireland" when we mean the whole landmass.