Today's Uselsess Fact 7.13

The official name of the U.K. is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland." It is the second longest county name being forty-eight
letters. The longest name belongs to "Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah
ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma" ,also known as Libya, being
sixty-three letters.

Now, is this useless or not? lol

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AZ

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:45:47 -0500, "AZ" <zikra.nospam@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>The official name of the U.K. is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and
>Northern Ireland." It is the second longest county name being forty-eight
>letters. The longest name belongs to "Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah
>ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma" ,also known as Libya, being
>sixty-three letters.
>
>Now, is this useless or not? lol

Possibly not useless to those in the UK and Libya. But for me? Yep,
useless. But interesting. Thanks!
Sue

On Jul 13, 11:45�am, "AZ" <zikra.nos...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The official name of the U.K. is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and
> Northern Ireland." It is the second longest county name being forty-eight
> letters. �The longest name belongs to "Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyahal Libiyah
> ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma" �,also known as Libya, being
> sixty-three letters.
>
> Now, is this useless or not? �lol
>
> --
> AZ

Gee golly, AZ. It's just the sort of useless fact that will keep me
awake for countless weeks, months, years even, wondering why these
country's populaces put up with such names that no longer have much
meaning, and the second one is next to impossible to spell. Didn't
England have a bit of a dust up over its claim to Northern Ireland?
How did that ever tturn out, or is it still on the back burner? And I
would really like to know who exactly this Uzma is, and why would he
want his name attached to a country that is almost all desert?

I don't suppose that's an alternative spelling for Ozma who, as we all
know, is the beautiful and powerful Princess of Oz.

See what I mean? It might even drive me back to smoking. Heh, heh!

Joyce
10 years and a lot more

Oh shit. Nooooooo. No smoking. I looked it up for you, and I found out -
get this - Uzma is not somebody's name. In Arabic it means "The greatest"
so there ya go, Joyce. please don't smoke. lol

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AZ
"kestrel" <joyhton@aol.com> wrote in message
news:505cec87-79aa-4bc4-b1f2-db1bd4787935@d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 13, 11:45?am, "AZ" <zikra.nos...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The official name of the U.K. is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and
> Northern Ireland." It is the second longest county name being forty-eight
> letters. ?The longest name belongs to "Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al
> Libiyah
> ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma" ?,also known as Libya, being
> sixty-three letters.
>
> Now, is this useless or not? ?lol
>
> --
> AZ

Gee golly, AZ. It's just the sort of useless fact that will keep me
awake for countless weeks, months, years even, wondering why these
country's populaces put up with such names that no longer have much
meaning, and the second one is next to impossible to spell. Didn't
England have a bit of a dust up over its claim to Northern Ireland?
How did that ever tturn out, or is it still on the back burner? And I
would really like to know who exactly this Uzma is, and why would he
want his name attached to a country that is almost all desert?

I don't suppose that's an alternative spelling for Ozma who, as we all
know, is the beautiful and powerful Princess of Oz.

See what I mean? It might even drive me back to smoking. Heh, heh!

Joyce
10 years and a lot more

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:37:27 -0700 (PDT), kestrel <joyhton@aol.com>
wrote:

>On Jul 13, 11:45?am, "AZ" <zikra.nos...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The official name of the U.K. is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and
>> Northern Ireland." It is the second longest county name being forty-eight
>> letters. ?The longest name belongs to "Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah
>> ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma" ?,also known as Libya, being
>> sixty-three letters.
>>
>> Now, is this useless or not? ?lol
>>
>> --
>> AZ
>
>Gee golly, AZ. It's just the sort of useless fact that will keep me
>awake for countless weeks, months, years even, wondering why these
>country's populaces put up with such names that no longer have much
>meaning, and the second one is next to impossible to spell. Didn't
>England have a bit of a dust up over its claim to Northern Ireland?
>How did that ever tturn out, or is it still on the back burner? And I
>would really like to know who exactly this Uzma is, and why would he
>want his name attached to a country that is almost all desert?
>
>I don't suppose that's an alternative spelling for Ozma who, as we all
>know, is the beautiful and powerful Princess of Oz.

Aha. Someone (else) who knows Oz!
Sue

>
>See what I mean? It might even drive me back to smoking. Heh, heh!
>
>Joyce
>10 years and a lot more