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| − | The original motto, used since the time of William Wallace, was "Gie ye the Boak" ("Give all to the task") but it was changed during the visit of George IV to Scotland in 1822 at the | + | The original motto, used since the time of William Wallace, was "Gie ye the Boak" ("Give all to the task") but it was changed during the visit of George IV to Scotland in 1822 at the monarch's request. |
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Revision as of 21:58, March 23, 2007
Scotland is the second largest country of the United Kingdom; about three-eighths the size of its larger neighbour England.
Merger with England
After the death of Queen Elizabeth I of England, James VI of Scotland ascended to the Throne of England, becoming James I of Great Britain. This is referred to as the Union of the Crowns.
Fame
Scotland is famous for its disproportionate amount of inventions and discoveries (as immortalised in Wha's Like Us), its world class universities, the Scottish Enlightenment, being the first country to adopt English as its official language decades before England, being the first industrial nation while still preserving some of the last great wildernesses of Europe, and being the home of golf.
The symbol of Scotland is the thistle.
Scotland's motto is Nemo me impune lacessit ("No-one provokes me with impunity")[1] which translates as `Wha daur meddle wi` me` in Lallans. The original motto, used since the time of William Wallace, was "Gie ye the Boak" ("Give all to the task") but it was changed during the visit of George IV to Scotland in 1822 at the monarch's request.
