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The end of the original article mentions that he is talking about England as opposed to Wales. Your article only mentions Wales.

Good point.

Wow, that's a great photo.

I grew up in Wicklow town and we could see Wales occasionally. If my dad said "you can see Wales today" what he was really saying was "the weather's great today".

Wow, that's mind-blowing. It does seem so romantic, to consider how people might have imagined a far away land.

Snowdonia is in Wales, not England.

And should really be called Eryri. But, point accepted.

Not in English, it isn’t.

Beijing or Peking...?

Beijing = Northern Chinese pronunciation

Peking = Southern Chinese pronunciation

But neither one is something we can pronounce correctly anyway, I suppose.

Well then, Florence or Firenze?

Greece or Ελλάδα;

Japan or 日本国

Beijing and Peking are different romanizatiins of 北京

Beijing is Pinyin and Peking is Wade-giles

Both are pronounced the same way

Well, you're one for three. Beijing and Peking are different romanizations of 北京. It is not true that beijing is pinyin and peking is Wade-Giles, nor is it true that they are pronounced the same way.

Wade-Giles would be pei-ching. (Pinyin is indeed beijing.)