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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

179. Here's looking at you, Brit...

According to some polls, it ranks in as the 3rd greatest natural wonder of Britain.

The point where it most closely approaches continental Europe is named after one William Shakespeare, who mentions it in King Lear, but perhaps its most iconic reference is in a World War II song, sung by Vera Lynn.

Interestingly enough, it is possibly the underlying reason for one of the archaic names of Britain.

What am I referring to? What archaic name?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

white cliff of dover

Smiegol said...

Yeah, it is the white cliffs of Dover.