Mat <Ask@me> wrote:

> Yeah everyone has to have a rival of some sort. I see it in
> Canada and the US as well.
>
> England and Wales, England and Scotland, England and Ireland
> [north and south], England and the Channel Islands, England and
> France, England and Germany, England and Australia. ;-P

These are other cases than mine. England vs. France (or Canada vs.
US) are countries of roughly the same size, while my examples are
typical for condescending "big brothers".

M.