Counties of England Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk and Wiltshire. The County Football Associations are roughly based on English counties, with exceptions such as the combinations of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire and Leicestershire and Rutland. Counties of England The counties of England are areas used for different purposes, which include administrative, geographical, cultural and political demarcation. The term 'county' is not clearly defined and can apply to similar or the same areas used by each of these demarcation structures. These different types of county each have a more formal name but are commonly referred to just as 'counties'. The current arrangement is the result of
English As She Is Spoke it successfully, nobody can hope to produce its fellow; it is perfect." Stephen Pile mentions this work in "The Book of Heroic Failures" and comments: "Is there anything in conventional English which could equal the vividness of "to craunch a marmoset"?" The original has "to craunch the marmoset", an entry under the book's "Idiotisms and Proverbs". This is the author's attempt to translate the French slang idiomatic expression ', used to indicate "waiting patiently for someone to open a door", with ' referring to the "knocking" or "rapping" sound, and "marmot", a term for the grotesque door knockers in vogue