DR> On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:23:40 Ward Dossche -> David Rance wrote:
DR>>> I then transferred the epithet to the coastline of Norfolk which is DR>>> crumbling away due to the sea ravaging it! It was intended to be DR>>> humorous!
WD>> And it was understood as such.
WD>> So are Great Britain and the United Kingdom not the same?
DR> No, they aren't. I think I've been asked this here in the past. Great DR> Britain applies only to the largest of the British Isles and therefore DR> it doesn't include Northern Ireland. The full title is "The United DR> Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
Sorry, I should have given you the answer I gave in the past which defines it better: Great Britain is a geographical entity whereas the United Kingdom is a political one. Therefore, even if Scotland secedes, Great Britain will still exist in the same form as it is today. (By the way, do you know where Little Britain is?)
In a more jocular vein, if Scotland succeeds in getting independence, I wonder whether we shall then be the Untied Kingdom (sic) (Ha! ha!).
I think I'm the first person to make that joke but I bet I wouldn't be the last! I ought to copyright it!
David
-- Formerly ICHTHUS (Reading) UK (1987-2007 R.I.P.) (2:292/854.110)
