Posted April 30, 2011 Great Britain is England Scotland and Wales... United kingdom is Great Britain + N. Ireland. i think anyway Yeah, that's right. I was about to protest at first, but then I looked it up. The United Kingdom and Great Britain have always been synonymous in my mind, so I figured I wouldn't be the only one to associate "Britain" and "British" with the United Kingdom in its entirety. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 30, 2011 There was an Ali G sketch where he asked some member of a party in Northern Ireland if he was Irish. He said he was British and Ali G asked if he was there on holiday :p People from Britain are British, people from Northern Ireland are Northern Irish, people from Ireland are Irish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 30, 2011 There was an Ali G sketch where he asked some member of a party in Northern Ireland if he was Irish. He said he was British and Ali G asked if he was there on holiday :p People from Britain are British, people from Northern Ireland are Northern Irish, people from Ireland are Irish. ye i agree but try telling that to some people I know lol. =P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 30, 2011 Great Britain is England Scotland and Wales... United kingdom is Great Britain + N. Ireland. i think anyway Yes, I saw an explanation for this once: Great Britain literally means the biggest island in the British Isles. Obviously that biggest landmass is England, Scotland and Wales, although I believe it can include small islands that are counties, such as the Isle of Wight. Great Britain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain British Isles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles UK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland So basically: Great Britain = biggest island British Isles = the group of islands United Kingdom = sovereign state Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) - Edited September 12, 2021 by Ville Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) Solved with a diagram (not mine, and they all disagree slightly, e.g. this may be more accurate): Anyway, I'm from England. Edited April 30, 2011 by Supergrunch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 30, 2011 Solved with a diagram (not mine, and they all disagree slightly, e.g. this may be more accurate): Anyway, I'm from England. No wonder people circumvent all of this classification and (annoyingly) say that the Republic of Ireland is UK :p Thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 30, 2011 Doesn't that say that Scotland contains England and Wales? Anyway, I'm from England too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 30, 2011 Doesn't that say that Scotland contains England and Wales? I assume it is meant to be circled. Though it is suggesting that England and Wales are part of the same. Which can technically be said to be correct, since Wales is a principality and not a country. But personally I think lumping England and Wales together kind of defeats the purpose of the diagram. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 30, 2011 Well in that diagram, set names are in red and set members are in blue, so it's just saying that Scotland is a member of Great Britain. Why they made a smaller nameless set containing England and Wales is unclear, but it could be for the reason Moogle gave. I don't see why that defeats the point of the diagram though - they're still two entities that are put in the same set. It is kind of inconsistent though, because they treat the Channel Islands (and the Isle of Man) differently. Edit: Also United Kingdom should be in red. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
