Ralph, On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 15:22 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > You've confused me and at the risk of starting the argument you want > > to avoid, isn't UK short for 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and > > Ireland', i.e., everything except the republic of Ireland. Doesn't > > this imply that UK==GB?? > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_%28terminology%29 > but briefly: > > GB (Geographical) is largest island of the British Isles archipelago, > Ireland is the second largest. > > GB (Political) is England, Wales, and Scotland. > > So GB never includes Northern Ireland although that is part of the UK. And the clue is the name I quoted above! Must remember to use brain more:-) And the channel Islands and the Isle of Man for that matter? Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
