Hi, Olly wrote: > On 02/10/06, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom > > also brings in Northern Ireland and represents the territory > > governed by those merry folks in Westminster.
Since we're being a bit pedantic in the first place can I just repeat that according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_%28terminology%29 there are two definitions of Great Britain, the geographical and the political. The geographical Great Britain is the biggest island, so it doesn't include the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, etc., which are part of the political Great Britain. > Here's my favourite clarification... > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/British_Isles_Venn_Diagram_en.svg Assuming that's the same as http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/British_Isles_Venn_Diagram.png then it seems wrong and contradicts their text. Great Britain occurs only once, as a geographical entity, and encompasses the England, Scotland, and Wales political entities. Cheers, Ralph. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
