On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:44:29 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:20:34 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

polygonum wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:06:38 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:


Nope, nothing united about that particular kingdom.

Corse there isn't anything great about it either.

The "Great" refers to the largest of the British Isles - a purely
geographic term which has been manipulated and misinterpreted by many
to imply whatever they have wanted from time to time. So yes, it is
Great.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.


So great Britain is Scotland, England and Wales, plus possibly a few
more local islands like Orkney Shetlands and Isles of Wight and Man. Not
sure about the channel islands

Doesn't include the locval islands, apparently.


Agreed.

Wiki says this:

Great Britain (Welsh: Prydain Fawr, Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn Mhòr,
Cornish: Breten Veur, Scots: Great Breetain), also known as Britain, is an
island situated to the north-west of Continental Europe. It is the ninth
largest island in the world, the largest European island and the largest
of the British Isles. With a population of about 60.0 million people in
mid-2009, it is the third most populous island in the world, after Java
and Honshū. Great Britain is surrounded by over 1,000 smaller islands and
islets. The island of Ireland lies to its west. Politically, Great Britain
may also refer to the island itself together with a number of surrounding
islands which comprise the territory of England, Scotland and Wales

And, broadly, I agree.

--
Rod