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Old 08-08-2012, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak View Post
Great Britain = England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales (and amended by yours truly).

Not so sire. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland treats Northern Ireland as part of the UK, but not of Great Britain.
Odds bodkins, sirrah! Verily and forsooth! Isn't that what I said?

Of course, we're both wrong because we're forgetting the Orkneys, the Scilly Isles, the Isle of Wight and a couple of others (but not including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.)

John
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