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# b-b-b-but 'Britain' is just the shortened name for the Island of Great Britain
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:15, archived)
# I thought it was short for
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
(I helped save b3ta! Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:18, archived)
# I suppose it is too
perhaps we should just be Britland
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:26, archived)
# I thought Britain was short for
Britainianababababeebeebooh?
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:18, archived)
# 'Islands' surely?
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:20, archived)
# nope - just the big one that Scotland, England and Wales occupies
the rest is the British Isles (which includes the island of Ireland, which is where the countries of Northern Ireland and Ireland live)
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:25, archived)
# It was a genuine question, I honestly have no clue.
/not a native of these lands blog
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:27, archived)
# there is much confusion over the matter
from wherest doest thou hail?
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:28, archived)
# Just across the water, from
the lands of Nether. The northern (very VERY flat) bit.

(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:30, archived)
# another land of confusion to people
as I understand it, Holland is to the Netherlands as England is to the United Kingdom. Is that right?
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:35, archived)
# Well, it's two provinces, yes.
Noord & Zuid - can you possibly guess what that means? ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:41, archived)
# I looked this up on wikipedia once. it's...complicated:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_Isles_Euler_diagram.svg
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:29, archived)
# Good grief!
If it needs a Venn diagram to clarify it, it's evidently way too much for me!

;-)
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:31, archived)
# crumbs
but good diagram
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:37, archived)
# I thought Britain was short for
"It's not called GREAT Britian for nothing, y'know"
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:22, archived)
# actually
this IS the best option all round
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:25, archived)