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Most British people would struggle to tell you the difference between Great Britain and the UK.
by alexchamberlain 14y ago
Most British people would struggle to tell you the difference between Great Britain and the UK.
- aes256 14y agoThen again, I think a fair number of Brits would state Northern Ireland (the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom) is part of Great Britain
- alexchamberlain 14y agoYou've also got the Channel Islands, and the Isles of Mann and Wight to contend with. Then there's the fact that one is a political union and one a union under the monarch... something like that anyway.
- lucaspiller 14y agoThis video explains all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
- arethuza 14y agoI was unaware that the Isle of Wight had any unusual political status....
- alexchamberlain 14y agoYou are indeed correct; it's just a county of England.
- arethuza 14y agoThat's a shame, I was hoping for some amusement along the lines of Berwick upon Tweed still fighting the Crimean War with the Russian Empire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed#Relations_with_Russia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed#Relations_wi...
- crucialfelix 14y ago> Most English people would struggle to tell you the difference between Great Britain and the UK. FTFY
- lessnonymous 14y agoAs most British people are English, if the percentage of unaware English people is high enough, then most British people would be unaware :-D
- crucialfelix 14y agoDrat, once again foiled by logic.