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I know. I'm British... I used that form of words because, for most readers, the term "Great Britain" isn't well defined, and is often incorrectly taken to deno
by andyjohnson0 13y ago
I know. I'm British...
I used that form of words because, for most readers, the term "Great Britain" isn't well defined, and is often incorrectly taken to denote the same entity as the "The UK". I also don't like the "Great" prefix because it appears aggrandising, even though the derivation [1] disproves that.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain#Derivation_of_.22Great.22 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain#Derivation_of_.22...
- gadders 13y agoFair enough, but there are plenty of people that don't know.