Posted by Adam Quinan on January 07, 2007 at 10:28:18 from 74.103.34.126 user Adam.
In Reply to: Well where are we? - Re: Britain posted by Brad H on January 07, 2007 at 08:12:22:
If we are referring to modern events in the news, Britain is generally used as a shorthand for the UK of GB&NI. As in "Britain's economy is in a depression". However, in different contexts, it can mean something else. Sometimes the island of Great Britain, "Britain is larger than Ireland". So the reason there is waffling is because the word does not have a single fixed meaning for all occasions.