Posted by Brad H on January 04, 2007 at 02:30:37 from 132.181.5.153 user REGY102.
In Reply to: Britain was Re: Grammar posted by Brad H on January 02, 2007 at 03:38:15:
Well, my query did bring about some degree of response.
Grinding through it all and into the little byways such as The Irish Question and the 6 counties and all that sort of thing I think I have really learnt something which quite surprises me :
It appears that "Britain" (unadorned - not Great, not UK of, not -ish Isles) is the area composed of "Great Britain" and Brittany - how amazing! Perhaps I didn't interpret correctly what I read but ...
(Not of course that someone from Brittany would call themselves British.)