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Are Great Britain, the UK and British Isles all on the same?

Postby Mr. T » Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:50 pm

Confused?

If so you are not alone and it is extremely doubtful whether the majority of the people living in the British Isles know the differences either.

First think what are the answers to all of the questions below and then look at the answers which follow.

A. Which countries make up Great Britain?

B. Which countries make up the United Kingdom or are they the same?

C. The British Isles are comprised of ?












ANSWERS

A. England, Scotland & Wales

B. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

C. The whole of Great Britain, the whole of Ireland i.e the Republic of Ireland and Northern Island, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands plus about another 5000 small and not so small islands.

Award yourself the 'Clever Clog' medal if you got all 3 questions correct.

But do you know whether the people of Northern Ireland are British?
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Postby suegwyn » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:49 pm

I would say yes
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Re: Are Great Britain, the UK and British Isles all on the s

Postby Oracle » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:26 pm

Mr. T wrote:Confused?

If so you are not alone and it is extremely doubtful whether the majority of the people living in the British Isles know the differences either.

First think what are the answers to all of the questions below and then look at the answers which follow.

A. Which countries make up Great Britain?

B. Which countries make up the United Kingdom or are they the same?

C. The British Isles are comprised of ?












ANSWERS

A. England, Scotland & Wales

B. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

C. The whole of Great Britain, the whole of Ireland i.e the Republic of Ireland and Northern Island, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands plus about another 5000 small and not so small islands.

Award yourself the 'Clever Clog' medal if you got all 3 questions correct.

But do you know whether the people of Northern Ireland are British?


But do you know that English has linguistic rules about when to use Capital letters? :lol:

So do you live in the south?
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Postby paul1978 » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:03 pm

South has capital
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Postby Oracle » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:28 pm

Really?

Universally or noun specific?
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Postby paul1978 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:18 am

universally of course :lol:
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Postby denizaksulu » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:46 am

paul1978 wrote:South has capital



How much capital? :?
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Re: Are Great Britain, the UK and British Isles all on the s

Postby denizaksulu » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:48 am

Oracle wrote:
Mr. T wrote:Confused?

If so you are not alone and it is extremely doubtful whether the majority of the people living in the British Isles know the differences either.

First think what are the answers to all of the questions below and then look at the answers which follow.

A. Which countries make up Great Britain?

B. Which countries make up the United Kingdom or are they the same?

C. The British Isles are comprised of ?












ANSWERS

A. England, Scotland & Wales

B. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

C. The whole of Great Britain, the whole of Ireland i.e the Republic of Ireland and Northern Island, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands plus about another 5000 small and not so small islands.

Award yourself the 'Clever Clog' medal if you got all 3 questions correct.

But do you know whether the people of Northern Ireland are British?


But do you know that English has linguistic rules about when to use Capital letters? :lol:

So do you live in the south?



Where is Northern Island? I must have missed it in my geography lessons when I was ten.
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Re: Are Great Britain, the UK and British Isles all on the s

Postby Oracle » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:31 am

denizaksulu wrote:
Oracle wrote:
Mr. T wrote:Confused?

If so you are not alone and it is extremely doubtful whether the majority of the people living in the British Isles know the differences either.

First think what are the answers to all of the questions below and then look at the answers which follow.

A. Which countries make up Great Britain?

B. Which countries make up the United Kingdom or are they the same?

C. The British Isles are comprised of ?












ANSWERS

A. England, Scotland & Wales

B. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

C. The whole of Great Britain, the whole of Ireland i.e the Republic of Ireland and Northern Island, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands plus about another 5000 small and not so small islands.

Award yourself the 'Clever Clog' medal if you got all 3 questions correct.

But do you know whether the people of Northern Ireland are British?


But do you know that English has linguistic rules about when to use Capital letters? :lol:

So do you live in the south?



Where is Northern Island? I must have missed it in my geography lessons when I was ten.


It's Britain and Ireland for C.

Anyway what's Mr T's point? :? There is also a South Africa! Those are proper nouns (i.e. names of specific places).

What there is not, is a South Cyprus or an East Cyprus etc. ....
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Postby denizaksulu » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:39 pm

..but a northern and southern administration? :lol:


Feeling any better?
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