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Old 16-05-2006, 13:05   #30
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Re: What it means to be British..

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Originally Posted by talentedbutslow
I was taught at school....Great Britain was England,Wales,Scotland and Northern Ireland.......wonder if ACCY grammar got it wrong?
It did. Great Britain is ESW only. The United Kingdom is that of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The British Isles are the Islands of Britain & Ireland, irrespective of the political division on the latter.
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