Quoting: ola123, Post #1
OK I have a question, its not connected wit Poland really but since this forum has so many visitors from Isles, they can explain me this:
What is Great Britain? Does GB include: England, Scotland, Wales, NI? How about Ireland? Can I call english, scottish etc british or only english are british? When I think about Isles should I say that bigger Island is GB and smaller one Ireland? I never really understood this.
i will keep it simple Ola, but i think the question has been answered now. ask me again is still not sure.
great britain or britain or mainland britain ( whichever way you put it, though it's refered to as Britain my most people) is england, scotland and wales and a couple of surrounding smaller isles. not ireland or the isle of man or jersey. and you can call all these people british
it was THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND ( both north and south )1801 and THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 1922...
united kingdom consisting chiefly of the island of great britain(england,scotland,wales) and northern ireland.
it became the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland in 1921 after the rest of ireland became autonomous as the irish free state.
autonomous=possessing a large degree of self-government or independant of others.
the united kingdom in this case
has that cleared it up for you Ola
if not just say xxxxxxx