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Great Britain - which countries does it include?


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Decorator
  Sep 7, 06, 10:26  #31

I'm not a Painter either shell my dear, I'm an Interior Decorator qualified in design too.. And listen to you.. trying to put down peoples careers. Many of the Polish men that work around me are those POXY PINTERS...your so shallow and transparent you thick twat.!! You need to go out and get laid, your frigidity is shocking Shell..

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Decorator
  Sep 7, 06, 10:28  #32

Put your picture in then Shell... or are you frightened you'll cause widespread online illness!

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plg
  Sep 7, 06, 10:33  #33

ok this is what i would call a lot of gobbledegook

the link is especially bolo

and who says n.ireland is part of england

mainland great britain>england,scotland and wales <<<this is the united kingdom

britain >>england, scotland, wales and n. ireland.

any questions

oh and krysia thanks for making me jealous

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Decorator
  Sep 7, 06, 10:34  #34

Quoting: Decorator, Post #31
POXY PINTERS


Oops PAINTERS see Shell you get me all excited i can't even type...

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Wroclaw
  Sep 7, 06, 10:36  #35

Painting = the first thing you learn at school.

Interior Design = white walls and a good look through the Ikea catalogue.

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plg
  Sep 7, 06, 10:39  #36

whats that got to do with g.britain

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Decorator
  Sep 7, 06, 10:42  #37

Painting makes Britain look Great!!

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Wroclaw
  Sep 7, 06, 10:43  #38

No idea. It's just the way the thread was going.

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ola123 [Guest]
Edited by: ola123  Sep 7, 06, 10:53  #39

Quoting: plg, Post #33
mainland great britain>england,scotland and wales <<<this is the united kingdom

britain >>england, scotland, wales and n. ireland.


So:

Great Britain > United Kingdom

GB - NI = UK

British are: scottish, english, welsh and northern irish but no irish

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plg
Edited by: plg  Sep 7, 06, 11:08  #40

ola you seem very concerned about this lol

but if you asked 50 per cent of the people on this island which consists of england, scotland, wales . they would probably give you a different interpretation

so...........

yes british are scottish and english and northern ireland. i dont actually think you will get any people from n. ireland saying they are irish.

sorry but i have to change what i said

great britain> england, scotland , wales and n. ireland ,wales << united kingdom

mainland britain which is an island> england, wales, scotland
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i always thought that united kingdom and great britain were just the same

if you really want to know exactly i will look it up for you ]

get back to me please

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ola123 [Guest]
  Sep 7, 06, 11:15  #41

Yeah I really would like to know what is GB and UK and whats the difference.

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Shelley [Guest]
  Sep 7, 06, 11:16  #42

Quoting: Decorator, Post #31
I'm not a Painter either shell my dear, I'm an Interior Decorator qualified in design too.. And listen to you.. trying to put down peoples careers. Many of the Polish men that work around me are those POXY PINTERS...your so shallow and transparent you thick twat.!! You need to go out and get laid, your frigidity is shocking Shell..


Now who's the oaf? nice use of the English language!!!

As for many of the Polish men being painters, hummm that they might be in the UK but when they go back home they're probably educated for -l ets say- middle management - hummm lets see you're fit for painting a wall oh sorry interior design - oh!!! they let you chose the colours!!!

Fridigid??? I don't remember ever talking about my private life on here and certainly wouldn't have spoken about my sex life.

As for the whole picture thing, it's not my thing, I'm quite a private person and have no intention of puting my picture on the web...that's not saying there is anything wong with doing so, it's just not my thing.

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plg
  Sep 7, 06, 11:17  #43

ok ola i will look into and tell you later

look out for post please

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Simuk [Guest]
  Sep 7, 06, 11:25  #44

here you go ....

Great Britain is an island lying off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe and to the east of Ireland, comprising the main territory of the United Kingdom. Great Britain is also used as a geopolitical term describing the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales, which together comprise the entire island and some outlying islands.

United Kingdom is a country and sovereign state which lies off the northwest coast of mainland Europe. Its territory and population are primarily situated on the island of Great Britain and in Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland. On Ireland, Northern Ireland has a land border with the Republic of Ireland to the south.

So in short .. Great Britain is England , Scotland , Wales due to all being part of the same island
United Kingdom is the same as above plus Nothern island due more to Sovereignty

hope this helps

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plg
  Sep 7, 06, 11:30  #45

i think thats i was thinking

yes thats perfect

but i will look into it also

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Decorator
  Sep 7, 06, 11:32  #46

I think Shell works in Lidl

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ola123 [Guest]
Edited by: ola123  Sep 7, 06, 11:36  #47

Ok but the problem is that, as Shelley wrote, northen irish have british passports but NI isnt a part of GB according to your sources Simuk. Are they just called british because they belong to UK but in fact they shouldnt be called british because they dont belong to Great Britain?

Or maybe all UK members are called british.

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myself [Guest]
Edited by: myself  Sep 7, 06, 12:06  #48

According to what i read on wikipedia, british has many meanings as geographical, political, historical, or ethnological.

In geographical meaning, usually what british is, someone or something from the island of Great Britain, or less frequently from the UK or British Isles.

In political meaning, it can be a person from the UK (NI and GB).

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ola123 [Guest]
  Sep 7, 06, 12:10  #49

I see

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quando [Guest]
  Sep 7, 06, 14:03  #50

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plg
  Sep 7, 06, 14:05  #51

ola123

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krysia
  Sep 7, 06, 14:16  #52

Quoting: plg, Post #51
ola123


Leave ola123 alone. She's too smart for you. She knew right away what this "plg" thing stands for.

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plg
Edited by: plg  Sep 7, 06, 14:25  #53

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

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plg
  Sep 7, 06, 14:47  #54

Ok but the problem is that, as Shelley wrote, northen irish have british passports but NI isnt a part of GB according to your sources Simuk. Are they just called british because they belong to UK but in fact they shouldnt be called british because they dont belong to Great Britain?

Or maybe all UK members are called british.

that is good point. it is the united kingdom of great britain and northern irleland ( that is the full name for this topic of " debate"..........yes

my passport is " united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland" ( and i'm scottish)

if your from northern..reland your passport is " THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND


because as we have now established both scotland and northern ireland a long with wales and england are part of the UNITED KINGDOM. so everyone from northern ireland , england, wales and scotland's passport will be the same

they dont have british passports . they have uk --understand
because on our passports it says great britain and NORTHERN IRELAND (united kingdon of )
though it is the other way round.

i do know some people from n.ireland who call themselves british. not irish.
but this is not technically right.

and the queen is the head of state for the united kingdon of great britian and northern ireland.

any other questions Ola

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plg
  Sep 7, 06, 14:53  #55

and krysia there is no way Ola is too intelligent for me

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ola123 [Guest]
  Sep 7, 06, 15:25  #56

Quoting: ola123, Post #10
GB = England + Scotland + Wales
UK = GB + NI


So it looks I was right on the first page.

Thanks plg, intersting reading, this is quite complicated but interesting. I think NI complicates everything .

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plg
  Sep 7, 06, 15:50  #57

Quoting: ola123, Post #56
Quoting: ola123, Post #10
GB = England + Scotland + Wales
UK = GB + NI


no it is not complicated, it's all very elementary my dear Ola

Quoting: ola123, Post #56
Quoting: ola123, Post #10
GB = England + Scotland + Wales
UK = GB + NI

whats difficult to understand now.

and the reason ireland is separated is religion. thats another complication im afraid

and the pleasure's all mine

anything else

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Shelley [Guest]
  Sep 8, 06, 05:51  #58

Well we can pretty much blame England for that because if Henry VIII hadn't introduced the Church of England then it could have been avoided!

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WarLord [Guest]
  Sep 8, 06, 19:45  #59

All I know about Britain, Is that the great Authorious was from there.(Knights Of The Round Table During The Darkages). Awsome History.

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krysia
  Sep 8, 06, 19:59  #60

Oh come on Warlord, I think you know more than that.
Ever heard of Princess Diana? How about the "Beatles"? Ever had an english muffin?

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