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Question

Plz tell me what's the diff. btwn The British Isles, The Gr8 Britain, UK & England.Synonyms? And how do u address them - Brit, English, Briton, British??????
Thanx!

Answer 1

Great Britain is Scotland England and Wales, plus the surrounding Islands. Not Ireland (Eire) or Northern Ireland. The "Great " bit is not an arrogance but a relic of the Norman invasion. Grande Bretagne ( Big Brittainy ). Generally....Scots and Welsh like to be called Scots/Welsh. Protestant Northern Irish like to be called British and catholics Irish. English people will not take offence at either English or British.

Answer 2

Brit·ish Isles [bríttish lz]
group of islands in the northeastern Atlantic separated from mainland Europe by the North Sea and English Channel. It consists of the large islands of Great Britain and Ireland and almost 5,000 surrounding smaller islands and islets.

Great Brit·ain [grayt brítt’n]
the largest island of the British Isles in northwestern Europe. It includes England, Scotland, and Wales.

U·nit·ed King·dom [y ntəd kíngdəm]
constitutional monarchy in northwestern Europe, occupying the British Isles with the exception of most of the island of Ireland. It comprises the historic kingdoms of England and Scotland, the principality of Wales, and the province of Northern Ireland.
Language: English
Currency: pound sterling
Capital: London
Population: 59,778,002 (2002)
Area: 244,110 sq km/94,251 sq mi.
Official name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Eng·land [ínglənd]
country forming the southern and largest part of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom.
Capital: London
Population: 49,752,900 (1999)
Area: 130,410 sq km/50,352 sq mi.