When I tried to track my ancestry, I found that one of my GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT... (actually, I'm not so sure how many great there are) grandfather was from GREAT Britain. That's why now I'm kinda curious about it. My ancestor there was also a scientist... an alchemist or kind of that.
If I had the chance, I want to visit my distand homeland. I want to meet the true English Gentleman image there... where could I see that and experience it myself?
2006-09-09 19:26:24 · 4 answers · asked by Professor Franklin 4 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
The "Great" in Great Britain doesn't mean "great" as in "fantastic" or "wonderful".
GB is made up of three countries: England, Scotland and Wales. Of these, England and Wales are techncially "Britain", because that's where the Britons come from. Add Scotland, and you have "Greater Britain" - i.e. "all the bits that make up Britain, not just the core bits".
You see the same usage locally too. Central London is quite small. Greater London includes all the suburbs and is massive.
If you want to meet true English gentlemen, you'll have to look quite hard. They exist, but they are hard to find and could crop up anywhere. Cambridge might be a good starting place, or anywhere in Surrey!
2006-09-11 19:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brittain is a lot greater than people are aware of
they only lost their colonial power ,on the surface .check who is running all the colonies today
the names are different but the blood is the same
the Brittish ,Luxemburg and Dutch submerged global power today is enormous ,through the Bilderberg group,the Round table ,the UN and the club of Rome is the Romans Continued
so your ancestor was a sorcerer by the sounds of it ,
they were mostly illuminat are you a mason by any chance.
2006-09-10 02:36:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am British living in the states and it does seem to me that most Americans seem to think that they are the whole universe. we do have racism in the UK but it is not as bad as it is here and the segregation is so depressing. still in this day and age it very much alive . just not spoken out load as much, but still very much alive.
2006-09-13 07:45:18 · answer #3 · answered by him n her♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're Ali G,right?
2006-09-10 05:27:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋