(September 16, 2014 at 3:13 pm)Chas Wrote:(September 16, 2014 at 1:12 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Oh and small gripe. The great bit of great Britain is not us bigging ourself up. It was to distinguish us from the other Britain (brittany) after the Norman conquest.
I think not. The 'Great' was the union of the English and Scottish crowns in 1707.
So it would now be the United Kingdoms of Lesser Britain and Northern Ireland?