On 16/10/2011 5:41 PM, Warp wrote:
>    England, Britain, United Kingdom... It's all so confusing...
>

No! (British Isles), United Kingdom, Great Britain, Britain, England, 
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (by population).
I understand that it is confusing but you can think of it this way.
There are the four countries.
Britain is the land that the Romans ruled. It includes England, Wales 
and the southern part of Scotland. It was known as Britannia in those days.
Great Britain came into being with the Acts of Union 1707 when Scotland 
joined with England and Wales in having the same parliament. (England 
and Wales, or at least parts of Wales have had the same laws since the 
11th century and the whole of Wales since the 16th century)
There used to be a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland but that 
went the way of all grass when the Irish took their ball home.
Got it?


> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10

He got it mostly right.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/clips/p00g1d5l

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Regards
     Stephen

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