On: Stop Generalizing About Europe

[alexchamberlain]

Most British people would struggle to tell you the difference between Great Britain and the UK.

[crucialfelix → alexchamberlain]

> Most English people would struggle to tell you the difference between Great Britain and the UK.

FTFY

[lessnonymous → crucialfelix]

As most British people are English, if the percentage of unaware English people is high enough, then most British people would be unaware :-D

[crucialfelix → lessnonymous]

Drat, once again foiled by logic.

[aes256 → alexchamberlain]

Then again, I think a fair number of Brits would state Northern Ireland (the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom) is part of Great Britain

[alexchamberlain → aes256]

You've also got the Channel Islands, and the Isles of Mann and Wight to contend with. Then there's the fact that one is a political union and one a union under the monarch... something like that anyway.

[lucaspiller → alexchamberlain]

This video explains all:

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

[arethuza → alexchamberlain]

I was unaware that the Isle of Wight had any unusual political status....

[alexchamberlain → arethuza]

You are indeed correct; it's just a county of England.

[arethuza → alexchamberlain]

That's a shame, I was hoping for some amusement along the lines of Berwick upon Tweed still fighting the Crimean War with the Russian Empire:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed#Relations_wi...