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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
For this polls sake, please post where you currently live now.
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OK...
gritted teeth... muttering "They better not take this as indicating I'm English!"
... clicked on "England"...
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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Try telling that to a Welshman (woman) and Scotsman.......  |
Indeed!
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Originally Posted by Salgueiros
I bet it would be better than trying to explain to a Brazilian that he is the same as an argentinian.... |
Ohhhhhh... how little you know!
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Hmm, I always thought Northern Ireland was also part of Great Brittain... And that United Kingdoms was the same.
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Serious for a moment 
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In addition to what others have already said, "Great Britain" was, I believe, historically known as "Greater Britain", where "Lesser Britain" was what is now Brittany in France ("greater" and "lesser" being used simply in the sense of "big" and "small").
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OK enough with the serious for now]
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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I can't believe there are only 16 English men and women here!
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Grrrr.... I
knew it!!!
For the record, I'm Scottish - just had the poor taste to fall for an English guy many years ago.
