On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 10:24:31AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 11/26/2005 7:17:55 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The United Kingdom (UK) is the nation state consisting of England, > Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. > > The word Britain is used to refer to the island of Great Britain > which consists of England, Scotland and Wales sometimes the Roman > province called "Britain" or "Britannia" > ========== > So it wouldn't be TOTALLY inappropriate to have it as > > UK United Kingdom (Britain) > > would it?
I suspect that quite a few users from Northern Ireland would disagree. While they live in the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to give the full name), they would take exception to your suggesting that they live in Britain.
