[Gllug] RE: [Glut] Official country code for Britain = GB or UK?

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Monday 15 Apr 2002 11:11 am, Dylan Brewis wrote:
> On Monday 15 April 2002 00:04, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> > > > Whatever the legal meaning, "Great Britain" is so called to
> > > > distinguish it from "Lesser Britain" i.e. Brittany.
> >
> > FWIW, the Irish (ie Irish langauge)
>
> That would be Gaelic then!?
>
No, it would be Irish.

> term for Wales means "Lesser (or
>
> > Little) Britain". There is nothing imperialistic about talking about
> > Great Britain.


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