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

[Dylan Brewis]

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!?

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


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