On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:23:50 -0800, "Geraldine Reinhardt"
<waluk@...> wrote:

> From: Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham@...>
> Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>> Great Britain is one island.
>> Other islands cannot be "part of it".
>> The Isle of Man is one of the British Isles. Jersey and Guernsey
>> (together with some smaller ones) are the Channel Islands.
>>> I would reckon Anglesey, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides and even the
>>> Shetland Isles as part of Great Britain.
>>>> GR: Thought you said that Great Britain was one island. If so then how could the Isle of Wight
>>>> be part of Great Britain?

*I* said that, using the geographical definition of "Great Britain".
Richard is using a different, socio-political, definition of "Great
Britain", namely: England + Wales + Scotland.

UK? GreatBritain? BritishIsles? ElizabethRegina?

Éire no \ \ no
no yes
N. Ireland yes / / yes

Man no no yes yes

Shetlands \ no/yes yes? yes
yes
Scotland / \ \ yes
Wales yes - yes - yes yes
England \ / / yes
yes
Wight / no/yes yes yes

Jersey no no no yes


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...