Re: note to uk.people.gothic readers


"Peter Constantine" <constantine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Grave wrote:
>
>> I still find it hilarious that anyone had the audacity to call their
>> nation
>> 'Great' and still use it today.
>
> There is no 'nation' called Great Britain. It is merely the largest
> island of an archipelago off the west coast of Europe. The second
> largest island of the group is called Ireland not, as might be expected,
> 'Little Britain'.
>
It wouldn't be, as Ireland was the island of the Gaels, not the Brythonic
tribes. The latter, however, were found in Brittanny, which is why it's
Lesser Britain - A'Bhreatainn Bheag in Scots Gallic. Bizarrely, though,
Wales is an Bhreatain Beag in Irish Gaelic, while Brittanny is An Bhriotáin.
Someone got confused somewhere.

Girl.


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