New Posts For Thread: when / why did britain go from britain to GREAT BRITAINhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23456398/when-why-did-britain-go-from-britain-to-great-britainjust wondering this question, any answersTony Wright (who?) book says...Great Britain = eng, scot, walesBritain = abbrev for United Kingdom so includes NIhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23456398/when-why-did-britain-go-from-britain-to-great-britain?post_id=418909310#418909310Tony Wright (who?) book says...Great Britain = eng, scot, walesBritain = abbrev for United Kingdom so includes NITue, 26 Jan 2010 15:43:01 -0600It'll change to 'City'?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23456398/when-why-did-britain-go-from-britain-to-great-britain?post_id=418909202#418909202It'll change to 'City'?Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:56:33 -0600Good answers, cheershttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23456398/when-why-did-britain-go-from-britain-to-great-britain?post_id=418909198#418909198Good answers, cheersTue, 26 Jan 2010 14:56:07 -0600United Kingdom of Great Britain TBAwont be United then. The United is the Irish bithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23456398/when-why-did-britain-go-from-britain-to-great-britain?post_id=418909194#418909194United Kingdom of Great Britain TBAwont be United then. The United is the Irish bitTue, 26 Jan 2010 14:55:22 -0600the Germans also have grossdeutsch which is 'Great Germany'. The whole of the original german speaking territories, Germany and AustriaIt was an aim when they were forming the German state. Ended up with kleindeutsch 'little Germany'https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23456398/when-why-did-britain-go-from-britain-to-great-britain?post_id=418909190#418909190the Germans also have grossdeutsch which is 'Great Germany'. The whole of the original german speaking territories, Germany and AustriaIt was an aim when they were forming the German state. Ended up with kleindeutsch 'little Germany'Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:53:52 -0600United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1921 United Kingdom of Great Britain TBAhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23456398/when-why-did-britain-go-from-britain-to-great-britain?post_id=418909182#418909182United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1921 United Kingdom of Great Britain TBATue, 26 Jan 2010 14:50:30 -0600Derivation of "Great"After the Old English period, Britain was used as a historical term only. Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudohistorical Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136) refers to the island of Great Britain as Britannia major ("Greater Britainhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23456398/when-why-did-britain-go-from-britain-to-great-britain?post_id=418909178#418909178Derivation of "Great"After the Old English period, Britain was used as a historical term only. Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudohistorical Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136) refers to the island of Great Britain as Britannia major ("Greater BritainTue, 26 Jan 2010 14:49:39 -0600as in the whole area i think. used when the whole island became onehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23456398/when-why-did-britain-go-from-britain-to-great-britain?post_id=418909174#418909174as in the whole area i think. used when the whole island became oneTue, 26 Jan 2010 14:49:31 -0600Is the Great used in the context of GREATER LONDON OR GREATER MANCHESTER as in the wider area, or is it used in the context of , look at us were greathttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23456398/when-why-did-britain-go-from-britain-to-great-britain?post_id=418909170#418909170Is the Great used in the context of GREATER LONDON OR GREATER MANCHESTER as in the wider area, or is it used in the context of , look at us were greatTue, 26 Jan 2010 14:48:23 -0600the island has always been great britainthe state became Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23456398/when-why-did-britain-go-from-britain-to-great-britain?post_id=418909162#418909162the island has always been great britainthe state became Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:47:47 -0600