Christmas and Bob Hope

[dan-cat]

How do you know that I don't live on the Isle of Man?

Whether you live on it or not as least now you are aware of how to refer to it.

 

[Rich]

Whether you live on it or not as least now you are aware of how to refer to it.

Wrong again Daniella, The Isle of Man is a part of the British Isles, it is not a part of Great Britain

 

[statsman]

GREAT Britain is I admit a slightly outdated term.
It referred to the Island of Britain (which contains Scotland, Wales and another country I can't quite recall at the moment) PLUS the Isle of Man, the entire island of Ireland plus all the outlying islands (Hebrides and the like).
As the majority of the Island of Ireland is no longer part of Great Britain, the term has quite rightly gone out of use.
The currently preferred term in my part of the world is the United Kingdom although British Isles would be equally correct.

 

[Brianwarnock]

Unfortunately guys Rich may be being a pedantic pain, but he is correct, the Ilse of Man is part of the British Isles but not Great Britain. After much searching I found Wiki has the best schematic here.

Mind you we all know that he does not live in the I.O.M, if he did he might have some good Nothern common sense.

Have a great 2009 teasing our Colonial cousins Rich.

Brian

 

[dan-cat]

Unfortunately guys Rich may be being a pedantic pain, but he is correct, the Ilse of Man is part of the British Isles but not Great Britain.

I never said the Isle of Man was a part of Great Britain.

From the start I have said that Great Britain is a SINGLE island.

Why would I then go on to say that another island is a part of Great Britain?

Rich was incorrect in saying that Great Britain is no longer a single entity. It is a single entity. It is an island. It is much a single entity as the Isle of Man is.

 

[dan-cat]

Wrong again Daniella, The Isle of Man is a part of the British Isles, it is not a part of Great Britain

'it' refers to Great Britain. The term which you are having difficulty understanding.

 

[dan-cat]

GREAT Britain is I admit a slightly outdated term.

No it is not. It refers to the island of Great Britain. A single entity.

 

[Brianwarnock]

I never said the Isle of Man was a part of Great Britain.

From the start I have said that Great Britain is a SINGLE island.

Why would I then go on to say that another island is a part of Great Britain?

Rich was incorrect in saying that Great Britain is no longer a single entity. It is a single entity. It is an island. It is much a single entity as the Isle of Man is.

Oh Gawd! you are as bad as Rich, post 41 definitely implied that you included the I.O.M. as part of Great Britain, as for Great Britain being a single island ALL references also include the isle of White, Angelsey and numerous other small islands.

However this nonsense is causing me to lose the will to live so I'm outa here.

Brian

 

[dan-cat]

Oh Gawd! you are as bad as Rich, post 41 definitely implied that you included the I.O.M. as part of Great Britain, as for Great Britain being a single island ALL references also include the isle of White, Angelsey and numerous other small islands.

Like I said to Col, take it up with your Encyclopedia.

However this nonsense is causing me to lose the will to live so I'm outa here.

Brian

Weird how being pedantic is amusing when done by a compatriot but tedious when not.

 

[Brianwarnock]

Weird how being pedantic is amusing when done by a compatriot but tedious when not.

Where do you draw that conclusion from?

Oh Gawd! you are as bad as Rich,

does not appear to distinguish between any nationalities.

Brian

 

[dan-cat]

Where do you draw that conclusion from?

Not a conclusion, an impression...

Response to Rich's pedanticism...

Have a great 2009 teasing our Colonial cousins Rich.

Reponse to mine...

However this nonsense is causing me to lose the will to live so I'm outa here.

As always, it seems to be only amusing when it's a one-way street.

 

[scott-atkinson]

For Christs Sake....


Does it bloody matter what you call it, whatever it is called the labour government have fucked it right up big time...

Lets just call it the Once Great now Fucked Up Isles... and be done with it...

 

[Rich]

Like I said to Col, take it up with your Encyclopedia.
.

You should try reading one

The United Kingdom does not include the Isle of Man (which lies between Great Britain and the island of Ireland) and the Channel Islands (which lie off the North coast of France). These are direct dependencies of the British Crown, maintaining their own legislative, monetary and taxation systems. Each have their own parliaments and a Governor, appointed by the Crown. The British Isles is used more loosely to describe the main island of Great Britain together with its associated islands (including the Isle of Man). It has no legal significance.

 

[Rich]

For Christs Sake....


Does it bloody matter what you call it, whatever it is called the labour government have fucked it right up big time...

Lets just call it the Once Great now Fucked Up Isles... and be done with it...

Can you imagine the Yank coming on here and admitting that their policies over the past 60yrs+ have fuc*ed up the whole world

 

[dan-cat]

You should try reading one

I did that's why I know Great Britain still exists as a single entity whilst you claimed otherwise.

 

[Rabbie]

Many years ago I was taught in geography lessons that Great Britain referred to the main island as opposd to the British Isles which reerred to all the islands in the group. I believe that the Great refers to the size of the island relative to the others.

Of course the french refe to "Grande Betagne" to differentiate it from "Bretagne" otherwise known as Brittany.

Just my tuppence worth.

 

[Friday]

Can you imagine the Yank coming on here and admitting that their policies over the past 60yrs+ have fuc*ed up the whole world

I'll admit it.

 

[Rich]

I'll admit it.

You should have run for president Dennis

 

[Brianwarnock]

Dan
your selective editing in post 51 disappoints me.
What about

Unfortunately guys Rich may be being a pedantic pain,

and

Mind you we all know that he does not live in the I.O.M, if he did he might have some good Nothern common sense

.

And the words

this nonsense

were aimed at the whole debate not you.

Brian

 

[dan-cat]

Dan
your selective editing in post 51 disappoints me.

...and what disappoints me is that you picked out how Rich was right on an arbitary point which was never disputed and completely ignored my original point though I have repeated it several times.

I'll repeat. Great Britain is still a single entity. Rich was wrong to say otherwise. You can agree, disagree or ignore. However, that is my original point.