Re: A language by any other name
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Branden Robinson wrote:
> AIUI, the island on which you find England,
> Scotland, and Wales is called Britain. I'm not sure how "Great" modifies
> that unless it's to include some of the smaller outlying islands, like
> the Shetlands and the Isle of Man.
>
The island where England etc. is found is "Great" Britain as opposed to
Bretagne or Britanny, a province of France which was settled by Celts who
fled after the Saxon invasions.
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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
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