Comment on Researchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity
ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 11 months agoNorthern Ireland isn’t part of Britain. Hence why the UK is great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Comment on Researchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity
ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 11 months agoNorthern Ireland isn’t part of Britain. Hence why the UK is great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 11 months ago
The “British” denomym applied to the United Kingdom. Not just Great Britain. The term “Britain” in general applies to the United Kingdom. Hence the Great part. In fact, “Great Britain” is occasionally short for “Great Britain and Northern Ireland” such as at the Olympics.
tal@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Both of you two are right.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Terminology_of_the_British_Isl…