Talk:British Isles

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I think the image oversimplifies things. Great Britain in this context is presumably the island not the former country, and England, Wales and especially Scotland contain a lot of other islands as well as being mostly in Great Britain - so all three of their circles should escape the circle of Great Britain. WSC (talk) 16:19, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Great Britain encompasses all the islands forming the country of Great Britain, which, as far as I'm aware still exists - it is after all a member of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". As the diagram shows this excludes CI & IOM & NI. Don't really matter though does it? Go, hie thee to Pedantry Corner. 16:32, 5 July 2010 (UTC) SusanG Toast

Mistake in the Venn Diagram[edit]

There is a mistake in the Venn Diagram. Can you spot it? Evil Zionist (talk) 17:42, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Absence of Berwick upon Tweed (for historical reasons), Bramble Bank (once a year), Hy-Brasil (apparently once every seven years) Rockall and St Kilda? Anna Livia (talk) 16:39, 7 November 2017 (UTC)