Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Before the "Kingdom of Great Britain" was declared (actually as a result of the Act of Union in 1707), "Great Britain" was a perfectly correct geographical term for the big island off the coast of France.
To pretend otherwise is a bit like saying that America didn't exist until Columbus (or the Chinese/Irish/Vikings/etc) discovered it.
It'll soon just be England with a bit of sheep grazing land attached to the west anyway.