uk
hrm. last post i used the term uk. then i realized that many of my american friends might not know exactly what that is. okay. there's england. england is most of an island. britain is generally considered to be england plus wales. wales would be an island west of england except for a narrow spit of a land bridge between them. great britain is england plus wales plus scotland. scotland is the north part of that island. the united kingdom is england plus wales plus scotland plus northern ireland. ireland is a smaller island nearby to the west. ireland is its own country. except for the northern part of the island. the english sorta settled there and claimed it as their own. kinda like israel and the west bank. with similar objects raised with automatic weapons and things that go boom. the british isles is england plus wales plus scotland plus northern ireland plus ireland plus about 6000 other littler islands in the vicinity. whew. the things you learn when your kid goes there.