Talk:North Britain

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Jmorrison230582 in topic Origin

Origin

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I think it needs to understood that the term "North Britain" was never ever in use by those who actually lived there! In the same way that I seriously doubt any Englishman called himself a "South Briton" living in "South Britain"! Furthermore Walter Scott is hardly an authoratitive referrence, he was a fiction writer whose work was designed for English speakers alone. He was also thoroughly accultered by English values of the early 19thC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.97.15 (talk) 17:57, 3 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

National Records of Scotland today tweeted a letter signed by someone from Ardrossan, who used the term "N.B." in their address. The letter was dated September 1892, so it is consistent with the idea that the term was used somewhat in Scotland during the Victorian era. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 11:16, 27 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Proposed merge with Scotland

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Regarding modern use

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I studied geology at university, and briefly worked in meteorology after that, and in both fields I heard the term "North Britain" being used, although I don't think I ever saw it defined. (Indeed, it was to try to find a definition that I came to this article) I suppose for those subjects - as for prehistoric Scottish history (prehistoric history - can you have that?) - it is a useful term given that you are dealing with things that don't respect national boundaries. I just did a quick Google search and found a few other contemporary uses; most were using it to mean Scotland, but these people are including parts of England in it as well: http://northbritainpermacultureinstitute.org/node/3 Wardog (talk) 21:25, 18 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Interesting link and no, you cannot have prehistoric history. I have fixed that. Ben MacDui 09:49, 20 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Merge in from North Briton

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The weird stub at North Briton serves no purpose and is not an encyclopedic topic but an unhelpful WP:CONTENTFORK. The people who live in North Britain are just residents of an area, and are not a distinct ethnic, linguistic, cultural, or other population. Cf. South Briton redirects to South Britain, and this is typical for "South/North/East/West[ern] [whatever]" names when they simply refer to indistinct populations of regions.  — SMcCandlish ¢ 😼  20:07, 30 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

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