Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Interesting Venn Diagram about the British Isles

In case you've ever wondered the difference between England, Great Britain, the British Isles and the United Kingdom, here is an interesting Venn diagram I ran across explaining it:



Had they fiddled with the Irish dots just a little bit, it would fit geographically, as well.

ObMath Content: This diagram reminds me of the Quadrilaterals Venn diagram in that the intersection of U.K. and Ireland being Northern Ireland is similar to the intersection of a rectangle and a rhombus is a square. Whether Ireland is either rectangle or rhombus is left as an exercise for the reader.

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