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Thread #100332   Message #2011863
Posted By: GUEST,Penny S. (elsewhere)
30-Mar-07 - 11:44 AM
Thread Name: BS: GREAT Britain?
Subject: RE: BS: GREAT Britain?
And the Preta bit of the early name is cognate with Creta, meaning chalk, because it was in P Celtic not Q Celtic. So logically, it should only refer to the white chalky bits. The South East, Wessex, Northern Ireland and a very small block in the middle of Arran.

Penny