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[Skudd]

Should we insist that everyone around the world start using Great Britain or GB instead of UK? Even we us UK instead of GB. It's about time we brought some pride back in our language.
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[Islander]

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[Skudd]

So why do we put GB on our vehicles when we go to Bloody Foreigner Land?
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[Evil Hans]

[Skudd]

[Evil Hans]

[Skudd]

[Easy-X]

Just to try and calm things down a bit:

"United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" is a political title whereas "Great Britain" is currently geography. I think that's what was meant

Before that it was "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" (Act of Union 1800) and before that it was "Kingdom of Great Britain" formed from the "Kingdom of England" and "Kingdom of Scotland" in ~1707. (BTW, Wales is "only" a principality not a kingdom.)

So it's going to be "Kingdom of..." if anything. Although "Queendom of Great Britain" might be more accurate given Her Maj being the longest serving monarch.
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[MCN]

[WD Forte]

We get the name Britannia/Britain from the Romans I think
who used Great Britain to refer the larger island and Little Britain for Ireland
I think Ireland should change their name back to little Britain
I think they'd like that, someone should suggest it.

Albion was another ancient name.
We were part of a kind of European union way back then too as part of the
Roman Empire.
Bloody Romans eh?, what did they ever do for us?
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

I think we should be called "Old Blighty", and have a Cup of Tea as our flag.
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[Freddyfruitba...]

[Nobby the Bastard]

But Ireland has never part of GB on account of GB being the name of this island and Ireland is a totally different land mass.

Ireland used to be part of the United kingdom .
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[Freddyfruitba...]

[weasley]

It's all semantics and historics (and maybe some histrionics) but there is also:

- international competitions such as the Olympics - Team GB is the official name of the team managed by the British Olympic Association, which includes any Northern Irish competitors who choose to compete for GB rather than Ireland. Channel Islands, Isle of Man etc all have to show up as "GB" if they want to compete.

- nationality - there is no collective term for "UK of GB and NI"; there is only "British" or the individual states.

I have no particular angle on it all (pun intended) - I am English and/or British, dependent on the context. If people would rather be Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish or whatever instead of being British, that's their prerogative, but sometimes one is forced to choose British by the limitations of committees and systems.
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[MCN]

[Pigeon]

Have we been less United or less Great in the last 40 years than now.

[Easy-X]

My vote's for Tír na nÓg
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[Ste]

[iooi]

At the rate we are going...

St Georges cross
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[bhinso]

[Diggs]

I'm with the Saggy DA here. Possibly an age thing, but I always refer to this sceptred isle as 'Blighty' when abroad. That won't change.
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[MCN]